Chinese wels Silurus meridionalis at Fish Story
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Super stoked for you. Beautiful specimen. Definitely true Chinese wels as there was a bit of back and forth for a while about what was “true” Chinese wels, Amur catfish, or Chinese sheatfish. Happy to see you got a normal morph on your hands. These are increasingly rare with the new morph craze. Hope you can get him to become an over ~2’ footer. They may get a bad wrap, but they are the coolest catfish I’ve ever worked with. Enjoy this fish as I am enjoying mine!!!
That guy is a chunk now! Crazy fast transformation for u 
… i know u feed quite a bit for the masses there. How often? My specimen is only fed once a week on pellets and it sure shows compared to this. Im still around 22” at 6 yrs.
… i know u feed quite a bit for the masses there. How often? My specimen is only fed once a week on pellets and it sure shows compared to this. Im still around 22” at 6 yrs.
Thank you Russ, you have a calibrated eye, great eye as usual. In the summer we feed once in 1-2 days. In the winter once in 3-4 days. Each feeding is enough for everyone to fill up, including the meridionalis.
I know you know the answers, so the video title is not directed at you at all, but at those peers who ask me.
I know you know the answers, so the video title is not directed at you at all, but at those peers who ask me.
I am still slow. Prior feeding, I had fed 3x the amount trying to get the catfish to fill up, he wouldn't budge. Several hours before the next feeding, he ate a LMB (granted it has been sick for a month).
Was hoping this guy would stick it out for you in the 1800 playing nice. Its been making me want to cohab mine again. Sad to see thats a no go for sure lol… shame these guys are so agro despite their small stature. Rich still has 2 in community setups which is very surprising.