oooo nice. i can see him, the jau and the RTC coexisting considering none of them will back down! i didnt know hybrids were so scary and feirce. i guess they would probably getg along better in your 1100 gal cause theres lots of space to chill away from one another. i think it could work. the minute my catfish moved into the big pond they seemed to have lost their aggressive tendencies.
Catfish Bonanza
- Thread starter necrocanis
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wow that jau looks very impressive indeed...im glad to see ure tigers have managed to keep on par with the RTC. it wont be the case for long though. my RTCs are at least a foot longer than my TSNs even with a year's head start! my youngest RTC outgrew the oldest RTC even with 2 years headstart! goes to show that each fish truly grows to their own specifications.
lol yeah, would still love to see some current pics of all your fish when you get a chance. I'll be building a tank somewhere around the size pond you have listed in your qoute. Hoping to keep my rtc growing for a long time to come. I have no worries weather he maxes out at 3' or at 5' I'll have a home for him. I am also going to build a filter box that will be directly connected to the aquarium. I figure the aquarium will be around 3000 to 4000 gals. Haven't really calculated it yet, but the filter should be around 500 gals. Do you think that will be adequate?
i mean to be honest my knowledge of filters is below ures considering i dont build my own tanks or pond. judging by how clean ure water always seems and how much u carry our water changes i would definitely trust yur judgement. my exams actually finish this wednesday and im flying back home on the thursday so ill be able to post tonnes of pictures then. havent seen the fish in 6 months cause i had surgery in perth but my 'helper' tells me that they have grown enormous. apparently the CKs have even outgrown the RTCs to my shock and horror. so yeh, just 4 more days and ill post sum up in ure thread.
cool. Really look forward to them. I can't imagine being away from my fish for 6 months. My CK is looking smaller and smaller all the time compared to my catfish. Waiting to see his tail hanging from a kitties mouth one day. he's like 14", but you know how thin they are. Good thing he's got a nasty attitude. I am filling the filter with pot scrubbers so I think probably 200 gals of pot scrubbers should work good for the bio needs lol. You should get a filamentosum for your pond.
The largest of all south american catfish. Brachyplatystoma filamentosum. Gets to 8'-10' in the wild and can weigh over 400 lbs with reports much larger. As for what it does for a pond, probably the same as any other catfish. Relaxes and waits for food and tons of it. lolTLkmDN;1146956; said:
also, have u ever thought about keeping a wallago catifsh??? like either the attu or leeri type. after looking at arapaimags videos ive been awestruck. im sure ull be tempted to keep such crazy animals after u build ure 3000-4000gal setup.
oooo 10 foot!!! that would be kinda mean though cause i dont have the resources to keep it for life. it would be irresponsible but definitely tempting being a hardcore catfish lover ill check it out.
ill check it out.
