those 2 limas r so beautiful!!! i prefer the fat one of course haha. damn must have taken u a while to get the limas to 14'' very impressive mate. i love ure RTC/Marble catfish! mine still wont eat dead food so they r much skinnier and smaller than ure chubby cat. he looks great! healthy colouration as well. how big is the hybrid?
Catfish Bonanza
- Thread starter necrocanis
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Man i cant wait till my 1"er grows....im mean my RTC x TSN.....Hey..How big do these guys get and what their growth rate on these guys....mines will be put into either a 600 gallon pool i got from target...or a man made cemented tank thats like 900 gallon...well thats like the plan though...i dont have the pool yet but ill get it at Christmas...=)
So very sad to report that my Jau died 3 days ago. One of my heaters malfunctioned while I was at work, and when i got home he was belly up. All the other cats are ok, but still not eating. I spent the last 3 days insulating the pond and bringing the temps back up. The temp in the 1100 gal pond was 56 f. When I came out to work today the temp was back up to 74 f. The RTC had to be emergency put into a hospital tank. He had a spot of fungus on his whiskers, but it's all cleared now. Only the channel cat seems to be eating right now. The other catfish are still pretty lathargic after their episode. Starting to build the bigger better more insulated pond next week. I'll post up some of the progress in the DIY section. I'd like to think that some day I will get to own another jau, but it seems impossible. I already miss him so much. I feel like I failed that poor fish. He was 18", and gorgeous as hell. Hope that you all will remember him fondly and can always see his pictures here forever.
Man I am sorry to hear that
. My condolences. Glad to hear that everyone else is O.K. though!So sorry to hear of your loss! Catfish are my favorite species of fish. I lost an entire tank of native bullheads to the same problem, only the heater stayed on. Soup It was very sad. Hope that you will be able to find another Jau in the future.
I follow your threads with great antisipation,nice to see other souls so envolved with catfish.
Dick.F
I follow your threads with great antisipation,nice to see other souls so envolved with catfish.
Dick.F
dang Cliff... sorry to hear that... I had no idea... I knew you had been less active on the board the last few days but I had no idea that this was why ... Bummer.. was a great looking fish!
Tnx guys. I am forever sad that my chance to own such a magnificient creature has come to an end so fast. I had him for 7 months. In that time he grew from 11-12" to
18".
18".
necrocanis;1321032; said:
Very sorry for your loss but...... I can ship you another one if you really need one. $59.99 plus shipping. I agree though very, very rare.
bob
