gooooonch!

[jonah h2o]

saw this goonch on eBay! its decent size too. how big a tank is needed for these guys anyway, Ive seen some pics of big ones and I would guess a few 1000 gallons. hope to have one someday. I assume a lot of people on here would love to have a fish that was on river monsters!
how rare are these guys?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/12-13-Goonc...791622?hash=item465e89ac86:g:-hsAAOSw5cNYKWhb

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

They are offered widely and often online it seems.

Their species ID can be tough (see the stickie thread by Chicxulub).

Coming from a non-goonch guy, it appears to me they die without an obvious reason more often than they don't (there is a thread on this by Chicxulub too) and, despite so many sold, quite rarely do we get to see a large specimen of 2'-3' and only once I saw a specimen of ~4'.

In sum, they are a specialty fish, sensitive and challenging to raise to a large size on average, that is, some will say it was easy for them, most will say it was hard, some will say impossible... my impression is.

These are some of the reasons I have not embarked on trying to raise a goonch even once yet. Not to mention they are most usually expensive.

$0.02

 

[justarn]

hooliganATV is keeping his outside in a shed here in the UK, he is heating only to 10 deg for the winter and hasn't fed since October iirc. It's an attempt to mimic their natural environment.
Hopefully it works out, they seem difficult but this might be one to follow....
Maybe they just need a break like a deciduous tree.

 

[tbrown7552]

Coming from a non-goonch guy, it appears to me they die without an obvious reason more often than they don't (there is a thread on this by Chicxulub too) and, despite so many sold, quite rarely do we get to see a large specimen of 2'-3' and only once I saw a specimen of ~4'.

In sum, they are a specialty fish, sensitive and challenging to raise to a large size on average, that is, some will say it was easy for them, most will say it was hard, some will say impossible... my impression is.

These are some of the reasons I have not embarked on trying to raise a goonch even once yet. Not to mention they are most usually expensive.

$0.02

I would venture to say that its incorrect. I think something was going on to cause that. There hasnt been any recent die offs like that thread showed.