Wallago Attu

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bobVillanueva said:
Furthermore, the thing with attu is that they are so slender. I was even scared that the swally (small wally) was gonna fet slurped by my big planiceps who i call "slenderman".

On the other hand, Leeriis are thick! I call them battle cruisers. Its like one bite and its over. My leerii just decimated a school of tinfoils which used to be dithers for my african tigers :(


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I think that the attu's slim body was the biggest problem and agree with you.

The female W. leerii has no cave and I like your battle cruiser description. I always call her the Goodyear blimp the way she just floats along very innocently.
 
ultimatejay said:
Do you still have the B. Filamentosum and how big is it? Any pics?


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Unfortunately both the B. Filamentosum and the Bagarus yarelli were last seen in the tank in early 2009. Both were estimated by friends swimming in the tank to be about 93cm. A Piaractus brachypomus purchased in 1989 acts as a yard stick as it is 36" / 91.6cm long. This allows very close approximation of sizes of fish around its size.

Both catfish had been purchased from Oliver Lucanus and Sean Lew owners of Biotope Imports as juveniles in 1997. I seldom take pictures due to health issues and can not find any of these two. Both were restricted to the back corners of the tank by the Wallago leerii often 500 to 550 cm away from the glass and in 200cm to 275cm deep water surrounded by bog wood and rock structures so very hard to photograph. Most pics I show are taken seldom and almost always by friends visiting. I think buddy Rusty Wessel took the pic of the W. leerii on his last visit in 2011.
 
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