Biggies

[houie925]

Who's keeping the biggies? Red tails, shovelnoses, anything over 2 feet. What species and how many? How old? how large? What type of enclosure? What dimensions?

[cocoa_pleco]

if pacu count, i have 2, but theyre not over 2 feet, ones 15" and ones 6". Theyre not too old, but i have them in a 90g and they will have a 650g soon

[MCHRKiller]

I have a 13" TSN, he was an unwitted purchase by my mother as a 2" baby. He resides in my 150G(72*20*24) tank right now, I manage the fish section of my LFS so once he hits about 18" I will take him in and let him grow up to around 2ft in our 220G display tank. I will then setup the 450G cattle stock trough sitting dry in my basement as a FW tropical pond for him.

[houie925]

good to hear everybody so far has a decent plan to care for their giants.

[MCHRKiller]

Its good to hear of an all over aquarium forum not jumping people for having a potentially large fish when they are prepared to deal with the situation.

[houie925]

Yeah I have an RTCxTSN hybrid so I don't even know how large it will get but I am prepared to house it whatever the case may be. I haven't caught any flak over keeping a big cat here yet.

[angelcakes]

i have a 12-14"inch pleco if that counts:19: :19:

[MCHRKiller]

Nice :) The owner at the LFS ordered 3 of those I have no idea what he plans on doing with them but they are pretty fish. To my knowledge a TSN kept in the home aquarium setting typically tops out somewhere in the 24-30" range...so Id expect the larger end of that with it being mixed with the RTC. It is refreshing that members here dont seem to be getting jumped over what they keep...its kind of a new experience with a general fish forum for me.

I love large plecos, do you have pics of him?

[angelcakes]

Nice :) The owner at the LFS ordered 3 of those I have no idea what he plans on doing with them but they are pretty fish. To my knowledge a TSN kept in the home aquarium setting typically tops out somewhere in the 24-30" range...so Id expect the larger end of that with it being mixed with the RTC. It is refreshing that members here dont seem to be getting jumped over what they keep...its kind of a new experience with a general fish forum for me.

I love large plecos, do you have pics of him?
yep............hes a big boy:hmm3grin2orange:
http://i253.photobucket.com/albums/hh47/angelfishe/charlie015.jpg

[MCHRKiller]

And a nice healthy looking pleco at that, congrats to getting him at that size :)

[angelcakes]

And a nice healthy looking pleco at that, congrats to getting him at that size :)
thanks he was brought big.........i came across him at a lfs in a tank that was way to small for him could'nt turn properly.........i had a massive empty tank so i brought him home ive had him now about 3 years favourite food cucumber or prawns.......he got named fatman:hmm3grin2orange:

[MCHRKiller]

An appropriate name im sure, lol! I know that any sort of catfish ive ever had its been a complete hog. My TSN is a prime example...I named him Gator because well he kind of resembles an aligator when hes laying around with that huge belly.

[cocoa_pleco]

forgot about my pleco, hes about 12". i bought him from someone on a ad with some tiger barbs and a few bala sharks. hes probably stunted, since the balas are and they all had cloudy eyes when i bought them

[Demjor19]

as far as cats go...

i have a 13"-14" Lima Shovelnose and a 13" Sailfin Pleco

other monsters...

22" Pacu, 5 gar that are all between 16"-18", and a 16" Silver Arowana.

[donvichu]

Really nice pleco,I have the same kinda pleco just bought him 3 weeks back at around 3 inches.He is pretty active now and comes out in the morning,My drift wood is not ready yet,I have soaked it in water need to wait for probably another 2 or 3 days before I put it in

[ladyoutlaw50]

How about some pictures of these biggies??!

[cocoa_pleco]

How about some pictures of these biggies??!

its a few month old picture, but its my largest 15" pacu

[ladyoutlaw50]

What a good looking fish!! How big of a tank does he live in?

[cocoa_pleco]

What a good looking fish!! How big of a tank does he live in?

90g, but hes going into a 650g. he still has room in the 90g.

[houie925]

my baby. Haven't named him yet

[MCHRKiller]

http://i46.photobucket.com/albums/f137/Needle_Slave/000_0619.jpg
Sorry bout that eye shine, thats my TSN in his 150G tank

[ladyoutlaw50]

WOW nice looking fish!! Thanks

[MCHRKiller]

Thanks :) I wish that pic were clearer tho but its still one of my faves of the TSN

[Demjor19]

Here's my baby at 22" eating a snack! :hmm3grin2orange:

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/KaraJ0/Monster%20Fish/th_DSCN5664.jpg (http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/KaraJ0/Monster%20Fish/?action=view&current=DSCN5664.flv)

[angelcakes]

Here's my baby at 22" eating a snack! :hmm3grin2orange:

http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/KaraJ0/Monster%20Fish/th_DSCN5664.jpg (http://s162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/KaraJ0/Monster%20Fish/?action=view&current=DSCN5664.flv)
holly cow!!!!................thats big.......nice fish:19:

[ladyoutlaw50]

That is a big fish -- thanks for sharing -- what size tank is he in?

[Demjor19]

That is a big fish -- thanks for sharing -- what size tank is he in?

This fish was actually a fish i had rescued from somebodys 55 gallon tank...yes, you read that correctly (a 22" fish in a 12" wide tank). Anyway she is being temporarily housed in my 180 until my G/F and i get the 375 up and running later this year. when we first placed her in the 180 she literaly sat in one spot as if she forgot how to swim. she seems so much happier now and she's so interactive! awesome fish!

[donvichu]

cool nice fish :19:

[Dubie]

When I was in Highschool, I kept one of those chest deep circular wading pools set up in the basement and kept a couple channel cats in there. I caught them both fairly large, one about 29" and one about 34". We modified the pool filter, stuffed charcole and aquarium sponges in there, and the fish lived on for years on baitfish hauled out of the river :).