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The replanted black ear shark catfish has grown 1"-2" and done well in the 1800 gal for the first month or so:

Minus one more gulper, which had fought the illness for a month. So down to 6. But another is sick with the same symptom of imbalance. That bug that entered our tanks in 2018 most usually causes one of the two symptoms or both: body swelling all over and/or loss of balance. Only had the gulper for less than a year. 9"-10".

Alpha female RTC was attacked. Tentatively it seems to be the alpha male RTC and perhaps also the TSNxRTC hybrid. Is this a test of strength of a potential breeding mate?

4-Pack vulture catfish update: one female died at 8yo 26"/65cm (same symptoms we often see with our fish - a period of fast followed by erratic swimming), another female is sick, two males are ok.

Biting the bullet - Dora the 2ft 4yo dorado catfish goes from 240 to 1800 gal - risky forced gamble.

Dorado's 1st day in 1800 gal: minor bites & stress from the tank mates, as a result silver dollars, Asian USD cat, and black shark go out, the trio of soldier cats is in.

Third loss out of 8 gulpers (1 original and 7 new from Predatory Fins). Female, 11", age unknown, only had her 10 months. Has been sick couple of weeks, excessive slime, heavy breathing, no appetite, later swelling, erratic swimming, and finally reddening (probably septicemia or sepsis). I wonder why now? She and others thrived for 8-9 months. Maybe the 86F/30C temperature stresses them out and the immune system breaks down enough for the bacteria (columnaris?) to take hold?

Sorry Viktor. She was a nice large specimen.

Regards,
Eric

Thank you, Eric.

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Turns out Sexi does abuse gulpers sometimes. I' had never seen it before I watched my video and caught it in the background!

After a year in a timeout exile imposed for trying to kill Lusy the lusosso, Sexi the sexfasciatus returns to his 4500 gal. It has been a few days now and things are more or less okay. Not bothering Lusy. Stays out of the big mouths.

New apu attacks bullhead and Louie the SA lungfish under the cover of second night, who have to be moved then. The pbass, injured green terror, and large common pleco are fine and staying.

Hunger-striking Greta 2ft 8yo TSNxRTC returns from the 240 gal timeout to 4500 gal, while Thug thrives in that 240 gal even robbing Jello of herring, and Jello doesn't seem to bother either hybrid.

After the mahseer group had got a boot from the 1800 gal, our last Amur (male, ~16in) returned to the 1800 gal and now surprisingly has been putting his breeding moves on 12in female 4-line pim blochii catfish: