Leusentic Tiger Shovel Nose...

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High City Rida

High City Rida

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Hello all I just got this rare fish as a rescue/pay. I have one question is ther anything I can do to help mend it's broken nose?

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Sorry man, have no experience with these guys. Good luck with it. Did you get it from Mike'skillerfish?

Man you bass ar getting huge :WHOA:
 
Bderick67;1989525; said:
Sorry man, have no experience with these guys. Good luck with it. Did you get it from Mike'skillerfish?

Man you bass ar getting huge :WHOA:
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Yea he had to give it up. Could not house it any longer. So he gave me a call he knew I wanted it.

Tell me about it there good and ready for the 240g. Or maybe the tank you have.
 
I saw one in SF with a broken nose that was 2 - 3 feet long. No plastic surgery for these guys. He was very healthy just had a bend nose.

Jack
 
Wow, that's awsome that you got that fish. You get a pretty good deal? Broken nose and all, it is a beautiful fish!
 
Sucks about the nose, but he's gorgeous. As you already know they are capable of growing to more than 40" in captivity. Try feeding him shrimp if he'll take it. Hopefully that bent nose won't deter him. I wanted that fish myself but didn't have the asking price for it. Would look really nice in the 3000 gal I am building though lol. Good luck with it. Keep an eye out for infection around the broken area. Not much you can really do unless you have a surgical tank setup to do surgeries on fish. Put him in some sedative, run ariated water through his gills while he's out, bend snout straight and use stainless steel bracket to hold it while it heals. lol, jk.
 
Angler;1989732; said:
Wow, that's awsome that you got that fish. You get a pretty good deal? Broken nose and all, it is a beautiful fish!
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Had to do more of a rescue for him, but I am going to still pay some cash;) but not nearly as much as anyone else would of had to pay. Mike is a good dude and even he knows when to put the fishes need's in front of everything else.


necrocanis;1989767; said:
Sucks about the nose, but he's gorgeous. As you already know they are capable of growing to more than 40" in captivity. Try feeding him shrimp if he'll take it. Hopefully that bent nose won't deter him. I wanted that fish myself but didn't have the asking price for it. Would look really nice in the 3000 gal I am building though lol. Good luck with it. Keep an eye out for infection around the broken area. Not much you can really do unless you have a surgical tank setup to do surgeries on fish. Put him in some sedative, run ariated water through his gills while he's out, bend snout straight and use stainless steel bracket to hold it while it heals. lol, jk.
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Thanks necrocanis. Already got him eating so I guess I will have to wait until he hits a few more growth spurts to see if it will straighten out.

Nah I am no fish surgeon. :ROFL:
 
Incredible pick up man i saw it at mikes when it was around 18'' its to bad about the bent nose ohh we'll still a one of a kind fish

With time it will get a little better but will all ways look a little off sorry to say

So no problems eating then ?
 
killerfish;1989826; said:
Incredible pick up man i saw it at mikes when it was around 18'' its to bad about the bent nose ohh we'll still a one of a kind fish

With time it will get a little better but will all ways look a little off sorry to say

So no problems eating then ?
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Right on man. No problems eating at all. Have him eating shrimp and earthworms right now.
 
Nice grab there on the shovelnose! It's a pity about his nose, theres nothing you can do about it unfortunatley, but netherless its an awesome fish! Im hoping to get a Tigrinus :)
 
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