haha if im not mistaken wels need cold water to flourish much like channel catfish. thats why john PTCS channel died only after 3-4 years due to the warm waters....furthermore even a pond my size cud not house one of these beasts! but if i ever found a wallago in a fish shop or a fila...i wont be able to resist!!!necrocanis;2279321;2279321 said:
i am the catfish king(wels catfish)
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£900 !!!!! bloody hell - I really think they saw you coming - where on earth did you get it from at that price - take it back and i'll give you details of where you can get one for about £50 - or I can get you one for only £500 !!! ha ha
I had one for 10 years - I got it at 2" and grew it to 3ft where it stayed for about 8 years - I wouldn't recommend that you keep it with tank mates - they are incredibly territorial and if your only feeding once every week or so it's most likely to have a go at tank mates ...
They are a fantastic fish to keep though - they become really tame and personable like a redtail -
on a slightly related note - how did you manage to get an ilfa licence to keep one in an aquarium ?
Carl
I had one for 10 years - I got it at 2" and grew it to 3ft where it stayed for about 8 years - I wouldn't recommend that you keep it with tank mates - they are incredibly territorial and if your only feeding once every week or so it's most likely to have a go at tank mates ...
They are a fantastic fish to keep though - they become really tame and personable like a redtail -
on a slightly related note - how did you manage to get an ilfa licence to keep one in an aquarium ?
Carl
Where I live you can sometimes get young specimens for lesser than 20 Euros (if you have really luck, only some Euros for babies), even white or yellow ones. But they will outgrow most aquariums within some years. And you don´t need any liscence here because they belong to the local fauna. But you should not be too optimistic, you will never be able to grow them to 10feet. Even the world record specimen from Italy was "only" 2,78m and many decades old. If you have a pond and good climate (i.e. not in GB...), you will possibly be able to grow them over 2m, but this will need many years. Many of them never grow larger than 1,5m. If I will ever be able to build a really big pond, I will buy one, but untill now this is not possible.
yes im getting a pond and the catfish and the licence all come 2 £900 plus tax and shipping ... if i feed him every day he will grow 4ft in 12 months so most fish ar bigger than him but hes long he wouldnt beable 2 eat my rtc or my niger or my longisbabrs but he cool very active i would love a yellow or white 1 
: that would be great he is a rare fish in the uk unless there in fishing lakes there under 10 people in the uk with 1 in a tropical fish tank and keeping him in warm water will help him grow up 2 10ft at least in a warm climet like they are in france :O
: that would be great he is a rare fish in the uk unless there in fishing lakes there under 10 people in the uk with 1 in a tropical fish tank and keeping him in warm water will help him grow up 2 10ft at least in a warm climet like they are in france :OI suppose you are really a bit too enthusiastic about their growth. In intensive culture for meat production they reach a weight of 1,5kg during 9months, but at this weight their are far away from 4feet.
Even in France Silurus glanis won´t grow to 10 feet. Just keep in mind that you can be in most countries very lucky to get a least one of 1,5m and for most people one in the 2m range is the fish of their life if the ever manage to catch one.
It is true, in some regions like Souther France and Italy they will much more regularly reach bigger sizes, and lengths of 2m and more are there not that rare, but still far away from being normal. The biggest french wels was 2,50 m and weighed 105kg, and that´s really exceptional. Even the world record is "only" 2,78m and this was one single and many decades old specimen among tens of thousands. So it is highly unlikely that your wels will ever reach a size close to 3m.
I don´t doubt that they will probably show massive growth which is better than in nature if you feed them enough and if they have warm water. But you should not overestimate this species and think that 10feet are normal. In fact the average in middle Europe is about 1,2-1,4m with few exceptions over 2m.
Even in France Silurus glanis won´t grow to 10 feet. Just keep in mind that you can be in most countries very lucky to get a least one of 1,5m and for most people one in the 2m range is the fish of their life if the ever manage to catch one.
It is true, in some regions like Souther France and Italy they will much more regularly reach bigger sizes, and lengths of 2m and more are there not that rare, but still far away from being normal. The biggest french wels was 2,50 m and weighed 105kg, and that´s really exceptional. Even the world record is "only" 2,78m and this was one single and many decades old specimen among tens of thousands. So it is highly unlikely that your wels will ever reach a size close to 3m.
I don´t doubt that they will probably show massive growth which is better than in nature if you feed them enough and if they have warm water. But you should not overestimate this species and think that 10feet are normal. In fact the average in middle Europe is about 1,2-1,4m with few exceptions over 2m.
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just a thought, it's not normal for fishkeepers like us to have a fish over a meter long!:
he's pretty lucky that he will get one and ur lucky to have much knowledge about one!
i'mmmm soooooo envioooouuus right noooow!!
man, i wanna finish col already and earn some cash for this vice of mine! hahaha!
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