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[Stevescort]

Hi guys,

I'm Steve, i live in Brisbane and i'm a video game designer.

My current tanks:

3-foot Amazon Tank
4 x Black Widow Tetras
5 x Bleeding Heart Tetras
3 x Black Neon Tetras
2 x Ottos
2 x Silver Hatchetfish
2 x Pictus Catfish

2-foot tank:
bredding pair of Convict Cichlids with eggs at the moment

2-foot Native Pond Tank:
1 x Sleepy Cod
1 x Purple Spot Gudgeon
1 x Red tailed Gudgeon
2 x small Yabbie
8-10 x Freshwater shrimp
2 x water scorpions
3 x large dragonfly larvae
3-4 x small swimming beetles

I also keep a range of other critters inc a tarantula, a funnelweb, many giant centipedes, rainforest scorpions, king crickets, katydids, pseudoscorpions, millipedes etc

Near future purchases will include:
Lots of native rainbows.
A large tank with archerfish and a red tailed catfish.

Past fish include:
Archerfish, Blue marron, Golden rams, silver dollars, oscars, silver perch, bristlenose and many others.

Good to meet you.
Look forward to miling your knowledge
Steve

[Sazabi]

Welcome to the forums Steve

Nice range of fish you have there, also good to see others keeping inverts as well

Kinda strange feeling when I notice you keep tarantula... funnelweb... centipedes.... interesting or should I say unique hobby

[Stevescort]

Definately not a hobby for the feint of heart. But there are many of us out there who keep them. They are so much fun to watch. My largest giant centipede, which i call Freight Train, who is almost fully grown at 180mm long, is tamer than most fish i have. He knows what side to sit on to get fed, takes crickets from my tweezers (i dont hand feed due to him being able to kill me).

It's been an exciting week in my pet room. My Red haired Rainforest tarantula just moulted and now has a legspan of about 80mm (a baby still), my convicts have their first batch of eggs, and one of my centipedes, i just noticed 10 minutes ago, has a batch of youngens.

But fish will always be my number one.

[Sazabi]

My largest giant centipede, which i call Freight Train, who is almost fully grown at 180mm long

It's been an exciting week in my pet room. My Red haired Rainforest tarantula just moulted and now has a legspan of about 80mm (a baby still), my convicts have their first batch of eggs, and one of my centipedes, i just noticed 10 minutes ago, has a batch of youngens.

But fish will always be my number one.

You gotta show us some pics

[Stevescort]

My biggest "not a recent shot", Frieght Train


A funnelweb:


A couple more centipedes:




Dont have a decent shot of my tarantula at the moment. And ill put some shots of fishtanks up tomorrow.

[Scat]

Hi Steve and welcome to the PCS Forums

A very interesting collection of pets you have

Cheers
Craig

[Sazabi]

Ooer, nice pics

[Cawdor]

I don't blame you feeding your centipede with tweezers, I saw a video a while back of a centipede killing a mouse and a scorpion
Welcome to the forums.

[Stevescort]

Yeah they can be pretty eager to eat at times.