Mahseer, Tor, and Neolissochilus at Fish Story
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Do you mean this one? https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/tor-khudree-in-4500-gal-2.680012/
You had sent me 4 - khudree, malabaricus (one eyed), soro, and progenious. 2' Tambroides broke its head and killed itself you said when you were netting. This was Aug, or so, of 2015.
Rings a bell?
Ivan
Aw3s0m3
says you got 3' mahseers swimming in your tanks. What are they? Can we see them? (Ivan was dropping off his cigar barbs and 3 smaller mahseers to join your shipment to me about 6-9 months ago).****************************************************************
BTW, a seemingly knowledgeable colleague posted in the comments on YouTube on my video:
まなし1 week ago
This fish isn't Tor malabaricus. I think it's Tor khudree. For Tor malabaricus, the first epaxial longitudinal series of scales is clearly too many the number.
I replied: Fish Story Aquarium & Rescue1 week ago
Thank you so much for the info. I think you may be quite right. When I look at it swimming by my large 2' Tor khudree, they are stunningly similar. I wonder though why in some sources Tor malabaricus is listed as Tor khudree malabaricus.
Wesley Wong graciously transferred 4 of his mahseer to me in Aug 2015 - khudree, malabaricus (which may be another khudree), soro, and progenious. Tor progenious was probably ~18"-20" back then. It's done well in one of my 4500 gal tanks and reached roughly 22"-24". Pretty peaceful fish, at least I've not witnessed any aggression from it toward its very motley crew of tank mates.
To my eye, it is the prettiest mahseer in my humble collection (I too have a stracheyi and two unknown ones labeled enigmatically as Golden Thai mahseer). Not for the color, which looks platinum, but for the body structure.
Surprisingly, it prefers to keep away from the front window in sharp contrast to the other mahseer. So for now all I have is this "What's in the video?" kind of a vid (in a vague analogy to the popular "What's in the bag?" game). When / if I get a better video, I'll certainly post it here.
To my eye, it is the prettiest mahseer in my humble collection (I too have a stracheyi and two unknown ones labeled enigmatically as Golden Thai mahseer). Not for the color, which looks platinum, but for the body structure.
Surprisingly, it prefers to keep away from the front window in sharp contrast to the other mahseer. So for now all I have is this "What's in the video?" kind of a vid (in a vague analogy to the popular "What's in the bag?" game). When / if I get a better video, I'll certainly post it here.
Another video compilation of the bigger of the two unknown mahseer from Ivan
Aw3s0m3
sold as golden thai mahseer. (Shot the same day as the first video)
Aw3s0m3
sold as golden thai mahseer. (Shot the same day as the first video)
Slightly better short video of Tor progenious, ~2', in 4500 gal, filmed as above on Dec 2016:
Blue mahseer, aka Neolissochilus stracheyi, ~15", in 4500 gal. Got it from Ivan
Aw3s0m3
now it seems like a year ago but this was filmed in Dec 2016. Like all mahseer, it is an incessant eating and prowling machine. Loves current, harassing new tank mates initially, and thawed fish, in the absence of which it is happy to try and get all the pellets it possibly can... and even some that it can't...
Aw3s0m3
now it seems like a year ago but this was filmed in Dec 2016. Like all mahseer, it is an incessant eating and prowling machine. Loves current, harassing new tank mates initially, and thawed fish, in the absence of which it is happy to try and get all the pellets it possibly can... and even some that it can't...
Aw3s0m3
I stumbled on these photos of imported "Thai golden mahseer" by Raymond Chan, which I suppose you, Ivan, got from him, right?https://www.instagram.com/p/BB1KGJYs21c/?taken-by=amazingfish247
And this is Ray's stratcheyi https://www.instagram.com/p/BB06lsUM25y/?taken-by=amazingfish247
Yep. That be them
https://www.instagram.com/p/BB1KGJYs21c/?taken-by=amazingfish247
And this is Ray's stratcheyi https://www.instagram.com/p/BB06lsUM25y/?taken-by=amazingfish247
Got them from Wes 2 years ago at 5". Very lively fish, vigorous indiscriminate feeders, like cut fish, catfish pellets, etc. They grow excruciatingly slowly, ~4" in 2 years, despite earnest feeding. Haven't bothered anyone and no one seems to bother them. An occasional chase by VATF but no damage.
The smallest one has a damaged right eye with a much smaller pupil, don't know when it happened or even whether in my care or not.
Then and their tank mates in 240 gal:
Sorry, no better photos for now:
The smallest one has a damaged right eye with a much smaller pupil, don't know when it happened or even whether in my care or not.
Then and their tank mates in 240 gal:
Sorry, no better photos for now:
