South American Giant BB Cat

[jowens]

Hey guys, if you dont mind my adding to your bufonius thread, here is the guy I was fortunate enough to stumble across and buy this week. This is the largest one I've ever seen in person, at 6 1/8 " in length but massive. Now I just need to get him eating.

 

[justarn]

Nice pickup, welcome to the gang;-)

 

[jaws7777]

I think im leaving the bufonius group. We're moving this summer and during the move its going to be nearly impossible not to keep all fish olin one tank for a period of time. He not big enough to even count as a snack for the polys. I have a buddy who's gonna take him in

 

[jowens]

Yeah, we are also moving soon (June.) This is the one fish that will definitely make the trip. I have had two others , one of which I gave away. I regretted it almost immediately.
That being said, I dont have any other fish that I feel the need to take, so bringing the bufonius should be easy.

 

[justarn]

Yo crazy? My bufonis is with me for the long haul, your so gonna regret it when ours are all 10" chunks.

 

[jaws7777]

Yeah, we are also moving soon (June.) This is the one fish that will definitely make the trip. I have had two others , one of which I gave away. I regretted it almost immediately.
That being said, I dont have any other fish that I feel the need to take, so bringing the bufonius should be easy.

The problem is i have a fat @ss pearsei, heterospilus and 7 or 8 bichirs all ranging from 14 to 18 inches. The bichirs would come even if we were moving to the moon.

Yo crazy? My bufonis is with me for the long haul, your so gonna regret it when ours are all 10" chunks.

I hate you

 

[jowens]

The problem is i have a fat @ss pearsei, heterospilus and 7 or 8 bichirs all ranging from 14 to 18 inches. The bichirs would come even if we were moving to the moon.

Understood. And god knows that moving is stressful enough as it is.

 

[jaws7777]

Understood. And god knows that moving is stressful enough as it is.

You guys suck lol now im trying to figure out how to make it work. The biggest problem is im getting very little growth out if him.

 

[jowens]

Well, you know you would regret getting rid of it sooner or later, so better safe than sorry!
I cant speak to growth rates. It seems like some people report pretty good growth. I know the first one I had grew, but I had it for years. It was not full grown when I got rid of it. Do you think there's any chance yours has an internal parasite competing for nutrients?
Mine ate a frozen silver side this morning, so that makes me happy. Is there a consensus on feeding silversides (marine) to a fw cat?

 

[jaws7777]

Well, you know you would regret getting rid of it sooner or later, so better safe than sorry!
I cant speak to growth rates. It seems like some people report pretty good growth. I know the first one I had grew, but I had it for years. It was not full grown when I got rid of it. Do you think there's any chance yours has an internal parasite competing for nutrients?
Mine ate a frozen silver side this morning, so that makes me happy. Is there a consensus on feeding silversides (marine) to a fw cat?

No he eats pretty good. Mainly chopped tilapia and tilapia/pellet meatballs. I have no specific reasons for this but i just have this feeling its not a true bufonius. Members way more experienced than myself feel it is though