Just that. What is the biggest you guys have seen? I don't think I've seen one much above about 15". I'd love to see a 2'+ specimen if any of you have had one!
What's the biggest juruense you've ever seen?
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I seem to remember a picture on here of one right at two ft. Dead. I forget what killed it for sure but thinking suicide.
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20" is the biggest i've seen in person and I had a 16" specimen for a short period of time before my black wolf fish decided to kill it
My 2-footer I got from George, the owner of Shark Aquarium, Hillside, NJ. Post-mortum.
George caught the fish himself in Peru or Venezuela, I forget.
George caught the fish himself in Peru or Venezuela, I forget.
When it was alive, did it look like it did in the capture shot or with the faded colors when it was dead?
George said it lost its pretty color minutes after landing and they never came back. They were a bit better than in the shot, but not striking at all. Besides, the fish was magnificent. The fish spent ~ a year in George's shop.
Damn that sucks. I've heard that before about them losing the color. It's a shame we can't figure out how to make them keep their color; fresh, wild jurs look better than tigs IMO.
Do you feel the pressure to often be different? 
Both are magnificent in my eye. You know the many discussions we have had about jurs, zebra flashes, base colors, etc. Too few data points but it seems some jurs keep their color all along. Nice, clean yellow or orangish in place of dirty light brown and better contrast. No, IDK either how and why.
Both are magnificent in my eye. You know the many discussions we have had about jurs, zebra flashes, base colors, etc. Too few data points but it seems some jurs keep their color all along. Nice, clean yellow or orangish in place of dirty light brown and better contrast. No, IDK either how and why.
I love to have unique, unusual thingsDo you feel the pressure to often be different?
Both are magnificent in my eye. You know the many discussions we have had about jurs, zebra flashes, base colors, etc. Too few data points but it seems some jurs keep their color all along. Nice, clean yellow or orangish in place of dirty light brown and better contrast. No, IDK either how and why.
I'd spend a small mint to have a stable, settled jur that looks like yours did when George first caught it. They're probably the nicest looking catfish out there IMO. Having one that looked like that sharing a tank with a tig would be a dream come true!
Ah, dreams. This is why I love this hobby
