Right on Ken. I was able to only leave the two putitora (now 2.5'), progenious (2'), khudree (2'), and malabaricus/khudree (2') in the 25K. They haven't bothered the std fin koi (not that I have noticed yet). Long fin koi are usually more seducing and appetizing to aggressors; I adopted all those longfins out anyway.
Soro, douronensis, and stratcheyi had to go back into the 4500 - they were biting the koi even when full, bastards! Less sure about the stratcheyi but possible. Soro and Thai rose/Thai gold/douronensis for sure were the worst to the koi... and to many others, both in the 25K and 4.5K.
Since then, as you might know khudree died in the 25K and stratcheyi in the 4.5K.
One Aral barbel is thriving, pushing 3 feet now, well at least 2.5 feet for sure. The other started withering a few years back, stopped growing, got thinner, the fins degraded, especially the tail fin got thin, pinkish-transparent. Often when I throw feed in the tank, it would undergo some violent seizures (?!) swimming madly around, shaking and convulsing, then it passes and the fish still manages to go back to feeding. I thought maybe internal parasites, brain worm? Isolated in QT, treated with praziquantel, metronidazole, and fenbendazole through feed. It fed well in QT, despite being unhappy about lack of space and trying to jump out, get away from me approaching the QT tank (120 gal). After several weeks released back into the 25K. Nothing changed much. Still struggling and having seizures, whether same frequency or less, hard to tell. It feeds okay-ish but it's thin and looks sickly, especially versus its thriving brother / sister.Any updates, Viktor? I am aware they are hard to film or photograp in the 25000
Been overdue for an update, you are right.
Will try to get some visuals.
