African Tiger Fish(ATF) Discussion- Thread 5

[mrnyunus]

Originally Posted by Saphere

Ya they need big bag and air pump. But even if you have that they will most likely belly up once you put them in the bag. I just try to get them to the new tank as fast as possible. Haven't lost any so far, transported big ATF (more than 17") around 4 times.

Almost lost the 22 incher I sold but my buddy managed to revive it with air stone by its gills in his tank

Ya man...transporting them is a hassle...wonder if can use those portable oxygen tanks?..... Side track abit, do u tink darado fin nip ?

[greenerinks]

don't mean to hijack the thread but here is my VATF and GATF duos.

VATF is at around 11-12" in a monster comm and is pretty low in the hierarchy pole. lol.. super skittish compared to everyone else.







GATF duo is around 5-6" in a monster grow out comm and are the dominant players when feeding live guppies as they are super fast. They fight amongst each other quite often although my blue masheer also thinks its one of them and shoals with them and even chases them but ends up with missing scales from the GATF. lol





excited to see how they turn out in the future..

[blondmyth]

Nice goliaths. Where did u get them from?

Cheers

[tian ya ren]

Originally Posted by blondmyth

Nice goliaths. Where did u get them from?

Cheers

bro u go pasir ris aqua 1

[blondmyth]

pasir ris abit far.

any in the west?

[davesohcs]

Hi Shifu here, can I check if GATF will have sudden death issue as well? As recently my GATF suddenly just die w/o reason when the small guppies are still happily swimming inside the grow out tank sob sob....its abt 4-5"......just puzzle....can't be water parameter as it's still ok swimming happily the day before and there is no heavy feeding...only 1 or 2 pellets for the feeders....please advise, thanks!


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[mrnyunus]

Juvenile tend to sds..this is common due to unexplained reasons...
Try to get mid sized fishes as they tend to be more stable..

[tian ya ren]

Originally Posted by Saphere

Decided to do an update on my GATF.

Sold off the bigger piece cause it was too damn aggressive. The damage these guys can do to other fishes with their teeth is damn scary

Now left with my original piece that I've had for close to twenty months now and measuring at 19-20 inches. Recently did a revamp of my tank and now it's quite peaceful so for the first time in his life he's not being chased around by other fishes. He's developed a really big appetite, damn shiok to see him feeding so much and growing broader in size with no dropped scales

Photo just taken after he whacked a huge meal of kuning and mp

looks like semi short body

[davesohcs]

Very nice GATF! How I wish mine can grow till this size....too bad....they met with sds! Sob sob


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[aquabat]

Nice tigers!