Catfish Bonanza
- Thread starter necrocanis
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there's the other side of this pond since it's 3' x 10', but they just all stay on one end. The only fish missing in the overall pic is the ACC. Doing water changes 2-3x per week now. I really need to finish the big tank. The big boy is in his pristine tank all by his lonesome. Too bad he tries to kill everything I put in with him. Funny how the rtc and mrtc get along with no problems except the mrtc steals a ton of food from the slower rtc, but when the rtc was in with the big boy all hell broke loose. Not much I can do unless I set up yet another pond which will take away from the big tank funds. I'm going to look around and see what I can find though. Might set up a small kiddie pool for now in the 400 gal range. The only reason I have that cattle trough set up is that the 1000 gal intex pool I had them in leaked to no end. I've never had one of the cattle troughs leak though. Might be some clearance pools I can get my hands on though. I have an extra pump or two. Would be easy to make a filter for the time being. Seems frustrating everthing takes away from the big tank build lol.
basslover34;2076740; said:
yeah, it's taking him a hella long time compared to others I've seen. His coloration is striking though. Since I've added about 25% hot dogs to his diet he's really got some color in him. Could just be him getting more mature though. I really wish I could keep him in the big boy's pond, but they don't play nice. The jau doesn't play nice either. I just moved him into the 75 gal as his next step, but he shredded the fins of my flash zebra, limas, and my stone cat. He'll go back into solitary today in his 55 gal pond. If I can keep fat albert growing at this pace for another month or two I might try him in with the big boy again. He's definitely the biggest waste producer in the tank. My 200 gal tank could be finished soon if I put my mind to it. That would help some. 350 gals seems really small when you have huge fish lol.
Just add filtration to this one and then worry about the Big Pond... Funds need to be dirrected towards that so you can free up the smaller ones that you already have not add more of them LOL (trust me I have the same problem)necrocanis;2076803; said:
lol, I guess I could make a 55 gal barrel filter like on the big boy's tank, or somehow connect both ponds to it. I'm going to get some lumber for the 4000 build and get cracking lol.
So the fish all switched tanks. I figure in the short term it will work better if the smaller catfish have more room to grow while the big tank is in the works. Hopefully by the time it's all done I can move several of them in with the big boy also. We'll see. Here's a few pics though.
Oh yeah, the small rtc in the pic is redtailnobs'. It's in one of my tanks til we can get his massive tank built.
Here's a few updated pics! There's also a pic of the tank I am building for these guys and redtailnobs for measurement! I'll try to link up a crappy vid of me petting the big boy. He was a little cranky. Also a couple other crappy vids of me feeding my biggest pond, and my jau.[YT]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/QW4Vr6i5W1U&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/QW4Vr6i5W1U&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/YT][YT]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/GPiMIKqgs4U&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/GPiMIKqgs4U&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/YT][YT]<object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4l77JmNrIcI&hl=en&fs=1"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4l77JmNrIcI&hl=en&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object>[/YT]
