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[Tucunare]

heres my latest folks.
cant wait till this guy hits around 5' and has teeth bigger than the family dog



steve

[DR14GoNF14SH]

no idea what it is...lol, but very nice!

[Tucunare]

hey ern have you ever seen hens teeth???, now you have if you get my drift.
google bagarius

[jack]

nice but it looks weird

[Mudjimba]

Nice Steve, 5' ouch! What size now and how long til full grown do you reckon? Nice pics too, fish blends in well with the substrate.
cheers

[DR14GoNF14SH]

i thought hens teeth were pretty rare?

anyways, yes, now i see what u mean...heres a pic for those who want to have a look at the end product...


eeeeesh, reminds me of "critters"

very nice stevo...very nice!

[Tucunare]

now its 16cm, theres not much info on these guys in aquariums as there not that common around the world, so im not sure of the growth rate.
dont know if anyone has ever owned one in wa?????, if so maybe could shed some light on the growth

[jack]

dragon that is one creepy pic

[DR14GoNF14SH]

yeh pretty much anything with big teeth is a winner huh stevo...hehe :twisted:

[Den]

Nice one Steve, I got offered one of those a while back, gets way too big for my tanks so I let it pass. I still feel a bit of regret. You must have one mega tank on the drawing boards!

[Tucunare]

yeah you got it man.
what i know about the goonch is, where they originate from the local villagers cremate bodies on the river and throw the unburnt body parts in as a sign of setting the persons spirit free, over the years the goonch has come to realise that the sight of fire usually means a good snack on human remains and they tend to congregatearound the cremation sight. also theres reports of them nabbing children out of the shallows and eating them and another story of one taking a full size water buffelo while it drank from the river - pretty knarly fish ay, combines the aggression of a great white, has teeth that resemble a crocodile, and eats more people than hanibal himself
aka - the devils catfish (for good reasons)
any of you that get a chance check out jeremy wades fishing dvds and the one where hes in india he catches two 5 footers and see photos of one thats gotta be atleast 8 foot

[DR14GoNF14SH]

and bring a spare change of underwear...

yeh gotta love those pointed eyebrows/spikes just behind the eyes...def worthy of the name "devil fish"... :twisted:

[MONSTAF1SH]

Holy smokes!! 8O
That is bloody mint!!
Good to see ya posted the photos up been waiting for them.

[Fox]

Thats AWESOME 8O

So is the next PCS meeting at your place for a show & tell LOL

Nice find Steve..NICE

[madasa]

But he looks so innocuous until you see the end product.

Feeding and water change time when he's a big boy should prove ... entertaining

[Peckoltia]

awesome pick up. Look forward to seeing pics of him when it's got more size!

[benckie]

Nice one Steve :twisted:

[Plecoking]

Very sick looking fish man .... Awsome

Regards Aaron

[Fox]

How's this guy looking Steve?
Still got him?