I was right, these are yellow bullheads. They are on a little predatory side than bullheads. A little aggressive too.
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+1 mine fights with a gibbiceps pleco same size as him (8-8.5") every single night like clockwork.They can be mean little buggers.
In my 265, my bullhead (I'll call him that... he's very dark brown, tiny white spots on his head, about 14") fights with my 4'+ american eel a lot too. The eel has actually dragged him around the tank by his tail. Of course, mrwhisker isn't playing and snaps him like a pitbull. THey're usually doing their own thing, but when the eel sees people he gets all excited and swims around like a retard which drives the cat nuts. It's amusing.
yes, "accidents" happen all the time. that's why they are endangered, and why you shouldn't collect what you can't identify.
This is an old one... I don't have any new ones here at work with me. My brother and I tried to measure him a few times (he lets me hold him kind of) but he won't sit still. My guess would be probably closer to 40" so I exaggerated a bit.
Won't be surprised if it was closer to 40". Many record eels were big and often surpassed 35" mark. They also lives forever...
I had read similar. The females were longer/larger correct? It doesn't surprise me that they live forever... they're super tough. He got out twice when I've been gone with the Army. First time was just a few hours when my brother was feeding them, the second time was at least a full day. My brother didn't put the brick back on the lid and ol slimer pushed it off. Brother said he was stiff as a board when he found him and figured he was dead... went to pick him up and he tried to swim. So he tossed him back in the tank and he was back to normal in an hour or so. It's also a 7 foot fall from the top of the tank.
