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where i live we get cat fish that reach up into the 60lb range there huge 5 foot muskies 6 foot gars 80lb carp not to mention the chinook salmon n stergeon we have here they can hit 250lbs

[font color="#C00000"] Yikes.


SPeaking of big fish and all...There is this lake nearby to where where I live, and it's quite the hot lake. Literally! I guess it's a runoff from this Power Plant and it's funny because the fish that live in it are usually deformed and strange acting/looking. So it's really interesting to go fishing there sometimes. Plus, sometimes people in this area just don't take care of their fish, get bored with them, and then dump them in this lake. Which is quite sad, but it's like a giant tropical aqarium....

My dad was sent a picture of this one fish caught out there, and it's rather odd. It looks like it has human teeth--it's about as big as the lid on a 15-20 gallon bucket, and there is one picture that is comparing it to a Pleco that was caught also. The pleco is huge! I'll try to post some pics on it--if my dad saved it in his e-mail .


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So why do you have a dead one?

They get about 4 feet.

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The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.

Okay, so how big do they get? 6 feet? 4 feet? I need ta know!

i saw the same exact pics of predatory fish very big and very nice fish

6x2x2 - Firemouth and Oscar Tank
30+ royal pythons.

Back in the game after 4 years out ..

I'll have to say they're pretty close to adult size. Pseudoplatysoma fasciatum, P. tigrinum, and P. coruscans do not get 10 ft long; that would be a length acheived and passed by Brachyplatysoma filamentosum, a somewhat related fish that has a close name (Cali mixed up his scientific names on this one).

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The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.

Those 2 looked smaller than 10ft. to me.

Awsome pics shin, ive always wanted to see a larger one. Is that about full-grown or do they get even larger?

I do not know the exact location where the fish was caught...

LOL, it's kind of funny that they kept that fish.

The fish in the tank is another fish.

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The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.

i bet that guy holding it is asian.

That is not a fish I'd want to catch...I'd have to throw it back, pole and all!!!

Has anyone around here been to Kemah? They have this catfish population that is almost scary...I'll post a picture when I can...

Where did that shovelnose get caught at?

"I've got a great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom." Thomas Carlyle

Some of you know that I tend to like to post pics of big fish from time to time. Though Tiger Shovelnoses don't get near as big as the Piraiba, the Firewood Catfish, or any of the other giant Pims, the Tigers get big enough to probably not fit your tank.

http://toadstool.se/photos/2002/.1024x768/map/07/11-Amazon,Peru-Second_Animal_Photo_shoot/01-Shovelnose_Catfish,_topview.JPG

And yes, these fish are quite adapted to consuming other fish, a warning which applies to nearly all Pims.

http://toadstool.se/photos/2002/.1024x768/map/07/11-Amazon,Peru-Second_Animal_Photo_shoot/03-Shovelnose_Catfish,_inside_view.JPG

[span class="edited"][Edited by 2004-06-30 18:03][/span]

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The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.

LOL, it's kind of funny that they kept that fish.
Brandi

My LFS has a baby one of them. When I worked there before, they had a 3ft one and they decided to put it on the large goldfish tank....next day...they fish gone really fat and half the fish was missing...der....!

Finally, my niece can ride something other than a pony.

Good eatin'

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I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash.

And how big does your tank need to be to keep one of these guys, you might ask...

At least this big...

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The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.

nice cat! did you catch it?

LoL, yeah right!:%)

I'll have to guess that it was caught somewhere in the Amazon...

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The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.

Where was it caught?
Brandi