big marble cats?

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koop171

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Ok does anyone have a big marble cat? I'm talking at least 18" Mine is getting larger now and I was wanting to see what happens to there patterning over time if it fades or changes or if they stay looking the same there whole life.

so if you've got a big marble or find pics of a big marble please post them here.

Here is mine he's pushing 15" now and his paterns are still looking great. I think I have only heard of a 19"er here but I would love to see one pushing 2'

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here's a few over the 2' mark! My hybrid is around 26" right now. I use to have a 19"er myself. I've seen a few over 19". Not suprising since they can grow to over 36". The pattern as with all patterned catfish gets smaller and more broken up the larger the fish gets.

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the one on the right kinda looks like a pictus to me necro....

the head looks narrow and i kinda see white stripes on either side. But i could totally be seeing what i want to see. Cause really, pictus are awesome.
 
necrocanis;2986784; said:
here's a few over the 2' mark! My hybrid is around 26" right now. I use to have a 19"er myself. I've seen a few over 19". Not suprising since they can grow to over 36". The pattern as with all patterned catfish gets smaller and more broken up the larger the fish gets.


that's what I'm looking for thanks necro. I'm glad to see that pattern is still good and not blurd into a single color. and I hope to get mine at least 2' but that pic is GREAT.
 
koop171;2987117; said:
that's what I'm looking for thanks necro. I'm glad to see that pattern is still good and not blurd into a single color. and I hope to get mine at least 2' but that pic is GREAT.


Hoping to grow mine out to 3' eventually! lol. Want this fish in the 4000 gal myself. My guy has grown from 2" to 7" in the past 2 months.
 
necrocanis;2988367; said:
Hoping to grow mine out to 3' eventually! lol. Want this fish in the 4000 gal myself. My guy has grown from 2" to 7" in the past 2 months.


I've got mine to grow about 4" in 4-5 months but he's packing on alot of girth as he grows.
 
Here's mine at 18-19"

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