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Hi from Latvia.Buy 17th june two clarias batrachus both abaut 7cm.Now is 2.september and they are 28 cm-female and 24cm -male,its in 78 days-fantastic. Feeding two times a day-chicken , red worm,granula mix-Hikari and Sera.Sory -english is not my native language.Plus 18days,september 20th.Now they are male 26cm and female 29cm.They do pare thinks-dancing,made a circle,pushing each other with all body and eat without trouble together (big mother dont scare away a male).In 15 full month i try to breed them.The best way to breed clarias batrachus is on http://www.scotcat.com/articles/article96.htm

Very nice fish i would like to keep them sometime.

Do you have pictures?

Benjamin wrote:Very nice fish i would like to keep them sometime.

Do you have pictures?

"Nice" is not how I would describe any Clarias. Vicious gluttons would describe them more accurately.

They may not be everyone's cup-of-tea but each to their own! if they are what you enjoy keeping; fair enough, especially if they are in good condition with ample space.

They do tend to be a large, active & (as pointed out) very greedy species. Additionally if you want something that grows like crazy this is one of the fish for you

They have to be the nicest fish you will ever own. Mine actually likes to be pet and if you put your hand in the water he will circle around and rub up against you.

They do like to eat though.

Richard B wrote:They may not be everyone's cup-of-tea but each to their own! if they are what you enjoy keeping; fair enough, especially if they are in good condition with ample space.

They do tend to be a large, active & (as pointed out) very greedy species. Additionally if you want something that grows like crazy this is one of the fish for you

Grows like crazy without ample space-today male is 27cm and female 30cm !

I found plants for this superdigers-CRYPTOCORYNE APONOGETIFOLIA,CRYPTOCORYNE ALBIDA-plants with big roots sistem (need gravel min 5cm layer.)

juree wrote:The best way to breed clarias batrachus is on http://www.scotcat.com/articles/article96.html

You'll find a better translation of this article here: http://www.planetcatfish.com/shanesworl ... cle_id=274

Jools

More 18days.October 8th.Female 32cm,male 29cm and its in 200 L aqua-UNBELIEVABLE. Soon they go to 450L and live alone-without neighbours.Just waiting delivery from Germany,EHEIM 2128thermo.from http://www.aquaristikshop.com by Deutsche post.

juree wrote:More 18days.October 8th.Female 32cm,male 29cm and its in 200 L aqua-UNBELIEVABLE. Soon they go to 450L and live alone-without neighbours.Just waiting delivery from Germany,EHEIM 2128thermo.from http://www.aquaristikshop.com by Deutsche post.

1st.november-female 33cm,male31cm still in 200L aqua.

At last get my Eheim 2128thermo from http://www.aquaristikshop.com - in 20 days...my catfish are 34and32cm...

catch with 30cm net but 34cm female damage my finger - it hurts and bloat like after bee bite...

so its not illegal to keep them???

i just caught one today in florida, (it escaped)
it was injured, and i wanted to keep it

is it illegal in florida???

female 35cm and male 34cm .

Hello.

I bred C. Batrachus in year 2000. I kept a strong current at the bottom and the pair made a nest under som thin roots.
When the are breeding, thay are very agressive and alos when they rasing eggs and fry.

The female will, if nessicary, a few days after the egg have hatched, lay unfirtiliced eggs for their offspring to eat from. They will grow very fast if they stay with their parents.

Porblem is that you will have 500- 1500 (or more) small Clarias.. and they are not so popular so it can be very hard to sell them.
Temperature around 24- 28C
pH 6,7- 7,5.

If you just have a pair, I don't think that this is a hard species to breed.

Regards
Cristoffer

from 1st february start to feed my clarias batrachus with-every night put in catfish aqua 2-3 guppy in3cm size. first morning loss- 2guppy and one more at evening (i have more)
february 27. male 35cm,female 37cm !

7th may. female 39cm male 37cm.

3rd. august .- male 38cm, female 40cm/full 17month.

apistomaster wrote:

Benjamin wrote:Very nice fish i would like to keep them sometime.

Do you have pictures?

"Nice" is not how I would describe any Clarias. Vicious gluttons would describe them more accurately.

I agree... they grow like monsters and once they get big, they'll kill your fish . And in Asia, they are popular for food!

15th september = full 18month = male 39cm/15.35inches female 41cm/16.15inches

From16th july my pair live in RigaZoo tropical pond : ~9000L/2400gal.
After 6 unlucky spawnings in 100gal (they was cats from Moscow after thermoschock...male CANT fertilized and females eggs WAS 'empty'.
So i give them at size:male 43cm/17i female 46cm/18+i....
After a year in 9000L/2400gal male 46cm/18+i but female 1/2m! 19.6+i!!!
They are still alive and allways together ...17th february they selebrate 4th bifthday!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tIgJb2BsWog Its my 100gal

Nice story, Juree. I am so glad others can enjoy the fruit of your labor of love too.

Larry (Apistomaster) is right in his way but I personally would not describe any animal as vicious. This quality, IMHO, can only belong to a creature that knows right from wrong and knows it is doing wrong. Catfish are far from this level of awareness Sadly, it can only belong to the two-legged, most frightening creatures that ever roamed this planet.

Good to see such beautiful things happening in Latvia. I am born and raised in eastern Belarus, neighbor.