The problem is D-az still can't post a picture of my big fish clammed in small tank, after he claimed that I'm king of clamming big fish in small tank. I call you out, D-az! Post a picture of any of my fish in a tank that look like the one with the grouper!
I have about a dozen of adult Azul that I've grown the past few years. I have a 36in barramundi that I've grown for about 3 years, from 24in to 36in, and another 36in barramundi that I've grown for 1.5 years from 30in, plus another dozen of adult arowana that I've kept since about when I joined MFK. Is that good enough for him or you to produce a picture? Start searching!
I know that many of the species you keep will outgrow your litttle 600g tanks, so it doesn't matter how many of them you have. The stock you are trying to keep when fully grown would not fit in a small lake. You are insane to think they will fit in your 600G tanks. As Jesse said, they die before they are able to put on any size. You had your beloved Shamu for how long? DEAD. You killed it...I'm betting it was the insanely high nitrates that did it in.
You think keeping these huge growing fish for 1.5 years or even 3 years is a success? They should live for decades. I've already said this, but 1.5 years, 3 years, even 5 year mortality is a failure.
Please do not make me post all those pix of the fish you have killed over just the past 2 years. Again, see post 97 for the carnage.
John, I would honestly suggest just staying off this thread...the tables have turned. You do not have your little groupies here to defend you and shout people down as haters for asking very basic questions like, what are you going to do with 3 bumblebee groups, 12 GATF, Wels Catfish, all those Pacu, Indo Tarpon etc when they actually grow?
You ask me to show you proof that you cram huge fish into small tanks.
I ask you how do you not have at least several dozen huge fish, considering the hundreds you have bought over the years? You kill them before they even have a chance. Go back to post #97 and tell me with a straight face that what you have done over the past 2 years has been a success. You mentioned that you never bury them...all dead fish go in the garbage...I'm guessing your garbage men are wondering what WTH is going on.
I have about a dozen of adult Azul that I've grown the past few years. I have a 36in barramundi that I've grown for about 3 years, from 24in to 36in, and another 36in barramundi that I've grown for 1.5 years from 30in, plus another dozen of adult arowana that I've kept since about when I joined MFK. Is that good enough for him or you to produce a picture? Start searching!
See dead fish photos on post #97. "Shamu" can be seen there and his buddies don't look too far behind.
When I first jointed MFK, my biggest tank was 100gallon, and I had only 2 tanks, 40gallon was the other tank. Do you have any idea how many tanks and how many 600gallon tanks do I have now?
What you still fail to realize is that a 600G tank that you think is so enormous is a raindrop of water to some of the fish you have tried and failed to keep. The question should be, how many 10,000 gallon tanks do you have, not measly 600s. You like to act like a big boy by buying baby monster fish that should grow to be several hundred lbs, then post up pix of dead little 24 inchers and expect everyone to console you.
Are you sad that your latest bucket picture has been sitting for 5 days with no one caring what fish you plan to do a terrible job of keeping. I think it's hilarious...look at my fish everyone...I got another one...guess what it is...
But no one seems to care. Perhaps people might even feel sorry for the poor fella that you are going to cram into another one of your overstocked, filthy JDM tanks.
Another one on death row...it still cracks me up how you don't see the irony in your thread title:
