My Public Aquarium: exhibit blues - how to make them?

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How big are those sun cats Viktor?

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Jools wrote: ↑22 Oct 2022, 11:16 How big are those sun cats Viktor?

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There are 8 of them. At the time of that video in 2017 about 12"-16" I'd say. A couple of the biggest 10 year olds died in 2019 and 2020 and measured 17"-18" TL / tip to tip (the Cat-eLog max is crudely 21" tip to tip I'd estimate):

https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/foru ... st-8130074

https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/foru ... st-8251717

Sorry about the disturbing photos - the vulture catfish tank mates stay true to their name...
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5 cuban gars 1.5 years old 21"/52cm go to 4500 gal:

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One of the most skittish fish we have ever dealt with. Very hard to raise in a fish tank, much easier in a pond. Darts and hits walls at even minute visual or acoustic disturbance, such as opening a lid to drop in feed. Hence its snout gradually bends.

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Suriname piraiba B. filamentosum 6 year time lapse from 1.5ft/45cm in 2016 to 5ft/150cm in 2022

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Yup, Ameiva sp. Not a native of the US.
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I read that they were introduced to Florida. So I let it go.

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