Hampala

[KNH]

You may want to pm johno27. He has a good size hampala with rays and pbass I believe.

 

[johno27]

If so:
1. Tank size? 300 (72x36x27) I would recommend at least a 24" wide tank. At 15" they need a lot of room to swim
2. Temperature? 82
3. Food? Massivore, nightcrawlers, smelt, shrimp
4. Tankmates? P-bass, red hook silver dollars, Leo/Hen ray
5. Group size? just one

My guy grew pretty fast when I put him on a 24/7 drip but rather slowly with less frequent changes. He slowed down around 15".
He can get a little pushy with anything flashy or white (mag float algae scrubber lol) but has never messed with any rays or p-bass
6. Pics?
This is him 4-08-2011 at about 3" when I got him

This is him fairly recently

 

[vamptrev]

Wow looks great johno

I saw some of these at my lfs but i dont have a tank small enough to start them out


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[johno27]

Thanks,
Yup they have been floating around in our area lately.

 

[Chub_by]

Thanks JohnO. Very nice fish!
I'm trying to make this into a general Hampala sp. Thread.

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[johno27]

I will try and get a more recent pic soon he is much beefier now probably not much longer though

Happy to share my experience with mine besides KNH nobody wants to talk about hampalas

 

[Chub_by]

That would be nice John. Yeah you and KNH are my only hope..
Wonder why these awesome fish aren't that popular.

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[johno27]

Sorry it took so long I have been slacking on cleaning my glass but here are some pictures from today as promised

In one of the pictures you can see some missing scales which he seems to shed and grow in pretty often

 

[Chub_by]

Very nice John, that's a pretty beastly fish
Does it stay in midwater? Or does it use the bottom/top frequently?

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[johno27]

Thanks,

Very active swimmer mainly mid to bottom

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