Catfish Bonanza

[necrocanis]

Put it in the DIY section probably and cross link it here under this thread. I'll have to get in touch with you sometime relatively soon Cliff to find out a little more about this pond your building, I've been out of the loop to long but saw the demo pics of it a couple pages back. It looks like it's going to be awesome! ~Trent

Yeah I hear you man. It's too bad you had to give up some of your cats, but at least they are living it up in a huge aquarium. Hopefully the pond will be awesome. Going to take me a few months though. Hopefully I can get it done before winter, that's the goal. I have a thread in the diy section that I had already started a while back for the origional design, but so much has changed since then. I could have went the easy route and bought a fiberglass tank at a supply store by here that is 2000 gals, but it's only 18" deep. That's just not deep enough. To me I am making mine almost bare minimum deep. It also costs $4000. For that kinda dough I can make mine awesome. lol

 

[necrocanis]

pretty excited I have all the wood for my tank now. Final costs for the tank minus heaters and pumps will be around $400. Not bad for a 3000 gal tank? Other things not included are lighting, filter, ect. Glass was free. Going to be fiberglassed and coated in sweetwater epoxy.

 

[l3raD]

wow they are Big Catfish whoaaaaa!!!!!
sssssoooo niceeee

=D

 

[basslover34]

pretty excited I have all the wood for my tank now. Final costs for the tank minus heaters and pumps will be around $400. Not bad for a 3000 gal tank? Other things not included are lighting, filter, ect. Glass was free. Going to be fiberglassed and coated in sweetwater epoxy.

where did you get free glass???

 

[necrocanis]

it was a used table top that's 1/2" thick. Too bad I accidentally broke it trying to cut it today though. Guess that gives me a reason to try and find larger glass panes and make this a true monster tank. Just don't know how I will fit that into the budget.

 

[necrocanis]

Oh yeah here are some updated pics, and there's also one of the tank in progress what you see is a 9' x 3' section. It's pretty much the left side of the tank. It this section is now swung out at a 90 degree angle to the wall in the pic and has another 2' added on as of this morning. There's also a pic of my rtc eating a perch that died during a fishing trip. There's a pic of my friend's kid with a bullhead she caught(didn't keep it). There's also a pic of the squirrel that was stalking me along the fence on the way to the garage.

I put in some pics of my biggest tsn which is currently outgrowing my rtc. Feeding time is really exciting lately. All the fish swarm the surface until gorged with food. Kinda scared to put my hand in their tank as they will bite my hands and arms looking for food. After they are all fed I can hand pet them without worries. Even the oscars.

 

[basslover34]

Awsome ... I love the excitment in that kids eyes... it's really cool to see that from them

one of these days that fence rodent is going to end up as food for some of your fish LOL

Lovin the start of the Pond... can't wait for the regular updates

 

[dragonfish]

Looking great. How big's the jur?

 

[plecos_rule5000]

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!

is that a redtail tiger shov??? pm me with answer pls.

 

[basslover34]

None of the ones that Necro showed here are the Hybrid... His Hybrid is a Beast though, Perhaps he would grace us with an updated photo