Catfish Bonanza
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The little tsn is great he's about 9-10", and will be moved soon. Haven't seen any for a while. Think that I convinced the local shop owners not to get any in unless it is for a special order and the people know what they are getting into. Here's some pics I just took of some of my other cats and their friends. My two gorgeous oscars and my jag. There's a few pics of my gorgeous albino channel you can see his pectorial fin never grew back all the way after the jau bit it off a few months back. There's just a nub. Lumpy the TSN is huge, around 17-18", and would be larger if not for the curvature of his skull. You can see in the pics that the larger he grows the worse the curvature gets. He has a severe underbite, and look at a normal tsn they have a severe overbite normally. You can see the dental plates clearly in the pics. There's a pic of the second largest TSN in the pics also, he's about 15", and is an A-typical TSN. That's what they are meant to look like. Long narrow flat skull. The RTC is 15-16", and has battle scars from fighting for the best hiding spots with the jau, and looking at the pics of the Jau you can see who won out on that one. The rtc is greedy like most and swims around to scoop up all the shrimp he can before anyone else can. Him and the channel are funny to watch they will eat soo much shrimp I think they will explode before they stop. I hand feed lumpy as he has a hard time getting food in his mouth. I put cut up chunks of shrimp in front of him, and he really has to tear in to get them in. Enjoy all the pics!
Wow, forgot a few for you guys and gals. Here's some better pics of the Jau caught him out in the open for the first time since back from my vacation. Also great pic of the lima, and some comparison shots of all the catfish together. That shot really shows how fast the channel is growing. Was the smallest catfish in that tank when i left now look lol. And the big boy being beautiful and begging for more attention.
your room temp is 76 degrees.. where do you live? I would love to have an indoor pond when I have house in about a year or so but donot know if it is possible for where I live without a heater. I personally have two irredescant catfish that max at 3 feet and two pangasius sanitwongsei who max out at about 4 feet but they also get deep (girth) if you know what I mean so a four foot pangasius would be about 2 feet deep plus a foot long pectoral fin. I am looking at at least a 3 foot deep pond in my basement. I would like to know your thoughts.
sounds like a plan. Personally I would make an insulated pond with an insulated lid. You'll have almost no evaporation, and the tank will use much less energy to heat. That's my suggestion for you. I have a cattle trough for just one fish right now that's 3', I would suggest you go way, way bigger. Not sure truely how big a paroon shark can get in a tank since I have not seen any definitive pics of one at 20+ years old. In the wild their numbers are way down, and so is fish size. You have some real potential monsters. I'd probably make a brick or wood pond with thick insulation all around. You'll be fine like that.
awesome pics of ure fish necro but its gona be ages b4 any of them can live with ure rtc/tsn hybrid. its pretty funy how they all have battle scars. im surprised ure oscars r still alive. how old is the big old hybrid anyways??
Awesome pics my lfs just got in a 12" tsn that had the same deformity of the skull his tail is very small compared to his size also .I think he as usual was in a tank way to small for him and he has a bump on his nose that looks to be scar tissue from rubbing the tank glass trying to turn around.He is currently in a 265 at the lfs but they have a indoor pond they used to keep koi in that is approx 1500 gal it is 41@ deep 12 foot long and at the narrowest is 2 foot it is a kidney shaped pond .I have convinced them (i think ) in to turning it in to a monster pond !
TLkmDN;1262871; said:
The oscars are way too big for the time being to be eaten. They are about a year old and 12", and 13". The big hybrid is approx. 3-4 years old. He was almost 2' when I got him 2 years ago. Took 2 years to get from 2' to 3', but he was massively stressed with 5 moves in that time period. He has been at my current house for 6 months. He's also killed 2 other large fish, and I believe it was due to space limits in the 350 gal pond, so now he lives alone until I can make a tank or pond large enough for him and everyone else. I'd like the other fish to be at least 2' for the rtc, because he will be too wide for the hybrid to eat at that point. At 16" the rtc is already 4.5" wide. I am sure at 24" he will be at least 6-7" wide. I have the skull of a 26" rtc and it's 8" wide. That's how wide the hybrid's head is. But the TSN will be a bit longer. I want them to be at least 28-30" before I put them in with him. The jau I want at least 26" before he goes in. We'll see though.
malawi haps;1263632; said:
Maybe so. I got mine at 2" and his skull has always been deformed. It was very slight when he was small and as he has grown it has gotten worse and worse. I can't even imagine what he would look like from the side now. Look back through this thread to see what he looked like before he went into the pond at 13". He's grown 4" since going into the pond. He's around 17-18", but would be at least an inch longer if not for the bowing of his skull. Probably more like 1.5". He's massive for his length. The other TSN is almost as long, but no where near the girth.
When I was up at shark aquarium they had a cat listed as a Zangara ??? Is that the same as your Jau ??? He was about 10" and listed for $69.00. He seemed pretty cool but didnt seem too have as many spots as yours.
Very cool cat collection by the way
but you better get started on something bigger to keep them in before the real rumbling begins 
bob
Very cool cat collection by the way
but you better get started on something bigger to keep them in before the real rumbling begins bob
Yeah I know. Cost of a large tank seems to mean it will take a long time before I am able to do that so for now I will be making a larger pond in the garage. I will then save up the money to build a proper large aquarium. The pond I am planning will be simple, but large. Going 3' x 8' x 15'. It's all I can do until I can afford to build a bigger tank. This pond will be insulated as well, and have a tight fitting lid. I will use plywood for the lid and maybe hone some fiberglassing skills on it.
