NEW CATS!!!

[jclyde13]

I went to the LFS a few hours ago and picked these up. I had to wait a week and a half to get them because I went to the LFS last week and asked if they had or were getting any lima cats, and they said they would be getting them the next Tuesday (Tues. of this week), so I went back on Tuesday and they said that they weren't going to come in until Friday , so I finally got them today. They had two of them so I got them both.

P.S.- Thanks devder1 for suggesting them for my tank in my other thread, I probably wouldn't have gotten them if you hadn't.

Anyway, here are some pics (sorry about the quality of some of them):

 

[benzjamin13]

Nice Limas!

 

[jclyde13]

Nice Limas!

Thanks.

 

[jclyde13]

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[tyndall72]

I love limas. How big are those? around 6'' or 7''?

 

[devder1]

they look like a good size! get them eating, i have found that if you get them really small they are a pain to get eating. also im not sure how often you feed, but i would recomend daily feedings, until they have a nice bulge in their stomachs, you will be surprised how quickly they can go from bulge to totally normal.
anyway gl with them, they are very entertaining, and personable, im sure youll love them!

 

[jclyde13]

I love limas. How big are those? around 6'' or 7''?

I think they are about 6". I forgot to measure them while they were in the bag, but they are slightly smaller than my senegal bichir, which is about 6.5", and one seems to be about a fourth of an inch smaller than the other.

 

[jclyde13]

they look like a good size! get them eating, i have found that if you get them really small they are a pain to get eating. also im not sure how often you feed, but i would recomend daily feedings, until they have a nice bulge in their stomachs, you will be surprised how quickly they can go from bulge to totally normal.
anyway gl with them, they are very entertaining, and personable, im sure youll love them!

Yeah, I feed daily at around 10:00-11:00p.m. I haven't fed my fish yet tonight but I doubt they will eat tonight since they are new to the tank. Thanks for the info, and again, thanks for suggesting the lima cats, I'm glad I got them rather than the bullhead I was thinking about getting.

 

[devder1]

Yeah, I feed daily at around 10:00-11:00p.m. I haven't fed my fish yet tonight but I doubt they will eat tonight since they are new to the tank. Thanks for the info, and again, thanks for suggesting the lima cats, I'm glad I got them rather than the bullhead I was thinking about getting.

cool! good luck with him

 

[Cichla dude]

Wow nice lima shovelnose..... look like my lima a little... my limas just a tin bit bigger