)V(ONSTER Flathead catfish (Pylodictis olivaris) grow out thread.

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Chub_by said:
Fluffy is so wicked! By fary favourite amongst all your awesome fish.. :)
What are the long-term plans for him? Is he going outside or staying indoors?
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REally just depends. Largest accomodations I have now is what he is in. If my roomate moves that opens all kinds of possibilities! I may well build an outdoor insulated pond above ground and he would be the first inhabitant for sure. Also have a plan to make a 1200 gal pond for the living room so that's an option as well. All this is if my roomate moves. lol. Have to tell her the good points of moving. She knows she misses her family! She needs to move lol. Even a flathead will need a heated pond if going outdoors in montana. WIth temps droping to -50 f some winters. I am unable to make a pond deep enough since I am renting so that it wouldn't freeze.
 
So here's a few pics I snapped of Fluffy today!!!! lol. I actually got to see him eat tonight. I took one of the lids off and turned out all the lights. I let my eyes adjust to the ambient light, and then threw in some shrimp and pellets. Fluffy, and Jaws (the ID shark) went to town on it. Was awesome to see and know that I have a few true monsters again and that they are eating and growing like mad! At least Fluffy growing like mad anyway lol. Jaws growing slowly but surely. At least he added 2" since being in the pond. That's like .25" per month lol. So by my calculations Jaws should be 2' in around 2 more years, whereas Fluffy about 4 more months :).
 
Here's some cool pics of fluffy and jaws!

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Decided also to pull out Fluffy to measure him...... ;) They grow so fast. Seems like just yesterday he was 15". :) So that was early today and I had kind of a rough day so nevermind my appearance in this next pic, but wanted to share with everyone that I finally met a special lady as well!!! Here's a pic of us. What do ya think?

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Seriously though my jaw hit the floor when I found both those pics lol. Couldn't stop laughing. The caption of the pic with the girl was "How you know you've been catfished". So that explains why it came up in my results.
 
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