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Post by jimmymac Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:09 am

Still got him! And hes @ 16 inches now. I had to move him to the 135 wall tank.
He was trying to shred the tails of any fish over 10 inches. He would grab ahold and
Shake the bigger fish like a dog and a toy, LOL. He has eaten all but one firecracker luelupi.
He doesnt bother the older Luelupi or the calvus and comps at all.

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Post by Drake-tripod Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:14 am

hollly shit man that thing is a monster already lol and shit wouldent you eat every thing you could if you could?
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Post by bulldogg7 Sun Jan 30, 2011 11:28 am

He's lookin great Jim!
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Post by Aura Sun Jan 30, 2011 1:05 pm

Hollly sh't is right!

That leleupi looks like a monster as well. Shocked
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Post by football mom Sun Jan 30, 2011 2:49 pm

You should name that monster Jaws!

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Post by jimmymac Sun Jan 30, 2011 3:11 pm

football mom wrote:You should name that monster Jaws!

his nick name is "Beasty", He is really fun to tease on the front glass.
I run my finger back and fourth, and he tries to bite me through the glass.
Stupid fishy beast.
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Post by jimmymac Sun Jan 30, 2011 3:25 pm

Aura wrote:Hollly sh't is right!

That leleupi looks like a monster as well. Shocked

Aura,
I have three of those in there. All males as luck would have it.
There is also ONE small firecracker left out of eight (male @ 1.5 inch)
The smallest fish in the tank and he has taken about 30% of the tank for his territory.
He chases everyone out of his rock group, all the big leleupi, the calvus, the comps and the cats.
Including nipping and punching at the beast. He must fear for his life as Beasty ate all his buddies, lol.
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Post by theswede Sun Jan 30, 2011 3:50 pm

Wow, that´s a cool looking fish. Cool
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Post by vman Mon Jan 31, 2011 12:02 am

very nice !!!!
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Post by Jason Dolting Mon Jan 31, 2011 1:34 am

Beasty rocks. Gotta love big Cichlids.
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Post by iceblue Mon Jan 31, 2011 3:03 am

Good to hear from you again Jimmy. My, but that is a bad boy you have swimming around in there.
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Post by buntbarsch Tue Feb 01, 2011 9:52 am

Amazing......... Very Happy
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Post by poolmako Wed Feb 02, 2011 12:00 am

he is a very cool little fish, i have had the fun of watching him grow seems like he grows two inches every time i go to see jim and if you think the fish is huge you should see that damn dog he has.
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Post by jimmymac Tue Aug 30, 2011 9:43 pm

Dog. We call him Dog.

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Post by jmcfive Tue Aug 30, 2011 11:36 pm

HOLY COW!!! What type of spinner did you use as a lure to catch him to get him into your other tank??? Smile

sweet looking fish!
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Post by Norm66 Wed Aug 31, 2011 8:55 am

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Post by Rift_Lakes_Rule Wed Aug 31, 2011 5:00 pm

Bro, he is BAD ASS!!!

Mitch was telling me about him last week, he wasn't lying.

That thing is amazing!!!
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Post by football mom Wed Aug 31, 2011 7:01 pm

MONSTER FISH!

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Post by jimmymac Wed Jan 25, 2012 8:30 pm

I sold everybody that was in the 210 and moved him in

with 2 leleupi, and 2 Synodontus.

he loves it!

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Post by theswede Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:04 pm

Wow, he has changed quite bit since your last post! Love the color on this guy. Welcome back Jimmy it´s been a while. Very Happy
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Post by theswede Wed Jan 25, 2012 9:05 pm

Btw what do you feed this guy?
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Post by football mom Wed Jan 25, 2012 10:04 pm

Big ol' fish!

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Post by Aura Wed Jan 25, 2012 11:40 pm

He's an impressive looking fish. How big is he now? Shocked
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Post by jimmymac Thu Jan 26, 2012 6:06 pm

He's right at 18 inches.

I'm sure he will start growing a little now that he has twice the tank space.

He has always eaten NLS 3ml. pellets, but he gets treats once and a while.

Shrimp, krill, goldfish, a little salmon.
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Post by Aura Fri Jan 27, 2012 11:28 am

It's good that he's not having his tankmates as an occasional treat. Smile
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