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[Superlaz]

Thats correct, 2 gulpers, 2 Fila's and 3 planiceps in this order...which is also be my last fish order for a while...or the wifey will retaliate at the Coach store....lol

 

[catfishlover106]

man your one lucky a** guy! i want a planicepts*...but i heard they are abit pricy on the side like the filas...but they are still on the list of wanted catfishes and they are just plain beautiful

 

[Superlaz]

Thank you... I had been looking for the planiceps for a long time. I had run into a couple here and there but the seller wouldnt ship, or were too large too ship...anyhow, I prefer growing out my fish so it worked out perfectly

 

[mkman]

laz, what are you feeding your filas and planiceps?

 

[basslover34]

I prefer growing out my fish so it worked out perfectly

I prefer to grow out my fish as well... but it's because I'm cheap I can't find any here to save my life... Canada SUCKS for getting the good fish!

 

[Superlaz]

In my experience they are hardier when grown out at your local parameters...they adjust from a younger age...as opposed to the initial shock and having to adapt when older..

 

[necrocanis]

That seems very true. Probably why you see a lot of record catfish that die within a year or two of being put in a public aquarium

 

[basslover34]

I don't think it's the water quality that does that... more likely depression, I find that the small ones are more sensitive to water changes than the big ones. You'll notice symptoms of poor water quality in a smaller one than a larger one much faster. I've also noted that the larger ones seem to become more active quicker in a tank change than the smaller ones as well... perhaps it's just that they prefer my water over what they were in LOL

 

[necrocanis]

I don't think it's the water quality that does that... more likely depression, I find that the small ones are more sensitive to water changes than the big ones. You'll notice symptoms of poor water quality in a smaller one than a larger one much faster. I've also noted that the larger ones seem to become more active quicker in a tank change than the smaller ones as well... perhaps it's just that they prefer my water over what they were in LOL

Good point, i've also noticed that the larger the catfish the colder water temps it can handle. IE when I had the first heater failure that killed two of my large hybrids the big boy's tank was at 46 f., and he was still alive although very unresponsive. He was at that temp for at least 48 hrs. Luckily only one of his heaters broke, the other tank had 2 heater failures, and their water temps were well, frozen solid almost. Definitely large fish can handle pretty substaintial changes to their water quality without much ill effect. I'm still curious that if a fish grew up in the wild to let's say 100 lbs, and was about 30 years old, would it not affect it to suddenly stop the seasonal changes that it was use to for all of those years? Seems like it would any way. I know that if nothing else bone grows different in a steady temperature environment whereas it fluctuates in the wild with seasonal changes.

 

[basslover34]

I would think that the protected constant conditions in a tank would be better for a large fish but the stress of such a change could be more of a determining factor than anything else... Stress is the biggest problem we have with our fish ... most of us just don't realize it.