Bagarius Yarrelli
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Will i be able to keep with with Gar's, birchir's and a black wolf?
*** It is doable but a lot of work to keep everyone fed and happy. Yarrelli like cool water, strong current, and strongly prefer live prey which they will not hunt but wait for it to come to them.
growth rate?
*** Slow. 6"-10" first few years, then even slower.
Ill be keeping it in a 6' 3' 4' fiberglass tank.
*** If you are serious, you need to plan that your yarrelli will be as long as your tank. To house an adult, you will need a 24' by 12' footprint.
*** It is doable but a lot of work to keep everyone fed and happy. Yarrelli like cool water, strong current, and strongly prefer live prey which they will not hunt but wait for it to come to them.
growth rate?
*** Slow. 6"-10" first few years, then even slower.
Ill be keeping it in a 6' 3' 4' fiberglass tank.
*** If you are serious, you need to plan that your yarrelli will be as long as your tank. To house an adult, you will need a 24' by 12' footprint.
I agree with above with an exception to growth rate. I kept one that grew from 6" to 18" in less than 2 years. I sold it (after it ate another 6" catfish) to another guy who kept it for two years and it reached 24" by then. He then sold it to another expert fish keeper and it grew to 48" again about two to three years later. He had to keep it alone in a huge special tank with massive filtration, water chillers and current producing powerheads. Others I know, real pro's too, tried raising them to larger sizes but lost each one due to high water temperatures, these fish require water temp's in the low to mid 70's and very high oxygen content, temp's in the 80's can kill 'em. It's also true about food, I couldn't wean mine off live feeder goldfish and yes, any other smaller fish (usually expensive and rare one's) will eventually disappear...
Thanks Yellowcat! So, just to put it in numbers:
...from 6" to 18" in less than 2 years.
*** ~7" a year
...I sold it (after it ate another 6" catfish) to another guy who kept it for two years and it reached 24" by then.
*** 3" a year
He then sold it to another expert fish keeper and it grew to 48" again about two to three years later. He had to keep it alone in a huge special tank with massive filtration, water chillers and current producing powerheads.
*** ~10" a year
Others I know, real pro's too, tried raising them to larger sizes but lost each one due to high water temperatures, these fish require water temp's in the low to mid 70's and very high oxygen content, temp's in the 80's can kill 'em.
*** agreed. Also, the young ones are quite touchy and the vast majority is DOA or dies quickly thereafter from what I read/hear.
...from 6" to 18" in less than 2 years.
*** ~7" a year
...I sold it (after it ate another 6" catfish) to another guy who kept it for two years and it reached 24" by then.
*** 3" a year
He then sold it to another expert fish keeper and it grew to 48" again about two to three years later. He had to keep it alone in a huge special tank with massive filtration, water chillers and current producing powerheads.
*** ~10" a year
Others I know, real pro's too, tried raising them to larger sizes but lost each one due to high water temperatures, these fish require water temp's in the low to mid 70's and very high oxygen content, temp's in the 80's can kill 'em.
*** agreed. Also, the young ones are quite touchy and the vast majority is DOA or dies quickly thereafter from what I read/hear.