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[Peckoltia]

G'day

Their has been a recent increase in the amoungt of interest shown in tankbusters. My favourite type of fish! Beware, most of the 'tankbuster' type fish should be left to the serious hobbyists. A 6x2 is not going to suffice for long. I have seen a heap of Alligator gars come back up for sale lately, once hey have hit 40-50cm and have out grown their old homes.

My favourite fish I have ever owned. My beloved Tiger shovelnose. I grew her from a tiny 5cm twig to a 3' mass of muscle. An absolute powerhouse of a fish. Unfortunately she jumped out of her tank smashing straight through the 12mm cover glass. I saw the whole thing and put her back in, but her injuries were too great and I had to put her out of her misery. I would compare that day to losing a dog, a truely majestic animal! pure beauty!

Here are some pics -

[spilo]

g'day
i bought a 20 cm tsn a couple of months ago and i would have to agree that they are awsome looking fish,(thats why i bought one ).
how long did it take to reach that size?



cheers k

[Craig79]

Wow mate what a great beast with amazing stripes, sorry about the loss I would feel the same.
BTW what size tank was she in at the time?
anyway thanks for sharing this pic I think it's great.

cheers -Craig

[Peckoltia]

Spilo- what are your plans for it in the future?

It took 18months to reach that size, no joke. On 2x a week feedings and 2x 25% water changes a week, coupled with great filtration.

Was in a 8x3x2.5

[Fox]

AWESOME!!!


I would love one..
Or a Tigriannis Catfish (spelling)


Awesome..
Sorry to hear about the loss


Cheers
Aquatic Dreams™

[Peckoltia]

I think an 8x3 is mere grow out or this species.

M tigrinus is most certainly onmy list to get.

[Fox]

Do you keep many monsters?

Cheers
Aquatic Dreams™

[Peckoltia]

I've kept just about every tankbuster imaginable at some stage. I only have two tanks set up at the moment, which is a good rest from things.

One being my reef tank and the other is my 8x3 housing my Undulated Moray eel, he is an absolute beast of a fish. They max out at around 150cm, mine is roughly 80cm at the moment and growing at a good rate.

Although he is leaving me in the near future. Has been a pleasure to own, as I'm going to set up my 8x3 as a tankbuster tank once again. Work in progress. I also have my new house under construction at the moment, with a overly large built in aquarium seperating my gym and my fish room. Will be fanastic when done.

Here is my undy -



A couple past tankbusters -

Green arowana.



Datnoid at 14".



Alex

[Fox]

AWESOME.. Thanks for sharing.. Love the shots..

[Tucunare]

Hi peck
Nice TSN mate, on of the best ive seen, if your looking for a pal for that morey, ill soon have some flavagineus moreys these suckers grow to around 2.5 meters and can weigh like 60kg, basically like a burmese python.
if your all interested tigrinnus are around $2100, there was one here a month ago, but since has gone
cheers
steve

[Peckoltia]

Not too interested in the morays, want the tank for FW tankbusters. Was going through all my old pics. It has inspired me to keep freshies again.

What were the stripes like on the tig? what size? just out of interest. I have seen a few crackers kept by US keepers with squiggled lines, looks magic. Although any tig is a special fish!

Alex

[spilo]

hi alex
i'm more then aware the size of this monster will get. i remember seeing yours a couple of years ago when i got that toga off u.
3' in 18 months wow!. i feed mine a couple of times a week with a weekly water change as well. it's currently in a 4*2*2 grow out tank but when it's a bit bigger it can join my other monsters in a 7*3*2.



cheers k

[Peckoltia]

Sorry mate. Was it a small leichardti?

Roughly 1cm a week. Crazy growth rate. Only other fish I ever had grow that fast was my Arapaima, although I only had it a short time before I moved it onto someone a little braver then myself (or sillier)...

What else are you keeping in your 7x3?

mmmmm tangerine zebra!

[Peckoltia]

In the mood to post pics. Please anyone else keeping tankbusters add to the thread, or we may start a new one.

Here is a pic of my old pair of senegals. Spawned for me a heap of times, but eggs were quite tricky to hatch...



youngens!

[Peckoltia]

Some of my lil silvers. Was about 15 of them in a 4x18" at 3-4" a piece. Sold them off until I just had a few left. I eventually sold the remaining pair at roughly 16", the bloke i sold them to then sold them to seaview aquariums for some fronties 8O . They have them at the store, although they now reside in a tank that is far too small for them!





Leiarius longibarbis/marmoratus

[Craig79]

Some more great pics
were the silver arrows pond bred or in another giant tank?
great stuff

cheers -Craig

[Peckoltia]

I assume they were pond bred in Asia.

[Tucunare]

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[Tucunare]

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[Tucunare]

love to see pics of your gigas, peckolita