Catfish Bonanza

[necrocanis]

hey guys here are some pics of my catfish for you to enjoy. I thought you guys might like an update so here they are. I know ahead of time you guys might warn me that my rtc x tsn will probably eat my tsn x blochii sometime in the near future, but I am not that worried. The biggest fish that I could get him to eat so far was a white sucker at 10". I stuff him with shrimp every other night. He also has never shown any aggression to him. The other fish eat pellets from the top after the lights go out. It is pretty funny to watch. I wish I had a night vision cam so that I could share it here. I also have included pics of my other catfish from my smaller tanks. My Sorubim lima has grown from 2 1/2" to 7 1/2" in just 3 1/2 short months. I might get him a companion sometime soon. Anyway enjoy and I am open to your comments!

 

[ultimatejay]

I really like your tsnx blochii hybrid. Awesome

 

[necrocanis]

thanks, here's another pic of him for you! Some info on him. He is around 17", has 9" barbels, and so far only eats large hikari cichlid pellets from the top. I have had all the hybrids about 7 months now.

 

[necrocanis]

oh yeah, the tsn x blochii seems to like the rtc x tsn. They are pretty much inseperable except when feeding the rtc x tsn. Kinda funny since the rtc x tsn is about 3 times the width and almost twice the length of him.

 

[benzjamin13]

I miss my rtc x tsn
Your's is looking sweet

 

[Honda12]

There horrible, no JK I like them all a lot. Can't wait till I can get my TSNxRTC. What size pond do you have them in and what is the pond, did you make it or did you buy it?

 

[necrocanis]

The pond is a 350 gal cattle trough, used for feeding and watering cattle on farms and ranches. It is 6' in dia., and 26" deep. So it is perfect for catfish. Round and not too deep. There is a 8' dia, and 12' dia, but i don't know how to fit them in my house without tearing out a wall, so if you want anything bigger you would have to make it yourself. I used natural riverstones for most of the rocks in the tank, and fake plants seeing as how my whiskered friends allways find a way to tear the hell outta real plants. As far as filtration don't ask lol. I got 3, 350 gph filters running on this pond right now and it is not enough. One is an internal and the other two are external canister filters. As far as heating it stays room temp around 76 degrees ferenheit. I phython the bottom twice a week and do very small water change each time. hope that helps. My tsn x rtc went from around 22" to 27" in about 7 months, shows no sign of slowing down. As a matter of fact I think he is speeding up. He ate 2, 10" white suckers today, and I just fed him 1/2 lb. of jumbo prawn last night. he also ate about half a handfull of pellets today also.

 

[DaBiz]

Great to see another Lima owner.... I fell in love with them starting out in the fact that they act like monsters but dont get as big as a tsn or rtc. Mine are all 12-14" now after getting them at 3-4".

 

[necrocanis]

wow, those sound like some nice limas! Can we see some pics? how long you had them?

 

[guppy]

The pond is a 350 gal cattle trough, used for feeding and watering cattle on farms and ranches. It is 6' in dia., and 26" deep. So it is perfect for catfish. Round and not too deep. There is a 8' dia, and 12' dia, but i don't know how to fit them in my house without tearing out a wall, so if you want anything bigger you would have to make it yourself. I used natural riverstones for most of the rocks in the tank, and fake plants seeing as how my whiskered friends allways find a way to tear the hell outta real plants. As far as filtration don't ask lol. I got 3, 350 gph filters running on this pond right now and it is not enough. One is an internal and the other two are external canister filters. As far as heating it stays room temp around 76 degrees ferenheit. I phython the bottom twice a week and do very small water change each time. hope that helps. My tsn x rtc went from around 22" to 27" in about 7 months, shows no sign of slowing down. As a matter of fact I think he is speeding up. He ate 2, 10" white suckers today, and I just fed him 1/2 lb. of jumbo prawn last night. he also ate about half a handfull of pellets today also.

You don't really need walls, heheh.