B. rousseauxi

Hi guys,

Im contemplating on getting the dourada ( not the flav/ moonlight cat and i know it fets really confusing.).

However, i've got one grow out tank left. Its around 2" right now and i'm thinking of communing it with my other SA cats. My planiceps os closing in to 2'. How long will it take to get to "not eatable size".

Im asking because if it'll take too long, i figured i'd be spending too much space for jim alone in that grow out hence i will not pursue.

Also, if these fish tend to be jau like aggressors, id have to make a pass.


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I wasn't able to take a pic but it looked this. (Please id if im correct) a really metallic silver colored head/body. A tail reminiscent of a young piraiba i saw with that long top end of the tail. Whiskers aren't that long.im pretty sure ots not a piraiba because it didn't have the few spots and the whiskers are not extremely long..


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Chicxulub said:

Douradas are much more common in the hobby than either type of piraiba. What you described sounds like a dourada indeed.

They're fairly slow growing fiah, but they have the capacity to get HUGE. If not for B. filamentosum, these are the fish from South America that everyone would be amazed at the size of. Keep that in mind when you get it: these have the ability to become a 300 pound fish.

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everything but the 300 lbs.. Lol.



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thebiggerthebetter said:

Awesome fish. I've seen only one time a juvi for sale, ~5" for $180 at a LFS in Florida. Redtailrob kept one - http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=37028&hilit=+rob That's the extent of my encounters and knowledge.

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2" for ~100 usd non taxable:/ pretty fair imo




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Chicxulub said:

Yep. This isn't a filamentosum:

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Funny even dr. Zeb hogan used that pic finding the fila)

So yikes for the dourada)



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