I think adding strong currents to a huge tank might speed up growth...- but that big fish could be 50+ who knows if they weren't so tasty they'd live forever
Two Siamese giant carp, ~12", ~2 years old, in 4500 gal
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What kind of diet are these guys onto now? I recently picked one up last month and it has been trying to filter feed everything possible in my tank's current. I have tried dropping in carnivore pellets, broken up massivore and other small sinking pellets but it always spits them out 
What kind of diet are these guys onto now? I recently picked one up last month and it has been trying to filter feed everything possible in my tank's current. I have tried dropping in carnivore pellets, broken up massivore and other small sinking pellets but it always spits them out
Hey bro, been away, sorry. Mine too try to filter feed but it seems they do it a lot less than at the beginning. They learned that food is really only available when I throw in pellets. I do it from 3 to 10 times a day. They beg and "lick the window" every time I pass by now.
My catla catla does too but it appear to be much more of a filter feeder.
The carps are now about 16". Eyeball. Could be more.
Thanks!
With time passing, I was becoming less convinced that the cause of the mutilation of one of the three new carps was a tank mate attack. The degree of deformation progressed dramatically. Perhaps it could have been some genetic defect too. I really don't know. All I know is when I got the trio from Rapps, I've not noted any problems whatsoever.
The deformed carp was struggling to breath with pretty much one gill and eventually started to go, so I had to euthanize it recently. Has anyone seen anything like this deformation in their giant Siamese carp:
Sorry for your loss buddy. But I think this carp had a genetic mutation probably caused by inbreeding. Since these guys are critically endangered in the wild, It’s more than likely that the specimens that we’re getting are captive (in) bred and I don’t think we do much to prevent inbreeding in aquaculture .
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+1Sorry for your loss buddy. But I think this carp had a genetic mutation probably caused by inbreeding. Since these guys are critically endangered in the wild, It’s more than likely that the specimens that we’re getting are captive (in) bred and I don’t think we do much to prevent inbreeding in aquaculture
