I've been considering 1 of these recently, beautiful cats, do you know their temperament and growth rate?
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FIREWOOD CATFISH
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Beautiful catfish. How long have you had it and does it grow like its tsn cousin
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[video=youtube;hpFdlJiWSyU]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpFdlJiWSyU[/video] This guy is a monster eating good and growing well.
This is the largest one ive seen in person at 30" or so...this was also over a year ago but the potential is there for them to reach full size in capitivity. Theres a 48" or larger one at the Toledo zoo. This fish in particular put on almost 2ft. In a couple months after being placed in this pool. All comes down to tank size. Not many provide them with enough space to grow. The planny in this pic rivals all the other run of the mill cats so it goes to show there very slender but right up there with an rtc or tsn for size in captivity.
Obviously I forgot Wednesday13 
(Toledo zoo is one of my personal favorite places) I am sure I forget others.
Wednesday, that's gotta be your pool, no? I think you are being humble here.
One thing that always puzzled me is that FishBase states they feed on nekton (which is quite specialized and requires a very different feeding apparatus) but every keeper I've read says theirs take TSN-like diet just fine where the staple is whole or chopped fish, etc.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nekton
Nekton refers to the aggregate of actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water (usually oceans or lakes) able to move independently of water currents.
Nekton can be contrasted with plankton, which refers to the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms present in a body of water, primarily tiny algae and bacteria, small eggs and larvae of marine organisms, and protozoa and other minute consumers.
As a guideline, nekton are larger and tend to swim largely at biologically high Reynolds numbers (>10³ and up beyond 10⁹
, where inertial flows are the rule, and eddies (vortices) are easily shed. Plankton, on the other hand, are small and, if they swim at all, do so at biologically low Reynolds numbers (0.001 to 10), where the viscous behavior of water dominates, and reversible flows are the rule. Organisms such as jellyfish and others are considered plankton when they are very small and swim at low Reynolds numbers, and considered nekton as they grow large enough to swim at high Reynolds numbers. Many animals considered classic examples of nekton (e.g., Mola mola, squid, marlin) start out life as tiny members of the plankton and gradually transition to nekton as they grow.
(Toledo zoo is one of my personal favorite places) I am sure I forget others.Wednesday, that's gotta be your pool, no? I think you are being humble here.
One thing that always puzzled me is that FishBase states they feed on nekton (which is quite specialized and requires a very different feeding apparatus) but every keeper I've read says theirs take TSN-like diet just fine where the staple is whole or chopped fish, etc.
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nekton
Nekton refers to the aggregate of actively swimming aquatic organisms in a body of water (usually oceans or lakes) able to move independently of water currents.
Nekton can be contrasted with plankton, which refers to the aggregate of passively floating, drifting, or somewhat motile organisms present in a body of water, primarily tiny algae and bacteria, small eggs and larvae of marine organisms, and protozoa and other minute consumers.
As a guideline, nekton are larger and tend to swim largely at biologically high Reynolds numbers (>10³ and up beyond 10⁹
, where inertial flows are the rule, and eddies (vortices) are easily shed. Plankton, on the other hand, are small and, if they swim at all, do so at biologically low Reynolds numbers (0.001 to 10), where the viscous behavior of water dominates, and reversible flows are the rule. Organisms such as jellyfish and others are considered plankton when they are very small and swim at low Reynolds numbers, and considered nekton as they grow large enough to swim at high Reynolds numbers. Many animals considered classic examples of nekton (e.g., Mola mola, squid, marlin) start out life as tiny members of the plankton and gradually transition to nekton as they grow.
TBTB...sadly this is not my pool even tho I have a similar setup, Its BigRich/Lamanuts but I sneak a few pics when im there lol... If I remember correctly they got this fish at around 12"-16", it was getting beat up in a 1,000 gal 10'x4' so they threw it in the pool as a last resort. To their surprise it just starting slamming food (shrimp/hotdogs) and growing very quickly. I've experienced the same thing throwing 9"-12" cats in a 12' pool and there 30" in a few months. Thanks for the lesson on Nekton! Ive never owned a planiceps myself yet but know a lot of people who have. Rich/Josh are one in a very few to get one to this size. Most don't make it past 12" and your new info on Nekton may be why. Just like anything else imo, if you can keep clean water and get a wild fish to take untraditional foods they will thrive. A good example of this would be the paddlefish, also a filter feeder but are now farm raised on pellets from a young age so they can learn to eat differently. Maybe i'll have to get a planny and put it to the test, them seem a lot more available these days.
