BIG E-Cats

fwlion · Post by **fwlion** » 25 Jan 2007, 16:06

does anybody have a pic of a BIG E-Cat I've always seen em and heard and read about them getting 3ft. long but the biggest one I've ever seen was about 8in. I've NEVER seen one any bigger than this and haven't ever heard of anybody havin one 12in. or bigger

HOW FAST DO THESE GUYS GROW AND CAN SOMEONE POST PICS OF A BIG GUY

BETTER YET HAS ANYBODY ON HERE EVER RAISED 1 UP PAST THE 12IN. MARK

CFC · Post by **CFC** » 26 Jan 2007, 11:39

I have a Malapterurus microstoma which is around 17 inches and i'm sure would be bigger if i was to give in to its gluttonous appetite and feed it larger ammounts, if it wasnt for the constraints of the biological filters capacity i could quite easily feed this fish half its own body weight in food each day.

I tried to take some photo's this morning but the lighting in my fishroom is very dim and i could get nothing but blurs using the flash (the e cat tank is lit by room lights only), i'll have a go at shifting some lighting from one of the other tanks onto the e cat tank and see if it helps with getting a clearer picture.

mokmu · Post by **mokmu** » 26 Jan 2007, 14:37

Wow, I'll be expecting those pics!

Regards,
Mike D.

CFC · Post by **CFC** » 27 Jan 2007, 09:07

As promised here they are, ive placed a tape measure in the foreground to give a true idea of its size

so now you have seen a e cat larger than 12" and have heard of someone who has raised one out to this size.