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[Blakey]

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Ok ok took some photos today...

The fish is roughly 30cm long now... and growing very very fast!!!

He eats about half a kilo of prawns every 3-4 weeks and half a kilo of whitebait... but mainly prawns.. atm the prawns are king prawns yum yum ahaha some of them are about 15cm long and he takes em down with ease.
One thing i have noticed lately more than anything is his behaviour... he is very territorial and EXTREMELY FAST.... do not put fingers in the tank.... i will put my whole hand in but he is big enough now to start eyeing it off as a bit of a snack so only too soon with i be posting a photo of a bloodied hand.

This fish is a machine... if anyone wants to come around some time and have a look let me know and your more than welcome. He has gone from having a price tag to beeen absolutely priceless and i reckon this fish will be around for a very very long time.
The topic of tough fish often comes up on these forums... i reckon this bloke lays down the gauntlet, his agility and the set of teeth he has i reckon a dovvii would be no match for this guy now he has a bit of girth on him.

[Johny]

awesome...cant wait for some pics!

[4x4xfar]

Good stuff mate, Glad to hear he pulled through.

[MONSTAF1SH]

I've been waiting on these pics, where are they? Hurry up!

[Jeromy_Syndrome]

Great Pics, I love the more mature coloration. So hes no longer for sale then...damn lol.

Envious Much

Jeromy

[Blakey]

first post has been edited check it out

[dazzabozza]

Gorgeous colouration!

[Blakey]

ahaha i couldnt sell him just for the fact i cant price him? $500? $200? $1000? ahahahaha he is irriplaceable... pretty rare fish especially at this size...

he looks insane though and as i said if anyone wants to come have a squizz let me know

[kevy73]

What sort of water params do you keep him in? Awesome looking fish. So glad he pulled through from his eye problem. Did you ever figure out what it was?

[Blakey]

nope never figured out what the problem was.... it went away after i started lowering the salinty from 10ppt to 3-5ppt.

Params are 7.5ph 28'C and around 4ppt... and he is happy and healthy than ever before

[TWiST]

looking good man ill hopefully own one of them in the future

[mickya]

looks effing awesome good stuff, any chance of a recent full tank shot ?

[Blakey]

will give it a clean this weekend and get some pics

[mickya]

will give it a clean this weekend and get some pics

awesome

[nathan88]

swet looking fish love it were do you get them ???

[Sazabi]

Awesome looking fish

[Blakey]

i got it off a forum member.. havnt seen him on here much lately!
they used to be fairly easy to find but now days... impossible... i just got lucky i guess

[MONSTAF1SH]

I remember bringing that little sucker in from over east ages ago for the forum member keleher who then sold it to blakey. I sold mine to Bigz, wish I didnt now. .
Nice fish blakey he looks like one mean mofo.

[Blakey]

yeh he is pretty mean just trying to train him to be hand fed.... pretty scarey stuff... he seems pretty accurate when he launches at the food so lets hope he doesnt miss aye

[4x4xfar]

I've caught (and eaten), a lot of Jacks but have never seen any with that blue line under the eye. I must have a closer look next time I catch one.