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[kaka]

here are some catfishes pictures

here are some pictures of my catfishes and nile arawana

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[smellsfishy]

hey man, few questions.
what catfish and what size?
what size tank?
and what filteration are you running?
cheers jess.

[ice]

Awesome collection you have there mate, would love to see move photos!

[kaka]

hi there my size tank is not that big tanks size 98 cm x 50 cm x 60 cm and i have 2 leophard catfish ( hybrid catfish between redtail catfish and tiger shovelnose), 2 tiger shovelose catfish,1 red tail catfish, 2 peruno catfish, 2 zungaro catfish ( marble catfish), nile arowana, aligator garfish , 2 platydoras, and platydoras agamizzi

[Peckoltia]

Great collection of fish.

Best of luck housing those fish into maturity, especially that Arapaima gigas.

[kaka]

yes i heard the nile arawana gets prety big how ever i have pln to built an indoor pond 2 m x 3 m depth 1 meter

[smellsfishy]

idoor pond with tank buster ! that would be amazing.
you should make it a above ground pond with a front glass panel to watch!
cheers jess.

[zach16]

Nice fish mate how much did you pay for the Arapaima gigas

[Jules]

First off, impressive collection of exotics! First captive Arapaima i have seen pics of in Perth.
Now, where the hell and how the hell did you get a hold of these sorts of things (gar in particular)???
PM me if you wish........

Thanks
Jules

[Peckoltia]

yes i heard the nile arawana gets prety big how ever i have pln to built an indoor pond 2 m x 3 m depth 1 meter

G'day

Good that you have some future plans for your fish. I'm not sure where you have gotten the name 'Nile Arowana' from, never heard of Arapaima being called this name. As this fish is not an Arowana nor is it endemic to the Nile. Pretty big is an understatement. These fish are in contention for the largest freshwater fish in the world title, with an adult size of 10' +, although usually around 6 - 8'. If you are planning on building a pond for this fish I would have started building it yesterday. The growth rate on these guys is out of this world, and it is usually the cause of premature death of 98% of captive Arapaima. I would say that the size pond you plan on building will be too small for an adult. I don't mean to be neggative, it is just I have seen this same scenaria played out more times than I would care to remember. People planning on ponds/huge tanks etc.

I am doing a talk on keeping tankbusters at the PCS meeting in April, come down and have a listen and share your experiences, may learn something and teach me something at the same time.

Best of luck.

Alex

[smellsfishy]

8 foot, i bet its a pretty chunky 8ft too.
how are the fisheries allowing him to keep this? no offense mate, but the fisheries have banned many fish and if any was to be banned than maybe the 8 foot one?

[ice]

It really does look like an arapaima gigas in that picture but its probably more likely to be heterotis niloticus, aka the african arowana. Closely related to the arapaima but doesnt have its insane size, arfican arrows grow to about a meter. Will still be a bloody impressive fish though, i'd really love to see it in person!

[Peckoltia]

It really does look like an arapaima gigas in that picture but its probably more likely to be heterotis niloticus, aka the african arowana. Closely related to the arapaima but doesnt have its insane size, arfican arrows grow to about a meter. Will still be a bloody impressive fish though, i'd really love to see it in person!

100% Arapaima gigas, no mistaking the two. Have seen plenty of Arapaima in Oz, never seen or heard of an African arowana here.

[Bowdy]

Sweet fish. Put up more pics mate. What filtration do you have running.
How long would you expect these to last befor they out grow the 3ft ??

[fish]

where abouts did you get the peruno catfish?

[kamalau]

more pics?

[Bowdy]

Pics = Pictures

Edited by bowdy88, 24 February 2011 - 06:17 PM.

[ice]

100% Arapaima gigas, no mistaking the two. Have seen plenty of Arapaima in Oz, never seen or heard of an African arowana here.

The more I look at the picture the more I think you're right haha. How the hell would someone get a juvi arapaima here though? Surely nobody is breeding them?

[smellsfishy]

you need a swimming pool to breed them lol, bags not going in and cleaning...

[kaka]

yess i will post more pictures i still got 2 more exotic catfishes such as electric catfish, and asian red tail catfish ( baby) which is abit hard to take a shot cause they move too fast. anyone know where i can get some lungfish ??? south american?? or australian ???. at the moment im still working on my 3 meter tank thinking to make a perfect south american or amazon set up.

by the way i was told by the seller as an nile arawana not an arapaima gigas.