Catfish Bonanza
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those things are MASSIVE! you should put them in a tank and walk around the neighborhood and see people 
Yeah I wish. lol. TnxITHURTZ;1927800; said:those things are MASSIVE! you should put them in a tank and walk around the neighborhood and see people
On another note the RTC had to go back to his origional pond due to the fact that the big boy shreaded his fins and bit his head pretty bad. I would just have him tough it out, but some of the damage is to his gill covers and I don't need him getting damaged gills. Everything else can grow back, but damaged gills kill!!!. I don't think he'll eat again for a while now, but at least he's safe. Can't say the same for his tankmates once he's healed up. Going to have to find a quick solution really fast. Guess I am going to have to go with the wife's plan for now and get the 900 gal cattle trough until later when we can afford to go all out on the big tank build.
Nice to see an update on all of your catfish Cliff. I haven't been around much lately but will throw in a little piece, my Piraiba is about the same size as yours maybe a tad smaller like 9" and growing slow but steady, I just got 2 ageneiosus sp cats from John this past week and they are doing awesome, Juruense is growing out with them, and my planiceps and hybrid rtc x tsn are growing out still in the pond with my piraiba and a smaller temensis. The planiceps is about 12" now and the hybrid is about 10" ~Trent
a few pics of the various grow outs, some are pretty bad quality so bear with me... The pics of the planiceps/hybrid/piraiba are from early may so they are fairly old and all of those fish are several inches larger
neo........................................................................
thats the longest thing on the internet i have ever read
and you know what?
i would do it again. it was like a drama show and a happy kids show.........
and it just rocked.
oh and its like a law YOU HAVE TO KEEP US UPDATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
thats the longest thing on the internet i have ever read
and you know what?
i would do it again. it was like a drama show and a happy kids show.........
and it just rocked.
oh and its like a law YOU HAVE TO KEEP US UPDATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
They look really nice. Hope that they grow into true monsters. Good to see an update from you. I see a lot of people that get into cats end up getting out after they see how fast and how large and aggressive some species can get, it's really nice to see someone sticking with it. Any aggression on that planiceps yet? Mine was mean as fire and would bite my hand when cleaning his tank.amazonfishman;1944029; said:
Thanks,HPIZZLE;1947318; said:neo........................................................................
thats the longest thing on the internet i have ever read
and you know what?
i would do it again. it was like a drama show and a happy kids show.........
and it just rocked.
oh and its like a law YOU HAVE TO KEEP US UPDATED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I enjoy sharing and hope it encourages others to share. This thread was started as a way for everyone to watch my fish grow with me. Kinda like my mini fish journal. I'm a catfish guy through and through so it's rare to see me stray into threads outside here. I'd say 90% of all my posts are in the catfish section.
As a quick update my sweet wife decided to actually feed my fish while I was at work this time and did good, but she failed to remove any uneaten food from the tanks and they were super stinky with rotten shrimp when I got home. Needless to say massive water changes on all my tanks first thing and meds for my fila as he's got an eye infection. His tank was by far the worst as there was very rotten shrimp smell and a dead pleco by the time I got home. I love my wife, but she needs banned from the tanks, lol.
The big tank build is still in question, but I redid my design so that I can go quicker and cheaper. Here's a google sketchup for you guys of it. let me know what you think. 14' x 8' x 3.5'
