Oh man, I should not have watched that video at all. He is like a giant pimelodus Pictus. Now I'm left wondering which organ I could sell ugh. *shakes both fist angrily in the air*
No one seems to be able to or are willing to collect younger smaller sized specimens,only large sized linces.Smaller fish would mean smaller and less weighty shipping containers.That's exactly what I meant, the landed cost is high due to the transport difficulty and mortality rate. the actual fish if landed without those problems would be a quarter of the said price.
I meant wrong by what I'm keeping now and up until this point I was perfectly fine just looking on here and the local zoo and seeing the monsters a few people like yourself and others keep. Never really feeling that I wanted to deal with a giant tank. Now I have to at some point keep a Lince. Sorry if that was off topic.Not sure what, upon clicking, should have seemed wrong but IMHO we should leave this thread to be about lince. Why not start your own thread? It sounds like a fun topic, just doesn't belong here...
Awesome post Phil,please keep us updated on your lince after it arrives.The thing with lince cats coming in smaller sizes is that when theu come available they are immediately swooped up by buyers that ship them to asia and Europe. Smaller ones under 12" are.collected but by the time anyone realizes it its already on its way out the door to biv spenders. We unfortunately are on the bottom of the list. I have a 15" coming in next week . Only hurdle left is getting it to the states from s.a.! But to answer anyones questions on the fish is that Shipping it is a nightmare as bad as an Africa tiger fish adult size. Dies easily. Needs a ton of o2 and excellent water. Not good but perfect. If u cant afford the tank or setup don't even bother with this fish. It rivals keeping a small black tip shark!