I guess i can call him buzz killington
ā¦ Time for a tank down grade. S. asotus.
thebiggerthebetter
Vik.. does ur new āchinese welsā have exposed bottom teeth and a thin jaw or does it look like ur old group of S. Asotus?Yangtze Albino
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I guess i can call him buzz killington
ā¦ Time for a tank down grade. S. asotus.
thebiggerthebetter
Vik.. does ur new āchinese welsā have exposed bottom teeth and a thin jaw or does it look like ur old group of S. Asotus?
Beautiful find with the article. I still believe we are looking at a third possible sp thatās not a hybrid either haha. But maybe is
fugupuff
could scoop you,
thebiggerthebetter
, and I some Chinese soldatovs which are easier to get than the Russian ones, 
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fugupuff
could scoop you,
thebiggerthebetter
, and I some Chinese soldatovs which are easier to get than the Russian ones, .
Beautiful find with the article. I still believe we are looking at a third possible sp thatās not a hybrid either haha. But maybe is
ahhā¦ im retired from the ābig fish gameā. Im good with 36ā or less these days lolā¦. Content with this guys small stature whatever it is. Even with the article and the tests they did the pic of Asotus are still all over the place for any kind of size reference. If there bred/made for food and we get the scraps so to speak. Id think its safe to say there comparable to TSN in the hobby. Been watered down so much were getting the smallest size available and a somewhat generic species all together. I feel confident on moving this guy into a 5āx3āx2ā 230g for life now. Gave him a shot at a bit better life in larger quarters
, i dont think he needs it tho. Was expecting a 30ā-36ā size specimen. Ill b very surprised if this one ever exceeds its current size based on the similiar looking group Viktor kept. Urs is def. Different. Also i thought Wes has already brought in S. Soldatov before. Could have sworn i seen them on a cple of his lists.
Does your cat have visible teeth that look relatively large? Take a pic. OFR has a large albino Chinese wels and he looks oddly similar in head shape to yours but is much thicker, but with large teeth like mine. Three sp imo. The head on theirs is much bigger. Your wels vs viktors looks more like a minor deformity possibly then natural difference in head shape
I swear I do not mean to hijack thread, but just wanted to show you three examples of so called Chinese wels that differ in looks. Here they are. This one is from OFR. They havenāt shown him in a bit in a video but I reckon itās around 20ā. Very thick.
Here is another āChinese welsā normal color. Look at head shape, the degree of slope vs mine, and eye placement. As well as how the body isnāt as compressed horizontally compared to yours. This pic is a from a friend who got it from Rodrigo in 2021. Heās roughly 19ā now.
And here is one wes brought in recently taken from his Instagram.
Here is another āChinese welsā normal color. Look at head shape, the degree of slope vs mine, and eye placement. As well as how the body isnāt as compressed horizontally compared to yours. This pic is a from a friend who got it from Rodrigo in 2021. Heās roughly 19ā now.
And here is one wes brought in recently taken from his Instagram.
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Here is another āChinese welsā normal color. Look at head shape, the degree of slope vs mine, and eye placement. As well as how the body isnāt as compressed horizontally as mine vs yours.
Ive seen this one in personā¦ didnt pay it much attention at the time. Im over due to visit them tho lolā¦ it looks like it has the bottom jaw similar to urs with exposed teeth. Looking at Vinceās videos of the meter size specimen the bottom jaw looks like this ones/urs also. Seems to be the main difference. Hard to notice until u see itā¦ i cant un see it now tho
ā¦ mine does not have that thin bottom jaw or exposed teeth at all.
All good my manā¦ were about the only 2 trying to figure this out it seems
. Its on topic 
. Blake had a pretty large one down in florida. It ate all his koi lol.. its in a pond tho and hasnt been shown in a cple yrs now. Mine was brought in before all of these others also. Top jaws on most of these are all pretty straight. Mine has a bend in it. The pic from the article i showed shows the jaw differences as well as the exposed teeth. Ill grab a pic of viktors old āamurā which i dont think were amur either. There the closest to mine ive seen. Smaller stature, no teeth and more bug eyed.
100% what i have as wellā¦ they were brought in pretty close to the same time in 2016. Bug eyed big bottom lippers, no teethā¦ and they dont grow 
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Hereās a pic I snagged of one of wesā last imports of glanis. Dream fish. I cannot lie. Itās funny as we want what we canāt have. I think if I couldnāt have Chinese wels but could have euro I would go to the ends of the earth to get my Chinese wels
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These guys have been found in the Amur river correct? If thatās true that means I could possibly keep the big boy in my pond. Here in New Jerz the winters are fierce. He survived in my tank last year in the unheated part of the fish garage. Lethargic yes, but fine. My plan was to build it for the bambusa but thatās a whole different story lol.
Speaking of personality; in my opinion Chinese wels as they get older get more bold. Granted my guy lives in a dark tank but when he doesnāt feel startled he patrols his tank all over the water column, and cruises like a missile. Very easy to hand feed. Iām going to use the warm weather we will get till about early October to get him fattened up.
. These guys have been found in the Amur river correct? If thatās true that means I could possibly keep the big boy in my pond. Here in New Jerz the winters are fierce. He survived in my tank last year in the unheated part of the fish garage. Lethargic yes, but fine. My plan was to build it for the bambusa but thatās a whole different story lol.
Speaking of personality; in my opinion Chinese wels as they get older get more bold. Granted my guy lives in a dark tank but when he doesnāt feel startled he patrols his tank all over the water column, and cruises like a missile. Very easy to hand feed. Iām going to use the warm weather we will get till about early October to get him fattened up.
