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by CFC
19 Apr 2009, 08:16
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Lophiosilurus alexandri
Replies: 7
Views: 1753

Re: Lophiosilurus alexandri

I've had it a longer than 7 months, I just didn't update my My Cats page until 7 months ago. I bought mine at 4" around Christmas 2007 so the time frame is very similar with an average growth of half an inch a month.
by CFC
18 Apr 2009, 14:27
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Lophiosilurus alexandri
Replies: 7
Views: 1753

Re: Lophiosilurus alexandri

Feeding won't be a problem, in my experience they readily take frozen food and quickly become hand tame swimming up the glass to take food from the surface, they can even become too tame and refuse to take food that isn't offered by hand as mine did when I was target feeding it to make sure a gready...
by CFC
08 Apr 2009, 18:16
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Feeding Preditory Catfish
Replies: 11
Views: 2056

Re: Feeding Preditory Catfish

The best way to feed predatory catfish is to feed them one meal that is large enough to make their stomach area visibly swollen and rounded and then don't feed again until the stomach has returned to its normal flat condition, as the fish grow the size of their meal and the length of time it takes t...
by CFC
09 Feb 2009, 10:52
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Calophysus macropterus
Replies: 2
Views: 743

Re: Calophysus macropterus

The jardini is more likely to attack the cat to be honest, I have both these fish but in seperate tanks and the jardini is the far more aggressive of the two fish. As single specimens most Calophysus are fairly placid, I have a 45cm adult in a 200g which it shares with some Brycon species without pr...
by CFC
05 Nov 2008, 14:28
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: adonis bred?
Replies: 4
Views: 1113

Re: adonis bred?

These are the same pair that were being sold at the Crewes Hill branch of Maidenhead Aquatics as a breeding pair back in the summer, i was interested in buying them myself but unfortunately couldn't justify spending £100 on fish at the time. They seemed quite friendly towards each other in the shop ...
by CFC
26 Sep 2008, 15:25
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: tank size!
Replies: 11
Views: 2354

Re: tank size!

Well its only 2.5 feet tall but yes 8x6 foot print. Its all been running smoothly for nearly a year now, theres a few little things i'd do differently if i were starting again, like not bothering with the textured background as the rays think its great fun to chew bits off it and let it float around...
by CFC
26 Sep 2008, 09:52
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: tank size!
Replies: 11
Views: 2354

Re: tank size!

Wow that will be the largest privately owned set up in the world!!

Can we see some photos of your 1000g tank i always like to see pictures of other peoples big set ups, heres a picture of my 1000g system

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by CFC
26 Sep 2008, 08:02
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: tank size!
Replies: 11
Views: 2354

Re: tank size!

Why don't you just put them in the 1000g you said you had? Anyway if you plan on getting a jardini arowana then you'll need two tanks as once the jardini reaches adulthood it will start trying to kill everything in the tank, they are the most aggressive of all the arowana species and rarely mix well...
by CFC
23 Sep 2008, 14:02
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: Deciding on a new tank to buy
Replies: 23
Views: 4936

Re: Deciding on a new tank to buy

The best value for money external filters in my opinion are the good old Eheim Classic series, very basic design with no thrills but they do the job they are meant to do and last forever. For the tank size you are thinking of the smallest model, the Eheim 2213, would be ample and i believe you can p...
by CFC
23 Sep 2008, 11:45
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: Deciding on a new tank to buy
Replies: 23
Views: 4936

Re: Deciding on a new tank to buy

It is mine and many other peoples experience that the Juwel tanks are actually of very poor quality and suffer from a whole host of problems which Juwel are more than aware of but still haven't fixed despite the problems being ongoing for at least the last 7 years. The most common fault is with the ...
by CFC
22 Sep 2008, 13:28
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: larius pictus!!!!!
Replies: 3
Views: 1120

Re: larius pictus!!!!!

If you already have a 1000 gallon tank then why do you need to ask? Surely you would just grow the catfish up in the 180 until it is large enough to go into the bigger tank. :funny:
by CFC
22 Sep 2008, 09:08
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: larius pictus!!!!!
Replies: 3
Views: 1120

Re: larius pictus!!!!!

A tank in the region of 900-1000 gallons would be adequate to keep a Liearius pictus and a silver arowana, anything smaller would be a waste of money since both fish will be in excess of 2 feet long within 3 years.
by CFC
20 Sep 2008, 16:52
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Tigrinus keepers rally around and answer my question
Replies: 18
Views: 3001

Re: Tigrinus keepers rally around and answer my question

Actually its Brachyplatystoma tigrinum these days :wink:

The Catelog profile suggests 24 to 28'c, as a rapids dwelling species i would have thought cooler rather than warmer water was more their cup of tea but i've not kept a tig myself so can't say anything from personal experience.
by CFC
19 Sep 2008, 16:49
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Tigrinus keepers rally around and answer my question
Replies: 18
Views: 3001

Re: Tigrinus keepers rally around and answer my question

I would be inclined to bring the temperature down to about 24-25'c.
by CFC
19 Sep 2008, 16:45
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Any Doradid Catfish Keepers?? Please post here!!!
Replies: 27
Views: 6587

Re: Any Doradid Catfish Keepers?? Please post here!!!

There is no problem with the actual "tank" apart from it could maybe be a little bigger for some of the larger growing species, keeping fish in these big tubs is no worse than keeping fish in a man made pond and the fish probably prefer not being gawped at through the sides like they are i...
by CFC
19 Sep 2008, 13:28
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Tigrinus keepers rally around and answer my question
Replies: 18
Views: 3001

Re: Tigrinus keepers rally around and answer my question

I've always thought that the fast water dwelling species like tigs and jurense preffered slightly cooler water as well.
by CFC
16 Sep 2008, 19:16
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Any Doradid Catfish Keepers?? Please post here!!!
Replies: 27
Views: 6587

Re: Any Doradid Catfish Keepers?? Please post here!!!

Some wood or pipes for them to hide in would be nice instead of them having to play who can get closest to the box filter in the corner. Nice collection though, great markings on those Megladoras
by CFC
16 Sep 2008, 15:01
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Any Doradid Catfish Keepers?? Please post here!!!
Replies: 27
Views: 6587

Re: Any Doradid Catfish Keepers?? Please post here!!!

In my war against trumpet snails - where many battles were lost despite weapons like traps, siphoning, loads of fruit and veggies, Botias and puffers - I will now admit myself some foul play and introduce a Megalodoras uranoscopus shortly. I've done so a long time ago and know for sure that this wi...
by CFC
15 Sep 2008, 15:22
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Leiarius longibarbis Feeding
Replies: 11
Views: 2028

Re: Leiarius longibarbis Feeding

I've been feeding my catfish cooked frozen seafood for as long as i've been keeping fish that eat that kind of thing, and i've got the largest Liearius pictus i have ever seen or heard of (she's a 27"+ monster) so there can't be that much wrong with it. Throw in a few cooked mussels and prawns ...
by CFC
14 Sep 2008, 11:54
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Leiarius longibarbis Feeding
Replies: 11
Views: 2028

Re: Leiarius longibarbis Feeding

Your longibarbus should be fed meaty foods once or twice a week depending on appetite, a good indicater is to look at their stomachs after feeding, after a meal the stomach should be swollen to two or three times its normal size and the fish should not be fed again until it has gone flat again. Whil...
by CFC
11 Jul 2008, 15:21
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Perrunichthys or Leiarius? loads of pics!
Replies: 12
Views: 2342

Re: Perrunichthys or Leiarius? loads of pics!

I'd bet money on them being Leiarius longibarbus, L.pictus has a distinctive pale stripe which runs from before the dorsal fin down across the body towards the anal vent, in adult fish it is less obvious than in juviniles but still visable when looked for. How long have they been together and what s...
by CFC
24 Mar 2008, 13:58
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492826

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

If it ever decides to come out of the PVC pipe i'll get a photo :lol:
by CFC
24 Mar 2008, 11:19
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492826

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

I have another one to add, i finally got myself a Trachycorystes trachycorystes, a nice 10 incher for the bargain price of £85 :)
by CFC
22 Jan 2008, 19:25
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492826

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

If it is too mental and starts posing danger to your fish stocks i know a nice big 900g tank it could live in :wink:
by CFC
18 Jan 2008, 20:45
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: 900 gallon tank video
Replies: 9
Views: 1466

Re: 900 gallon tank video

Its in my fish house which is a seperate building at the end of my garden, it has a soild concrete floor so no worries about the weight.
by CFC
18 Jan 2008, 16:30
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: 900 gallon tank video
Replies: 9
Views: 1466

Re: 900 gallon tank video

The Liearius is huge, 26" from nose to tail and at an anglers estimate around 10lbs in weight (i think thats roughly 5kg) its never bothered the Sorubims but i did try adding a second smaller Liearius that a friend needed rehomed and my original one went absolutely mad, even in that big tank it...
by CFC
18 Jan 2008, 15:31
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: 900 gallon tank video
Replies: 9
Views: 1466

900 gallon tank video

Remember this http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=4&t=21122 well the tank has been finished and running for a few months now so i thought id post a little video. Please note that this was not an actual feeding session i just added some food to get the fish moving about, before any...
by CFC
04 Jan 2008, 10:29
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Yay! Look at the fancy new board! Thanks Jools!
Replies: 29
Views: 3566

Re: Yay! Look at the fancy new board! Thanks Jools!

noooooooo, its horrible, far too bright.
by CFC
02 Jan 2008, 11:09
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: Canister filters for 8x200 liter catfish tanks
Replies: 13
Views: 2352

Until recently i used Eheim 2217's for all my filtration and found them to be reliable and faultless, the only reason i stopped using them is that running ten 20w filters was costing a fortune in electric so i opted for simple air powered filtration powered by one hi-blow airpump for most of my tank...
by CFC
23 Dec 2007, 09:59
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: The "Jools' new fishroom post"
Replies: 234
Views: 51951

I started by running all my waste water straight onto the garden, but after a few weeks i had the beginings of a flooded grassland biotope forming in the garden so i had to install a run of 40mm waste pipe along the garden fence and into the drain. My biggest problem is that my fish house is an enti...

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