Catfish Bonanza

[nishant_datta]

Amazing pics !!! You got some big cats. And your lima looks great.

Post some pics of the albino channels.

If you mind me asking, how much time are you able to spend with your cats.

Man I'm jealous.. Good luck with the 2500..

I'm looking forward to it.

 

[necrocanis]

Here's all the pics I have of the albino channels. They were less than 3 inches long when i bought them. They had sat in the pet store for 6 months with fin and tail rot. I was expecting them to be gone everytime I went back in there. I just couldn't stand it anymore. They were emaciated, no fins, no wiskers, stunted, and had gill infections. I though I was going to give them a sanitary place to die for all I knew. But after three month they are finally starting to grow. Their fins all grew back. Only one didn't get his maxillary barbells back, but he's fine without them. They are fat and have now grown 2 whole inches. I am amazed. I never really planned on buying a channel since i can get them for free anywhere in the USA, but seeing them in that condition pisses me off lol. Enjoy.

 

[necrocanis]

Dang man I absolutely love all your catfish especially that monster of a RTC x TSN he's amazing. Does he have a name?

His name is mo, origionally I had the three stooges, larry, mo, and curly, and when I got my plecostomus he was shimp, but they all died except mo this winter. Luckily he'll have some more friends besides the white suckers which he lovingly lets hid under him until nightfall then he eats them lol.

 

[necrocanis]

oh, and if anyone was wondering the channels are named dirt devil, and hoover. mainly because when I first got them and they had no fins they would go completely verticle trying to eat off the bottom, and the only way they could get around was by the power of their breathing, if they tried to swim they would just spiral, quite hillarious, but sad at the same time. Now they are expert swimmers on their new fins. It took over a month for their fins and whiskers to grow back, and before they started to grow again. Damn pet store idiots.

 

[doubledragon]

Nice pics. glad your rtc x tsn healed up fine. I definitely think I'm going to go with my 2 channels and some koi in my pond. I love the way they are always so active. Congrat's on your new house. I can't wait to have my own place with a full size basement. Then the sky is the limit,that is, till I run out of room or get tired of fish ha ha I think I'll probably run out of room first. Hey didn't you say you had two fluval fx5's on your pond? Do you like them, I was thinkin about gettin one myself.

 

[necrocanis]

I do have 2 fluval fx5s on my pond. They work great, but when I build my big tank I am going to go with wet dry all the way. Make sure that your pond sits slightly above the top of the filter. This is the way the filters were designed to work. I have also noticed that they get a lot of air trapped in the filter, which is quite noisy, and slows thier operation. To get them to work better without the constant noise I put the filter intakes upside down. They almost never get any air in them that way. Put them right side up though, just wait a few hours and you'll see what I mean. Hope this helps. Willing to ship those huge rtc? I am still searching locally, but might have to break down and order one, with some other goodies.

 

[necrocanis]

oh, and by the way I have a 30' x 30' garage to work with, and the wife gave me full permission to build a tank of any size so long as we can fit our cars in there still. That means the 2500 gal is on!!!!

 

[chico3611]

I cant wait to see what you will do w/ all that room, I wish I had the space.
2,500 Gallons! get it started ....and do a step by step so we can see how you set up filtration....and if im lucky, one day i can use it for future reference

 

[doubledragon]

2500g that would be so cool. I can't wait to have room.

 

[necrocanis]

Yeah, I am amazed that my wife is even considering letting me do it, but I promised that she could choose a few fish to go in it, but she risks them being eaten by my catfishes, lol. Looks like I am going to use 4x4, and plywood construction.