Sturio getting bigger!

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Decker504

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Check out my sturio catfish. He pushing 8 inches now and I glad to see how far he has come since I first got him and my baby geos were picking on him. My neambis don't bother him at all these days and he has become quite a vigorous eater since I first got him. I'm goin to have to move him up to the big boy tank soon!

From DJ/MC Decker
 
The snout is usually only slightly bent upwards but a vast majority of these fish break theirs in aquaria: http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=319

So, no, it is not a natural curve.

I have a question for you: what did you get him to start feeding on and what do you feed him now?

I've seen one only once at Shark Aquarium in NJ. 14". Bought for $180. It would not eat anything I offered it. I could not break him and lost him - broke my heart. Since he was in a community tank, I didn't offer anything live. Perhaps that could have saved him, but I was not willing to risk introducing a decease to my large community. Another reason to have a quarantine tank and quarantine new fish.
 
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