Thank you guys but I am sure there are bigger piraiba in bigger water bodies, like in the SE Asia in those tropical ponds and lakes. Many people just don't report it. Our big fila is too from Suriname, one of the first ones brought by Wes back in 2016, he got me this one at 1.5' at a huge discount for $1000 delivered from Los Angeles to Florida. Thank you, Wes!!!
Josh, I don't think the fila attacks are abnormal. Fila have a reputation to swallow everything it can in its native waters, in the way of feeding, and it doesn't know if it can swallow until it tries to swallow. So every fila attack in our hands has been predatory, except one where the Suriname, when it was 2.5ft, killed a 1.5ft tig in 4500 gal and spat it out, but it could have been predatory too. The same fila at 3ft caught and swallowed tail first (!!!!!!! IDK how it handled three locked spines!!??) 4-5 walking catfish, each 2ft, in the same 4500 gal, which prompted me to move it to the other 4500 gal with the jumbos. The same fila now at 4.5ft once in a while tests if it can handle a 2.5ft jelly catfish apurensis but just by clamping down on the tail tip, thank goodness.
They are timid territorially but very highly predatory, open water, pursuit predator not taking no for answers. Be careful. I'd fear for the pati for sure - it's small and thin.
Josh, I don't think the fila attacks are abnormal. Fila have a reputation to swallow everything it can in its native waters, in the way of feeding, and it doesn't know if it can swallow until it tries to swallow. So every fila attack in our hands has been predatory, except one where the Suriname, when it was 2.5ft, killed a 1.5ft tig in 4500 gal and spat it out, but it could have been predatory too. The same fila at 3ft caught and swallowed tail first (!!!!!!! IDK how it handled three locked spines!!??) 4-5 walking catfish, each 2ft, in the same 4500 gal, which prompted me to move it to the other 4500 gal with the jumbos. The same fila now at 4.5ft once in a while tests if it can handle a 2.5ft jelly catfish apurensis but just by clamping down on the tail tip, thank goodness.
They are timid territorially but very highly predatory, open water, pursuit predator not taking no for answers. Be careful. I'd fear for the pati for sure - it's small and thin.
