I'm out ....this kind of mistreatment makes me full of rage.

The fish is 30 years old and only 20 inches and in a 120 gallon tank ? .....
You got bigger problems then his belly....

On the subject of Jau’s .... check this out ! Jau footage starts at 10.20 so you can skip most of the annoying kid making the video
https://youtu.be/SdyjuJU0ekQ[/youtube]

Once you get into rays ... it’s obsessive

Your RTCs are still around?? No way! Really? I guess my memory failed me as I thought they have passed on. Those must have been someone else's RTCs. So how old yours are now, 34 years old? Sorry to hear about your tig. Fourteen years is a very respectable time. I am thoroughly amazed you are able t...

They are still alive and kicking in the same pond too ! I lost my beloved Tigrinus in 2016 after about 14 years I think and that caused me a lot of distress. I felt so privileged to have him for so long and grow him so big from a tiny little kitten. I only have 2 mixed tanks and the pond now but I’v...

First time I’ve checked this out for 7 years Victor... I can’t believe how far you have come and how well you have gone to realise your dream. How are Jack’s tanks holding up?

I’ve missed this stuff so much ... love these videos. Those jau’s look fabulous...I never had any luck with my one who died in a heating accident many many moons ago.

If those RTC's have been in the [pond for 2 years + and are only 60-70cm then they are terribly stunted.
A RTC given proper conditions should reach 90cm in 2 years at a minimum.

They might be illegal to export in certain jurisdictions but they are not illegal to import into Singapore or to keep. For example say a certain fish type was illegal to export in Brazil but legal in Peru or Colombia, in that case you could easily get shipments of them from Peru or Colombia quite le...

Shoaling ? Geeze I'd better get a even bigger tank.
I want a shoal of lince's

Sorry I don't login much anymore ...yes ...I've got the Lince ...wonderful fish.
Jau is on "order" but I'm yet to see it.

50% every 2nd day ....

I recently moved my biggest tig (28") to a new 500g and it WAS ...very stressful for ME I first had the new tank completely set up with 70% of the water of his old tank and then just put him in using one swift motion. I then filled up the new tank as I would on a normal water change. Apart from...

Many of you know my thoughts on keeping fish .... And you know I keep RTC's I believe that all such fish should be sold only to a licensed fish keeper who passes a test and has the tank space to keep such a fish. The cost of keeping 75kgs (because that's what 2 x 6yo RTC's are going to be) nitrate f...

Works on a iphone 4.2 and on Ipad as well

Pleco paste for Nuggets Mixed egg white 150ml (bout 3 eggs) with 8 Hikari algae wafers (crushed), pureed Hikari spirilina brine shrimp and bloodworm, pureed spinach, 4 Hikari sinking pellets (crushed) and a cup of pinches of Sera vegetable flake until it is a thick awful paste. Smear paste onto rock...

Its a shocker alright ....absolute environmental vandalism on a grand scale.
Worth going to war over IMHO .....

I'm sorry it died after only 48 hours but they really are a tough fish to move and acclimatise.

How much current and aeration is in the tank ?

Tigrinuses need massive current, about 10x the water volume per hour at a minimum plus strong aeration.

If you think you have enough current ...you haven't

Why?

They live here in the wild.....to give you a idea.

MatsP wrote: I recommend JBL Novo Pleco XL.

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Mats

X2
.....its probably the best specialist pleco food .... excellent product !

That's a internal bacterial infection I'd bet. You should try using Metro.

taksan, This is actually making me wonder if you are deliberately trolling these threads and purposefully wasting people's time. If I see something I don't think is right I'm going to say something about it ...regardless of what you are anyone else might think or whatever the "accepted practic...

its a free document that is published on the internet. It is not free, however. It requires a subscription to download from the official website. http://www.asihcopeiaonline.org/page/subscribe That may not be a huge amount of money - it probably barely covers the postage and printing... -- Mats I d...

I can't see hows its violation of copyright at all. Its posted in its original form, he is not claiming authorship or using the contents of the document in another document and its a free document that is published on the internet. Copyright remains with the authors and he is not claiming any rights...

Same as its been for the past 9 years ..... to have my top 5 I don't have !!!! Brachyplatystoma filamentosum Brachyplatystoma rousseauxii Zungaro zungaro Brachyplatystoma vaillantii Platynematichthys notatus Of course they won't all happen but this year is my best chance ever to get some crossed off.

Huge improvement ....

Suckermouth wrote: what right do you have to take fish from the wild?

I'm saving them from the Brazilian government

Are you a vegetarian taksan? If you are, then your position is defensible. If not, then maybe you should wonder why you think catfish are any different to cattle, cod or sheep for example. I'm not a vegetarian but I will not eat wild caught animals only domestic animals raised for the specific purp...

Mike_Noren wrote: Actually, it has been done to amur leopards.

These days it wouldn't be done...imagine the uproar .... there is no excuse whatsoever in the modern age to destroy a species in order to study it you can take DNA from living animals and preserve it.