my 2 big bagarius yarrelli

[DIESELMACK]

some detail pics from two of my bigger yarrellis..one is 18" the darker morph in the full body shots is 19"
ENJOY THE PICS

 

[ZOO YORK 207]

RAD!!!! They look awesome Scott I think I want one.

 

[DIESELMACK]

RAD!!!! They look awesome Scott I think I want one.

gotta watch out for those ...............they dont play well with others.

 

[REC]

WOW I want a devil now.......

 

[fugupuff]

They are bad ass, what temperature are you keeping them at? did you mix the 2 yet? do you think they're the same specie? I've received them from Thailand as well as India, they seem a little different, what do you think?

Wes

 

[PEVINE11]

amazing fish

 

[DIESELMACK]

They are bad ass, what temperature are you keeping them at? did you mix the 2 yet? do you think they're the same specie? I've received them from Thailand as well as India, they seem a little different, what do you think?

Wes

wes the dark phase one I have had in an 86*f tank now for 3 yrs and is a beast..very active and a hard feeder(havent seen one ill effect of the temp) I had basically acclimated him to that tank by accident years ago because I had to keep moving him up in tank size...it got to the point he just kept going into warmer tanks until his current tank the 500gal, but the lighter guy is in 78*f tank...this could possibly be the color variation due to temp...but not 100% as the one I have in the big warm tank has alot more mottling and less of saddles. years ago I had a yarrelli from you that I passed on to chad(AP) that was more tan and rust colored with distinct black saddles...so yes definately variation,but as to origin I cannot tell from looking at them...one thing I have noticed between the yarrellis and other bagarius is yarrellis develop the white sensory strings(for lack of a better term) from their snout all the way down their body and as they grow larger so does these strings.....I have kept b. bagarius and suchus and neither had such pronounced sensory nodes.
I have not mixed these two yet...frankly I am a bit afraid to do so..both are hard hitters when it comes to feeders passing by them and both are at the size now that they have some formidable teeth...lol I am planning on possibly trying them together in a 300gal together,but still am unsure of the outcome...I have kept smaller ones(under 9" )together without problems and I do believe these larger ones can be together also...they are not predatory in the sense of hunting fish down...both of mine are sitters and wait for fish to come in head range...so I think if they have room to stay out of each others way they will be ok.....I hope..lol

 

[Oddball]

Awesome fish and pics (as usual). How many cats have disappeared in your neighborhood in the last few months?

 

[fugupuff]

wes the dark phase one I have had in an 86*f tank now for 3 yrs and is a beast..very active and a hard feeder(havent seen one ill effect of the temp) I had basically acclimated him to that tank by accident years ago because I had to keep moving him up in tank size...it got to the point he just kept going into warmer tanks until his current tank the 500gal, but the lighter guy is in 78*f tank...this could possibly be the color variation due to temp...but not 100% as the one I have in the big warm tank has alot more mottling and less of saddles. years ago I had a yarrelli from you that I passed on to chad(AP) that was more tan and rust colored with distinct black saddles...so yes definately variation,but as to origin I cannot tell from looking at them...one thing I have noticed between the yarrellis and other bagarius is yarrellis develop the white sensory strings(for lack of a better term) from their snout all the way down their body and as they grow larger so does these strings.....I have kept b. bagarius and suchus and neither had such pronounced sensory nodes.
I have not mixed these two yet...frankly I am a bit afraid to do so..both are hard hitters when it comes to feeders passing by them and both are at the size now that they have some formidable teeth...lol I am planning on possibly trying them together in a 300gal together,but still am unsure of the outcome...I have kept smaller ones(under 9" )together without problems and I do believe these larger ones can be together also...they are not predatory in the sense of hunting fish down...both of mine are sitters and wait for fish to come in head range...so I think if they have room to stay out of each others way they will be ok.....I hope..lol

thanks for the reply. I love your collection and taste in fish. I've had some super large 18" ones before, 3 kept together with no problems in the past, they were from Thailand and took warmer water with no problems. The ones I got from India in the past, seem to like cooler temperatures. The one you recently got I'm sure is from the tropics as well, so you should be ok. I wouldn't worry about them killing each other...

 

[Bsixxx]

very nice devils cats Dmack