These fishes are not seen everyday, and you can bet not many people have them.
But they are the most awesome fishes I've kept in a long time and I've had these for months, raised them from small babies.
Let me make this clear, I would NOT be selling if I wasn't moving out for college, so these aren't just some trashy unwanted fish.
1 x 5" TRUE Lates niloticus $75 or best offer.
1 x 5" Hampala macrolepidota $25 or best offer.
Pickup only in White Plains, New York (just north of Bronx).
They both eat shrimp as a staple (which took me a long time to covert to), along with live blackworms and chopped earthworms. I must've spent over a hundred on feeding in the last 2 months.
For those of you not familiar with them, here's a short introduction:
Lates niloticus is the undisputed giant of Africa, a.k.a. Nile Perch. They are not your average captive bred Lates calcarifer, which is readily available seasonally in most petstores (or in your local fish market). The nile perch is considered a heavy weight in terms of adult size and appetite, as they grow do grow over 5' long and weighing in the hundreds. However, captive raised fish has a slow but steady growth rate, and large specimens take many years to attain to large sizes. Unlike the ratty and quarrelsome cichlids, nile perches are peaceful monsters and is a prime candidate for community tanks with other large monsters (which is what this site is all about!). Perfect for tanks with datnoids, peacockbass, stingrays, among others.
Hampala macrolepidota is one of few giant predatory barbs from Southeast Asia that is available in the pet trade. These are powerful and strong built fishes, and although they do not possess any dentures, they are true predators made to hunt down prey. If you think a pack of piranhas is cool, then you'll need to witness a school of these monsters. Commonly known as Hampala Barbs or Jungle Perch, these fishes grow up to 2' in length, and they are not your everyday tinfoil or yellowfin. The fins display a vibrant and attractive red coloration when housed in a dark tank, a sharp contrast to the pure silver body of the fish (they have huge scales!) and the characteristic black "bar" running vertically down from the dorsal fin to the ventral surface. Perfect for tanks with barbs, sharks, datnoids, peacockbass, stingrays, among others.
But they are the most awesome fishes I've kept in a long time and I've had these for months, raised them from small babies.
Let me make this clear, I would NOT be selling if I wasn't moving out for college, so these aren't just some trashy unwanted fish.
1 x 5" TRUE Lates niloticus $75 or best offer.
1 x 5" Hampala macrolepidota $25 or best offer.
Pickup only in White Plains, New York (just north of Bronx).
They both eat shrimp as a staple (which took me a long time to covert to), along with live blackworms and chopped earthworms. I must've spent over a hundred on feeding in the last 2 months.
For those of you not familiar with them, here's a short introduction:
Lates niloticus is the undisputed giant of Africa, a.k.a. Nile Perch. They are not your average captive bred Lates calcarifer, which is readily available seasonally in most petstores (or in your local fish market). The nile perch is considered a heavy weight in terms of adult size and appetite, as they grow do grow over 5' long and weighing in the hundreds. However, captive raised fish has a slow but steady growth rate, and large specimens take many years to attain to large sizes. Unlike the ratty and quarrelsome cichlids, nile perches are peaceful monsters and is a prime candidate for community tanks with other large monsters (which is what this site is all about!). Perfect for tanks with datnoids, peacockbass, stingrays, among others.
Hampala macrolepidota is one of few giant predatory barbs from Southeast Asia that is available in the pet trade. These are powerful and strong built fishes, and although they do not possess any dentures, they are true predators made to hunt down prey. If you think a pack of piranhas is cool, then you'll need to witness a school of these monsters. Commonly known as Hampala Barbs or Jungle Perch, these fishes grow up to 2' in length, and they are not your everyday tinfoil or yellowfin. The fins display a vibrant and attractive red coloration when housed in a dark tank, a sharp contrast to the pure silver body of the fish (they have huge scales!) and the characteristic black "bar" running vertically down from the dorsal fin to the ventral surface. Perfect for tanks with barbs, sharks, datnoids, peacockbass, stingrays, among others.
I would pickup both, myself... if I lived in the Big Apple!! 
