I was just gonna ask are you not worried about the gulpers eeek.
Looking good tho dude.
You suncats need to go to fat camp dude
Looking good tho dude.
You suncats need to go to fat camp dude
Four-line Pim catfish sextet, ~8"-10", Pimelodus blochii, in 4500 gal
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Down to 3.
Found one dead lately, a bit out of the blue but I don't pay them close enough attention. Looks swollen but might have been merely well fed too. So can't tell.
Skin is removed overnight courtesy of purple Labeo.
Last measure 13".
Found one dead lately, a bit out of the blue but I don't pay them close enough attention. Looks swollen but might have been merely well fed too. So can't tell.
Skin is removed overnight courtesy of purple Labeo.
Last measure 13".
Update on the remaining trio still in the same 240 gal. Nothing much to say, except perhaps that they definitely behaved differently in the 4500 gal, swam 100x more, appeared more relaxed but can't be sure of that as it's their nature to dart and move around in an unpredictable Brownian motion fashion.
17:30-18:30 minutes:
The trio has been mostly sedentary in this 240 gal for years and I remember how lively they had been before, in 4500 gal, so they just upgraded to a new 1800 gal. We'll see how they do there.
36:10-36:20 min:
The trio has been mostly sedentary in this 240 gal for years and I remember how lively they had been before, in 4500 gal, so they just upgraded to a new 1800 gal. We'll see how they do there.
36:10-36:20 min:
The three four-lines have been doing very well in 1800 gal, clearly enjoying the space, picking out territories, and swimming around a ton more and feeding enthusiastically versus their former 240 gal.
One of my early threads from 2010 on suspected Pimelodus albofasciatus which turned out blochii too:
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All three these blochii are from 2009-2011.
Suspected albofasciatum, turned out just a blochii:
Our first ever blochii, a rescue, 6", named Cranky for the sound it made when netted, left outside an LFS in a plastic sack, ca. 2009. Until we got Cranky, we never knew a catfish can be so high-strung and hyper in every respect and then take it over the top during feeding times - Cranky was a hurricane at feedings.
Our third rescue blochii, Cranky Senior, at foot long, in 4000 gal basement pond:
Suspected albofasciatum, turned out just a blochii:
Our first ever blochii, a rescue, 6", named Cranky for the sound it made when netted, left outside an LFS in a plastic sack, ca. 2009. Until we got Cranky, we never knew a catfish can be so high-strung and hyper in every respect and then take it over the top during feeding times - Cranky was a hurricane at feedings.
Our third rescue blochii, Cranky Senior, at foot long, in 4000 gal basement pond:
Back to now. The exceptionally crisp-patterned one in the 1800 gal:
Odd that the one you originally thought was p. albofasciatum wasn't? If not, it sure was a different spotted pattern and bigger eyes than most p. blochii I've seen..
