TLkmDN's FULL UPDATE of all fish (17/4/09)

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Satan's Goldfish;3162239;3162239 said:
what do your hybrids prefer for food?
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my hybrids sumhow ONLY eat hikari pellets (either massivores or floating spirulina LARGE pellets) they havent tried to eat any of the dead fish yet like the gars. But i guess thats not such a bad thing cuz pellets are easy to feed :)
 
Acheloos;3162457;3162457 said:
I have also seen in Berlin a big tank with twoe wels around 1,50 m, some sturgeons and big pikes, and they did well too. I think this can work if the wels have always enough to eat, but I also read in german forums about people who had smaller wels in their tanks, that they ate or attacked other fish.
Just look at this video, I suppose the fish the wels eats were to feed it, but I suppose it would do the same with other fish too:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_v6fOLwbus&feature=related
A further problem is that a wels which is kept in a big pond in tropical climate would probably show never-seen fast growth. Even in the warm regions of Italy and Spain where thy were introduced they have to slow down their metabolisms during winter, but in a region where they can eat and maintain a high metabolism, they could probably reach a length of 1,5 m + in a really short time, i.e. within some years.
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anyways yeh no point arguing cuz i havent even seen a wels for sale in malaysia lol. but im not really worried about my RTCs...they r pretty hardcore...i wud be more worried about my baby arows that i plan on putting in my pond by the end of the year. they wud definitely not be safe.

Plus i have no space to growout a wels cuz my 400 gal tank is occupied by silver, jars and green arowanas which will take ages to reach pond-worthy size. :)
 
Yes, I suppose this is the main point, you will hardly get a wels anyway. But it would be really great to see what would happen if they can grow during the full year. I have once read the abstract of a scientific paper which showed that farmed wels in France showed much better growth when their ponds were heated to a distinct degree during winter.
 
mkman;3162273; said:
Satans Goldfish, post pics of the wels in the aquarium pls!
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I'm sure i'll be back there later this summer, they have a whole 'Waifs and strays' sections with tropical fish that have out grown peoples tanks. It's mostly Black Pacu's and Pangasius Catfish.

TLkmDN;3163596; said:
my hybrids sumhow ONLY eat hikari pellets (either massivores or floating spirulina LARGE pellets) they havent tried to eat any of the dead fish yet like the gars. But i guess thats not such a bad thing cuz pellets are easy to feed :)
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Lucky S.O.B! :ROFL:Mine mostly like hikari masivore delite but that stuff costs a fortune over here and they show no interest in floating pellets.
 
Satan's Goldfish;3165254;3165254 said:
I'm sure i'll be back there later this summer, they have a whole 'Waifs and strays' sections with tropical fish that have out grown peoples tanks. It's mostly Black Pacu's and Pangasius Catfish.



Lucky S.O.B! :ROFL:Mine mostly like hikari masivore delite but that stuff costs a fortune over here and they show no interest in floating pellets.
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LOL its kinda funny seeing them eat hikari floating pellets tho....cuz they r so blind...they basically use their whiskers and feel out the vibrations so i have to throw it hard directly in front of them and they charge as if they are hunting live fish.
 
Satan's Goldfish;3158857; said:
I dunno, a lot of people have pools there. My cousin has a good sized pond at his too, full of koi tho, i may have to re-educate him.
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The pond price is one thing. the fish price is another one ... from what i gather the fish that TL has carry quite a high price tag back in Ozland - some of them are actually quite affordable (cheap?) over in Asia (not in Australia though e.g. silver aro)
 
Errr, TL, it is time for that update again, mate ^^
 
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