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nice collection of pics. i saw one in the lfs a year ago or so that was 27" wish i could of got that one as it was only $60. mine is now at 14"+-. i'll try to get some pics of it up. i noticed it gets nippy with my ornate now and then, the ornate normally starts it.
 

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sbuse;4882616; said:
nice collection of pics. i saw one in the lfs a year ago or so that was 27" wish i could of got that one as it was only $60. mine is now at 14"+-. i'll try to get some pics of it up. i noticed it gets nippy with my ornate now and then, the ornate normally starts it.
You sure it was 27" Congicus? :popcorn: $60 seems very cheap for 27" Congicus. Normally @ that size, it would cost several hundred. ;)
 

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dzigbancet;4880388; said:
emmm I think it's male.
That beast was female. ;)
 

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Hao;4883165; said:
You sure it was 27" Congicus? :popcorn: $60 seems very cheap for 27" Congicus. Normally @ that size, it would cost several hundred. ;)
it may have been a congicus, but i don't know for sure. it was 27" and it looked like an endli of some sort. i wasn't into them at the time i saw it. i was like damn thats a big one and moved on. it was only $60 for sure. i think the lfs got it in as a trade or just got it from some one not wanting to be in the hobby anymore. it was in their tank for a long time. they had it listed as a congicus, but i don't know for sure. it isn't there anymore.
 

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sbuse;4882616; said:
nice collection of pics. i saw one in the lfs a year ago or so that was 27" wish i could of got that one as it was only $60. mine is now at 14"+-. i'll try to get some pics of it up. i noticed it gets nippy with my ornate now and then, the ornate normally starts it.

just found out mine is an endli endli.
 

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sbuse;4883338; said:
it may have been a congicus, but i don't know for sure. it was 27" and it looked like an endli of some sort. i wasn't into them at the time i saw it. i was like damn thats a big one and moved on. it was only $60 for sure. i think the lfs got it in as a trade or just got it from some one not wanting to be in the hobby anymore. it was in their tank for a long time. they had it listed as a congicus, but i don't know for sure. it isn't there anymore.
Well, if it was an 27" Endlicheri, then that would probably make it the biggest Endli I've heard. Biggest one I've seen from Japan is 25"-26". Not trying to start arguement or anything. :)
 

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Newer pictures of Yu Chia's-CDM's 2 monster Congicus
28" Congicus





24"-25" Congicus

 

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King-eL;4885393; said:
He finally use red gravel. That is one big congi. Seeing that congi makes me miss my biggest lapradei....
He's been using red gravel for few months. :) I love his Aros and Gar and Congicus! :drool: Amazing collection but such a pity, he lost the upper jaw bichirs in his other tank. :(
 

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Hao;4885398; said:
He's been using red gravel for few months. :) I love his Aros and Gar and Congicus! :drool: Amazing collection but such a pity, he lost the upper jaw bichirs in his other tank. :(
He lost all the fish in there or just a few as I seen the beutt mixed with the big bichirs now?

I lost lots of bichirs too while I was on my vacation. I just kept wondering why I only lost the bichirs and not the other fish that are more sensitive. The fishsitter might have done something wrong. Then I opened up the belly of the dead bichirs and founded lots of shrimp/prawm shells. He probably just dumped the shrimp/prawn or just peeled them off and feed the shell and took the meat for his own consumption. Made the bichirs ate the shells as they were probably starving and force to eat the shells. One of the bichir I lost was my very own favorite bichir too. My bullet head nigerian lapradei. Biggest lap I ever had and probably biggest lap here in MFK but he's gone now.
 
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