Guyana piraiba

[Tripletail]

Hi everyone , I have recently aquired a pretty large group of B.filamentosum from Guyana . I got them in 2 batches , and different sizes. They are 4- 5 inches now . I plan on raising them together and documenting thier growth and my observations. These fish were being sold on fish lists as Brachyplatystoma sp. Manitoba. And seller said they are B. vaillantii which they are not . .

 

[Tripletail]

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Great news and great score. Thank you for this. Yes these are lil' kumakumas (piraibas). I am looking forward very, very much to your posts and updates.

If you will, please, keep it all in one thread, e.g., this one. Many will thank you for it now and in posterity.

 

[piranhaman00]

Awesome little monsters! Is it the four I see?

 

[blackbullhead]

It's interesting that I've seen the term "Manitoba" popping up recently in reference to Brachyplatystoma vaillantii. This seems to be a misspelling of "manitoa" the common name for this species in Peru - possibly an autocorrect error

 

[Tripletail]

Awesome little monsters! Is it the four I see?

Yes , the four . Also have a few more .

 

[Tripletail]

It's interesting that I've seen the term "Manitoba" popping up recently in reference to Brachyplatystoma vaillantii. This seems to be a misspelling of "manitoa" the common name for this species in Peru - possibly an autocorrect error

That makes sense .it started as a common name . I havent looked at fish list in a while , but when I saw a picture of this catfish associated with the manitoba name . First thing I did was buy some at a good price because of slight misidentification . I did tell seller what I thought they were when I purchased first ones . He stuck to his names though.

 

[Tripletail]

together during waterchange . Sorry for bad pics ,phone and tablet are no good , I am going to have to get some shots with my camera soon.

 

[GiantFishKeeper101]

Nice, so many piraiba in one tank.

 

[BIG-G]

Wow! Love to see a feeding video when these get some size!
Awesome pickup!