yeah I don't know if his water was soft or hard. This guy was 9-10" and died a week after @JLSEF9 acquired it
(banged its head against the wall hard).
Six GATF from Wes
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yeah I don't know if his water was soft or hard. This guy was 9-10" and died a week after @JLSEF9 acquired it
(banged its head against the wall hard).yeah I don't know if his water was soft or hard. This guy was 9-10" and died a week after @JLSEF9 acquired it
Damn we lose way too many like that
If he's willing to share any more pictures, of really like to see them.
Any idea why they do this?Damn we lose way too many like that
If he's willing to share any more pictures, of really like to see them.
I'm wondering what sort of tank size would really be needed for one of these leviathans long term
Damn we lose way too many like that
If he's willing to share any more pictures, of really like to see them.
I asked him already and he doesn’t have anymore pictures:/.
They just get spooked and run into things, and the farther they travel / accelerate the more damage they’ll do to themselves.
There is an aquarist that I follow on Instagram from Indonesia who has a 3’+ Goliath in an enclosure that is around 3000 gallons (eyeballing). He posts videos of that monster every now and then and the fish seems happy in there.
Edit: a pic of the monster https://instagram.com/p/BRmwLNIAicQ/
My long standing belief is that people give them too much space. When I started keeping my growouts in a 20l until they were settled and used to the happenings of my home, I stopped having this mysterious losses. I think when new atf are kept in a larger tank, they spook and have enough room to build up sufficient speed to harm themselves. Once they're settled and used to a human-dependant feeding regime, the spooking deaths generally stop.
Makes a lot of sense, I'm wondering if all of them need flow. If I recall correctly some live in lakes (especially in SA) or at least flooded swamplands
Yeah, I mentioned as such in the sticky. Flow isn't important to ATF, oxygenation is. Flow is only useful because it helps to prevent them from building up so much speed. This was lost in translation over the years, and I think people have completely glossed over my mention of the open water habitat.
Ah okay, decent airation isn't too hard to achieve. Most of my fish breathe air anyway haha.
I'd totally do a native pond with a viewing window. VATF, clarias or schilbe cats and such with reed beds and lots of emerging plant growth maybe. One day...
My natives are better!
Why do tigers have to be so big, maybe one day... 8x3 for VATF isn't too bad. You must contact Paul Skelton
That's the one that kills everything lol from what I've heard