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its also worth noting that most fish will experience some sort of seasonal change, we just dont always have the capacity to rapacity it in captivity

also ment to say. in the interest of a yearly cycle system, jump over to the snakehead section and see the breeders. most smaller snakeheads require a water level drop through the summer and a diet change from fish based to insect to trigger a breeding. some just a flow of colder water in...

koi are tough fish as are carp in general which is why they were introduced into every country in europe as a food source by monks hahaha. but i don't think goonch are a hard fish to care for, i'm just not convinced that a fish that occupies such a wide range of areas can be. i think like i...

its not the air temp that important, it's the water temp. a few degrees warming and feeding will be more prolific, digestion quicker and in turn growth will be more. with that in mind, where was it caught, what depth, what was the flow like? what are the tributaries temps? do they migrate? it...

once the goonch has outgrown it so probably end of summer hahahaha. as i only have the two tank i will probably invest in a nice 300G for in the house for the dovii. the goonch is getting a pool i expect

thanks very much all. i'm pleased to say he is feeding again now. i put some zebra and giant danios in which are still all in perfect health and he started feeding within a day or two. the warmer temps are probably helping too. i expect to see some rapid grown in the next few months i just...

do not underestimate the speed of these when looking for house mate.

well he is back on the feed, smashing half a filet of basa a night, or a slack handful of massivore.he loves his food hahaha

my wife asked me the other day when are we going to have a holiday. 17yrs we been married. the first 10yrs were spent doing fish and reptiles, the last 7 just fish. it is only in the last year my tanks have become manageable to the point i can focus else where and on other things but still...

most of this is spread out over my grow out thread https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/goonch-grow-out.661774/ but as i sat and typed this up for the catfish forum i figured it would be a good stand alone thread to have here too. please remember this is my findings from my...

today i have added some giant danios and mountain minnows to see if it will get him feeding. i have a feeling the movement of other fish may be a spring feeding trigger in the wild.

my female still hides a lot and she 3 yrs old at least and 9" she is out most when she has fry

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good post oddball i will be investing in these for both my tanks luckily i only have two now hahaha i'm alway checking bits and bobs it probably unlikely to happen to filters in the tank but this is always being moved and twisted so was bound to happen and it's about 5 years old and was even...

while doing my WC i got a top view of my dovii. @justarn now there comes a time when length isn't so important in fish growth. my dovii's seem to reach about 12" and then slowed right down but it isn't till you look at your fish from above you come to realise that length isn't...

so today i was doing my WC or rather about to start them, so grabbed my kit out from the shed and as i was attaching my drain pipe to the pump i use i notice the wires all beared. i used this last week, lucky for me i didn't put my hands in the water. it has now been retired. it only gets used...

is the 65 degree taken from the water temp or air temp?? i only ask because my tank out side in an uninsulated wooden shed alway sits about 5' above the air temp

well figured it time for an update here. tank is overdue a complete strip ad re design but they still going strong. is is probably 16"+ i have to judge it off the plant thing which is 12"

So weather been amazing today, went up to 20°c so got out and gave the tank a much needed water changes did 50% but first checked all the levels and all was good. No climbs I'll monitor it over the next few days for a spike after a big change. He even came out to say hello Certainly doesn't...

this was the first, i have had him now for just over a year