Catfish Bonanza

[necrocanis]

tnx guys, Man I love this site lol. Great ego boost I guess. I pride myself with catfish. They have been my number one since day one. Something about them, and yes my first cat was a rtc. Very stupidly since I had no idea what I was doing. Took me a few years and sadly a few catfish deaths to learn that. I just hope that the things I post here and elsewhere makes some catfish' life a little better if their owners are better informed. I truely believe that anyone who can afford to set up a 125 gal tank can afford to keep adult rtc, and tsn. Just get a cattle trough instead of the 125 gal. Cheaper. lol. A 350 gal trough will buy you enough time(like 3 years) to build a nice big aquarium or larger pond. Just for updates I would think that my hybrid has breached the 34" mark. I just need to measure it. When he lays cross-ways in his pond he is over half the dia now. It is 6ft dia, but that's to the outer edge of pond. It's more like 5 1/2' dia on the bottom. He's about 2-3 inches over half the dia. So I am saying 34-35" lol 3' is just down the road a couple months. He just doesn't stop growing. He amazes me everyday. Tnx again guys. I am sure together we can all make great homes for our fine whiskered friends.

 

[plausible]

thanks, here's another pic of him for you! Some info on him. He is around 17", has 9" barbels, and so far only eats large hikari cichlid pellets from the top. I have had all the hybrids about 7 months now.

wow they look even bigger now compare to like last month

 

[killerfish]

nice cats man

 

[necrocanis]

nice cats man

tnx

 

[necrocanis]

Here's a little update on my big boy and my little boy lol. Well as everyone knows the newest addition my baby rtc was sick with fin and tail rot, and gill curl when I bought him. You'll be happy to hear he's all healed up except gill curl on one gill still. I continue to do water changes daily and a salt and heat treatment. I also used half dose of maroxy tc I believe. Don't really remember the name. Well I took some pics the other day and upon review I couldn't believe my eyes. His adipose fin had rotted too, and when it grew back it had soft fin rays!!!!!! WTF I said to myself. This is some wierd sh@$. Well I took a close look and yup that's what it is. I'll let the pics do the talking, but the adipose fin is supposed to be made of only cartilage and skin. It was normal when I first got him and he was developing fin and tail rot, but now he's got like an extra fin on top!! Anyone else Use this product with similar results? Just curious, now I have a freak tsn and a freak rtc. Here's some pics of before his fins rotted all the way, half way grown back and now with his new extra fin? lol, kinda funny but not sure how this could have happened. Hmmmm oh well. wonder if it will stay forever. Be kinda wierd to see when he's older.

 

[necrocanis]

Ok now the big boy. He's fat, large and in charge. I can't wait till he breaks the 3' mark. Should be in a month or two at this rate. He's somewhere around 34-35". Wow, not quite two years I've had him. He's been through hell and back for 6 moves since I got him. Fasting for a month or so each time, and yet he still grew from 22" to 34" in about 19 months. He's growing faster now than ever since I've had him. He's finally steady, and will only move maybe once or twice more in his life. He will be going from his home in the small pond to the new temporary 1200 gal in a year or so. After that he will just wait till I get my big tank finished. Should be a huge project. I have decided to see where my money situation is when i go to build, and I might go really monsterous. Like 10k gal or more. We'll see. For now though I am almost finished cycling the 1200 gal, and it will recieve it's first wiskered denizens next time i am home. Hope you guys enjoy these pics of my big boy feeding.

 

[Tuda]

aw, cant belive how cute that lil Redtail is

 

[necrocanis]

aw, cant belive how cute that lil Redtail is

Tnx, I've had him for about 3 weeks, and he's grown from 2 1/2" to 4 1/2" even with gill curl and fin and tail rot. He has quite the appetite. I've been stuffing him with blood worms and krill, and the occasional one of my wife's fish as he grows in the 10 gal lol. He's going into the 75 gal in two weeks, and into the 1200 gal in another 3 months after that. Why not straight for the 1200 gal? Well that would mean that he'd have to face 2 tsns that are much larger, and 3 larger channels, and a large knife fish lol. I think I'll wait till he's wide enough not to get eaten.

 

[quadpop]

Nice TSN x RTC hybrid!

 

[necrocanis]

tnx quadpop.