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Henk Hugo
22-01-2009, 05:43
saw this happening the at wholesale guys yesterday... the pleco is like half the size of the other one.... and he still ate it... plating and all....

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o34/henkhugo/21012009119.jpg

http://i116.photobucket.com/albums/o34/henkhugo/21012009120.jpg
solex69
22-01-2009, 06:07
Geesh! That's hectic!
Henk Hugo
22-01-2009, 06:09
yea - they promtly moved them
Henk Hugo
22-01-2009, 12:02
i saw the one doing the eating this morning.... looking VERY sorry for itself :D
solex69
22-01-2009, 20:14
Can imagine after a meal like that
Slummies
23-01-2009, 06:31
what the hek.. what fish is that
Henk Hugo
23-01-2009, 06:41
Tiger Shovelnose - Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum - gets to +60cm. will eat anyhting up to 3/4 its own body size
Slummies
23-01-2009, 07:22
i want one... hahahahha
Henk Hugo
23-01-2009, 07:26
trust me you dont... they all look pretty etc but WTF do you do with a 60cm fish... it needs a big tank
Slummies
23-01-2009, 15:57
haha ill put it in my pool
Henk Hugo
23-01-2009, 16:04
:D now i like that thinking :D
Jodyc
30-11-2009, 13:09
I am actually waiting for the TSN's at my LFS to get large enough to go into the tank with my 13cm Jag cichlids :)

Cant believe he actually chowed a Pleco.
neilh
30-11-2009, 13:12
Welcome to January!

TSN's eat much bigger fish than Pleco's. Try Oscars and Jaguars. They WILL go for anything that can fit in their mouth
guido.coza
30-11-2009, 18:19
Thanks Henk for the pic. Was very close to give the shovel nose a try this weekend. The local LFS had some small ones and it is a atractive looking fish. I don't wonna think what he would have done with my plecos:eek:
Slojo
30-11-2009, 18:26
Tiger Shovelnose - Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum - gets to +60cm. will eat anyhting up to 3/4 its own body size


haha ill put it in my pool

I won't! Not if it can eat anything up to 35cm!!(Ouch:eek:)
Jodyc
12-01-2010, 08:23
HIHI,

Got my TSN :)

hes 8cm, and my Jag seems to leave him alone
Sean J
12-01-2010, 08:34
You put the TSN in which tank? The 430l?

It's not big enough.
Linxie
12-01-2010, 08:36
WOW lol that's hectic! Definitely don't wana fish like that lol
Jodyc
12-01-2010, 08:42
its only 10cm now,
Im planning a 2m tank in the next couple of months :)
Gareth
12-01-2010, 08:48
no thank you I don't want a fish like that if he can munch a pleco just think what he can do to your fingers...lol
KiazerG
12-01-2010, 09:10
You think a TSN could live in a Pond in Durban?? Would LOVE to have one of those!

Jodyc when yours out grows its tank you can give it to me ;)
neilh
12-01-2010, 09:12
its only 10cm now,
Im planning a 2m tank in the next couple of months :)

Still not big enough. In the wild they get over 2M long. Don't have access to YouTube here at work, but there is a documentary about the Amazon. One of the features was a pack of Giant Otters taking down a big TSN
KiazerG
12-01-2010, 09:23
Henk could you somehow attach the pics to this thread in a different way? My computer wont load them for some reason?
Henk Hugo
12-01-2010, 17:23
nope sorry
speedz
12-01-2010, 17:38
durban temps are ideal albeit a 1-2 odd cold nights in winter(which goes un-noticed)

last time i used a heater was when i had siamese fighter babies about 2 years back