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[Blakey]

My mate has a murray cod he is getting rid of.. so i said i would take it off his hands. I know they get to monstrous sizes... but didnt want it killed or flushed.

anyone had them in aquariums? do they eat stuff... like live fish?

[Blakey]

ok just saw youtube movies of a murray cod eating yabbies, goldfish... and when the dude put his arm in the tank.. it went him.
my kind of fish... gunna need welding gloves to clean my tank soon

[MONSTAF1SH]

Ive kept a few of these they're awesome fish but I could nt get it to except many if any tankmates the only thing that lived with it was a feather fin catfish only because it had a log for refuge and took a good beating.
It grew to a size where I could feed it full mulies :twisted:

[Blakey]

yes they seem to grow very quick..... i will see how it goes against my jack... who is making my bream look like kittens. He isnt that much bigger than a whole whitebait but he will eat one ahahaha...
Murray Cod vs Mangrove Jack... hopefully they will live together happily if not... then iwill have a murray cod up for grabs

[DR14GoNF14SH]

hehe... did you see jasons pic of the murray cod Vs jag cichlid?? They were both chunky but the jag was quite a bit larger than the murray... :twisted:

LoL, i was actually there at the time that epic battle went down...crazy sheet...

i had my money on the Beefy Jag...boy was i wrong...if i remember correctly, he was left with a massive ring around his face from where the murray had a firm grip of him... :twisted:

e. :wink:

[dazzabozza]

Can the Murray Cod be kept in full salt water? I've read that they've been caught in salt water by fisherman but dunno whether they can sustain long periods. If they can do full salt then I might be able to give him a home in my marine predator tank

Dazza

[MONSTAF1SH]

I've tried crazy combos before,years ago I had a saratoga,manrove jack, murray cod and a barramundi in one 6ft tank didnt go that badly for a while although they were all quite young fish and had their territory established, didn't last forever though after a while they would look at one another as food.

Heres the pic e's talking about this was my last murray.


Pic of the Jag it was the size of the ones that are at vebas in the "big fish" tank

[elliott]

hey blakey post up a pic of your murray cod i want to see this bad boy. How big do they grow?

[Blakey]

when i get it i will put pics up... murray cod in the wild get to a solid 20-25kg plus... they are a THICK bodied fish and grow to over a meter long.

[elliott]

thats awesome..how bigs the tank your gona keep it in?

elliott

[Blakey]

5 x 2 x 2... wanna upgrade to an 8fter in a year or two

[Peckoltia]

I'd stay clear of the Murray cod, you will have nothing but trouble with it in the confines of an aquarium in later years.

[malawiman85]

HAHA those photos of the cod and jag punching on are great!

[Mattymak]

yeah they are haha how did you find this ! its like 6 years old

[malawiman85]

What else am I gonna do while im at work?

[Mattymak]

Hahaha, good call.