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Big Panaque - pictures ?

Posted: 06 Jan 2012, 09:39
by ElTofi
Hi everyone !

who would have pictures of his "big old Panaque" ?

my interest is to grab informations about growing rate... I experimented Panaque twice... from 2005 to 2010, I had 3 LDA63 that grew from 8cm to 30cm in about 6 years... considering they were during the first year in a 720 too small tank, and probably not proper fed, it was not that bad...

I took another chance with Panaque L191 from last winter (January 2011)... in the same 720 liters tank at the beginning, proper fed (Hikari wafers, soft woods, etc...)and the grew from 8 to 13 in a year... From the moment I throw them into the 10'000 liters in October 2011, they "exploded" in size @-)

But the 6 fishes grow not at the same rate, and that disturbs me as I don't really understand... The biggest grows (of course) the fastest... And they have the same diet, the same room, the same access to food...

From October till early January, the biggest grew from 13-14 cm to around 18 cm... I'm happy with it, of course !

But does anyone of you have picture (or infos) of "BIG" panaque (any specie) from his tanks ???

Re: Big Panaque - pictures ?

Posted: 07 Jan 2012, 02:09
by CanadaPleco
thats great growth rates! Intersting to see how they progress from here.

Re: Big Panaque - pictures ?

Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 09:32
by ElTofi
a friend of mine gave me 4 Panaque schaeferi juveniles... they are about 13 cm TL and I hope they will do well in my Potamotrygon tank...

After just 3 days, they are fine, eat well, show up with the other Panaque L191 (even if much smaller)...

A very good feeling on these fishes ! pictures will follow, soon...