Pangasius hypophthalmus

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Curtw_944

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May 5, 2007
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Hi Guys My name is Curt and my wife and I live in lakewood Colorado. We have 4 tanks currently and the largest tank we currently have is a 55 gallon tank. Our up stairs neighbor just gave it to us as a wedding gift. We are currently in a 600 Sqft Apt. Any way to my question. The iridescent's we have are about 8" in length for the largest 7" the next largest, and around 5 for our albino. My main question is how many of you keep these fish. I have had a couple of them off and on for the last 15 years. They just get to big for their tanks. Currently they are residing in a 20 gallon tank. I am not looking forward to transfering them to the 55. because of their flighty behaviore. The 2 bigest are aptly named Tweedle Dee and Tweedle Dumb. We would like to keep them. And when we buy a house I want to get a 3-500 gallon tank for them. My main question is how long do you think they will be able to stay in the 20? so far they have been there for 2 years and I am hopeing they will only be there for another 1 year. I know they can get up to 18" in the home aquriaum possiably larger. Any advise for the flighty gentle giants we have???

Any help and advise is appericated.

Curt
 
Hey Kurt, we are neighbors just about. Aurora is home for me. For those size fish, 20 is already too small for them, as you already know. But with them getting bigger there is practically no room for them to swim around. 55 would be much better for them to swim in. Keeping them in the 20 for much longer could possibly stunt their growth, and bring on health issues, if they dont go crazy and end up on the floor or break the glass. The bigger the better. 500 is a good start, but ive read a lot of people who end up with 900 gallon tanks for their ID sharks over 20"

Check this site out, it has some good pictures.
http://www.aqualandpetsplus.com/Catfish, Pangassius.htm
 
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