Any update Dave?
It’s a very interesting specimen? Never heard of them before.
Any update Dave?
It’s a very interesting specimen? Never heard of them before.
Hemibagrus Variegatus
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So, it’s been quite a while but the variagatus continues to live in the pond and appears to have topped out around 18”. She is a what I would class as a typical reclusive hemibagrus in that she has taken home in the dark recesses of the gap between two liners along with most of the other larger catfish in there, coming out briefly to feed mainly on sinking sturgeon pellets, but the very rare piece of hake, basa or musselmeat.
surprizingly she lives behind the liner with the marmoratus cat(30”),two Asian redtail cats(14”-16”) the tiger shovelnose(22”) a granulosus(14”)and a Niger cat(12”). The only cats taking home in pipes or in the open are the filamentosus(12”) the albino nemurus (10”), the jelly cat (10”) the Wallago (12”) and the Lima shovelnose(18”).
currently the black shark (26”) ensures most cats are not active by day as he hates them coming out into what he considers all his pond and growth remains relatively slow meaning no one needs a bigger house just yet. The over wintering grow on koi have gone from 5” to 14” so the nicer ones will be moved outdoors and five more 5”-6” ones have been moved in to grow on now for just over a week.
surprizingly she lives behind the liner with the marmoratus cat(30”),two Asian redtail cats(14”-16”) the tiger shovelnose(22”) a granulosus(14”)and a Niger cat(12”). The only cats taking home in pipes or in the open are the filamentosus(12”) the albino nemurus (10”), the jelly cat (10”) the Wallago (12”) and the Lima shovelnose(18”).
currently the black shark (26”) ensures most cats are not active by day as he hates them coming out into what he considers all his pond and growth remains relatively slow meaning no one needs a bigger house just yet. The over wintering grow on koi have gone from 5” to 14” so the nicer ones will be moved outdoors and five more 5”-6” ones have been moved in to grow on now for just over a week.
