New purchase: Monster Lima Shovelnose

  • We are currently upgrading MFK. thanks! -neo
He's out and swimming like he owns the tank. The cool thing is that now the marbled pim is much more active.
 
street cypher;719947; said:
The bent snout is a little bit of a pity, but nonetheless its a great fish, one of my favorite catfishs.

Looks as though he may be a "venezuala variant", notice the spots on his head.

Is there a chance that it will correct itself now that he has room?
 
It is amazing how you can get such good deals being in the right place at the right time..someone probably brought him in because he was too big.. he is awesome and looking forward to seeing him in the tank.. thats where you can really see him..:) :) wow just saw the pictures of him in the tank.. being in a hurry i missed them.. he is awesome as they get!!!
 
rallysman;720233; said:
Is there a chance that it will correct itself now that he has room?
Highly doubt it. Most likely it was kept in a tank too small, and being skittish to begin with, the small tank would only add to it. Probably smashed its snout a good few times before the owner decided to let it go. Its really common in TSNs...

But, its in a great tank now! I've always wanted to start a lima shovelnose comm, i hear they hunt in packs and are very sociable amongst each other. Watching my old one hunt tetras was really cool.
 
Nice monster. Looks pre-well-fed too.
 
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