GIANT gouramis

[gtgg]

what are good tankmates for a big RTGG?

i want him to be with some of these... aro, severums, NTT's, retic ray, p.bass, pacu...
any of those?

did you pickup the RTGG from that guy on here?

George is with a pacu and pleco with no problems. i am glad george is not aggressive.

Longer than I wanna keep them.

How big is your GG? My big adult won't eat much variety - at the moment its just cos lettuce and ocassional other foods. My baby GG won't touch vegies but eats most pellets, cooked and raw shrimp.

George is about 9 inches from head to tail. i pick him up on christmas but dont know how old he is. any guess?

i am feeding him raw shrimp because superworms gets to messy. he seems to like raw shrimp for now. he will only eat marine pallets! very picky little fishy.

Try holding back on the food for a few days, then stand back out of reach and try dangling a shinny car part over the tank and see what happens. In most cases when my fish won't eat something new I'm happy but if I really want them to give it a try. I just hold back on feeding them for a few days, and sure enough they'll give it a try.

i feel bad not feeding them for one day. i would be afriad that he would eat his tank mates!

 

[Tequila]

did you pickup the RTGG from that guy on here?

George is with a pacu and pleco with no problems. i am glad george is not aggressive.






George is about 9 inches from head to tail. i pick him up on christmas but dont know how old he is. any guess?

I would figure around a yr maybe a bit more, depends on tank size and feeding.

i am feeding him raw shrimp because superworms gets to messy. he seems to like raw shrimp for now. he will only eat marine pallets! very picky little fishy.

Ever try freeze dried Superworms? There Great!

i feel bad not feeding them for one day. i would be afriad that he would eat his tank mates!

I don't feed my fish every day anyway.

 

[Yanbbrox]

yanbbrox, this is ur george. i made an account when you were sleeping just to tell you NOT TO FEED ME CHEESE! it gives me the RUNS!

i need to learn how to post pics so i can get some comments on george and have someone tell me if george is really a male.

i never found a straight answer on the life span of GG. anyone?

I think you need to be a full member to post pics, a full member has a post count of 5, that's it nothing more, guide here:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177052

Lifespan can be up to 20-25 years in captivity with good care, post back saying thanks and your a full member, then post a pic, Master Tequila is the sexing expert

Not sure of the abrev NTT's is though. But if it grows lg and has scales it should be ok.

I wouldn't chance the ray, but the rest sound good. Why you ask, rays have little if any body armor, so there alot like swimming de-shelled scallops with a tail - very fleshy - yummy to any RTGGs that I know of.

Depends totally on the fishes temperament, some will mix often alone others will fight, Master Tequila's spend most of their free time fighting with each other but he's lost other fish at times, mine all but wiped out a tank over night at 3.5'', that's 5 silver dollars(2 were twice the size) and 2 bala sharks all bigger than him, we've tried smaller gourami as tank mates since and it worked until one day he got bored and killed them

Try holding back on the food for a few days, then stand back out of reach and try dangling a shinny car part over the tank and see what happens. In most cases when my fish won't eat something new I'm happy but if I really want them to give it a try. I just hold back on feeding them for a few days, and sure enough they'll give it a try.

Great advise if they are not eating don't feed for a few days, had to do a 25% water change last night as the usual ton of fruit and veg was ignored because he was in a mood, he's now not being fed for 3 days

did you pickup the RTGG from that guy on here?

George is with a pacu and pleco with no problems. i am glad george is not aggressive.






George is about 9 inches from head to tail. i pick him up on christmas but dont know how old he is. any guess?

i am feeding him raw shrimp because superworms gets to messy. he seems to like raw shrimp for now. he will only eat marine pallets! very picky little fishy.


i feel bad not feeding them for one day. i would be afriad that he would eat his tank mates!

At 9'' Between 6-9 months old, difficult to nail it down more than that, depends on habitat and feeding, but it will out grow any tank, this fish embodies the 'does not grow to the tank' syndrome.

One of my first posts on here has a picture of a GG at an LFS I've recently seen the same fish again and it's bordering on cruelty it's that big, more than doubled in size.

BTW I only joined to use the search function If it's wasn't for this economic mess and job losses I've had extended the house and built Georges final tank(and I'll know if it is George or not I've got the dental records) adopted the fish then George really would have something to play with

 

[Yanbbrox]

Just in case you thought I was joking about dental records:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=2537522&postcount=26

I've not done a teeth update for a while, I'll add it to my to do list, there are more

 

[vivaladonald]

did you pickup the RTGG from that guy on here?

George is with a pacu and pleco with no problems. i am glad george is not aggressive.

no he ended up selling him before i could get there.
it was such a nice fish and such an awesome deal too...
i'm on the hunt for another one.

 

[vivaladonald]

GG's WILL EAT STINGRAYS?!?

 

[iamkarlo]

These fish live in the rivers here in Thailand where I live and they grow to huge sizes they are fairly common up country also infact so common they sell them in Tesco Lotus shopping stores for human consumption!

I had a 21 inch GG and it was proberly one of the best fish I owned now it stays at my inlaws home...........very very intelligent and yes the same as an oscar it can recognize people.

 

[gtgg]

I don't feed my fish every day anyway.

i feed my fishies twice a day. is that to much?

 

[gtgg]

I think you need to be a full member to post pics, a full member has a post count of 5, that's it nothing more, guide here:
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=177052

Lifespan can be up to 20-25 years in captivity with good care, post back saying thanks and your a full member, then post a pic, Master Tequila is the sexing expert



At 9'' Between 6-9 months old, difficult to nail it down more than that, depends on habitat and feeding, but it will out grow any tank, this fish embodies the 'does not grow to the tank' syndrome.

One of my first posts on here has a picture of a GG at an LFS I've recently seen the same fish again and it's bordering on cruelty it's that big, more than doubled in size.

BTW I only joined to use the search function If it's wasn't for this economic mess and job losses I've had extended the house and built Georges final tank(and I'll know if it is George or not I've got the dental records) adopted the fish then George really would have something to play with

im a full member now! time to learn how to post pics.

20-25 years, good lord!

your george is looking good, cant wait to see him get bigger.

 

[gtgg]

These fish live in the rivers here in Thailand where I live and they grow to huge sizes they are fairly common up country also infact so common they sell them in Tesco Lotus shopping stores for human consumption!

I had a 21 inch GG and it was proberly one of the best fish I owned now it stays at my inlaws home...........very very intelligent and yes the same as an oscar it can recognize people.

GG are our friends, not food.

i cant imagine ppl eating them

does anyone in the states actually breed them?