Help with Goonch Identification / Heat resistance?
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I've had mine for about a year now and summer was no problem. I even keep them in a tropical environment with temps around 82-84F year round and they're still happy and healthy at about 17-18" each now.
Nope. Mine are both bagarius. I actually believe that they migrate down to the warmer waters in southern India to breed and once they reach a certain size they migrate back up to the cooler waters.
I'm curious what cases you're talking about bc there are quite a few people that keep them in warmer water
I'm curious what cases you're talking about bc there are quite a few people that keep them in warmer water
Well in the ID-threat the author wrote about B.Bagarius beeing not to happy about warmer temperatures and also there is this threat with the numerous deaths of bagarius which could not really be explained. I also read about some here in europe, bot those might have been due to parasites.
You can see my original thread which is linked in that sticky as well. I was part of the numerous deaths but the main concern about all those deaths was that they all occurred in just a couple of weeks. Rob did a great job with the ID thread and he also wrote one on proper care but you also have to consider that there isn't very much info about these fish at all. Just recently the rutilus was originally classified as a yarelli since the 80's and has now been changed to its own species. Also, as far as Ik, all the Indian goonches are being caught in southern India where the water is warmer including the B. bagarius bc much of northern India where the Himalayas are are uninhabited. So far I still believe that they live in warmer waters when young then migrate to cooler waters once they are larger. I have kept mine in extremely cold unheated tanks as well as tropical temps which is what they are in right now. There has been no change in behavior nor has there been any rapid breathing indicating lack of O2. They have behaved the exact same. This may change as they grow larger which is why I continue to keep an eye on them but for the time being they're happy and healthy as they have always been.
Yeah i guess we forget how huge india is an how different the landscape and temperatures can be. (In Germany the climate changes much over the time of the year, but not with the region or at least not much)
But what i like to know: Hoch much flow is in your tank? And did you ever measure the amount of dissolved oxygen over the day? (It is actually quite difficult to do this, most tests are very unprecise, you would need a proper test kit or a quite expensive electronic device)
I have a flow of 4000Liters an hour in my 1200 liter tank which is probably not enough for bagarius catfish, the dissolved oxygen is 6mg/l in the morning and 6.5 at 14:00 where it's supposed to be the highest.
But what i like to know: Hoch much flow is in your tank? And did you ever measure the amount of dissolved oxygen over the day? (It is actually quite difficult to do this, most tests are very unprecise, you would need a proper test kit or a quite expensive electronic device)
I have a flow of 4000Liters an hour in my 1200 liter tank which is probably not enough for bagarius catfish, the dissolved oxygen is 6mg/l in the morning and 6.5 at 14:00 where it's supposed to be the highest.
