Arapaima gigas

[emystiong]

Some of my non-shelled pet !!



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[russian/sulcata/tortoise]

wow sweet!!!! how many do you have?

 

[Turtlepete]

Wow. Impressive animals. Do you breed them? Whats the measure in your biggest adults?

 

[Tom]

I used to occasionally see these in the fish trade here in the states. Those are some nice looking adults.

 

[emystiong]

My adults range from 6-10ft in length did not weigh them !!

There's 18 of them I keep as adults and that number keep changing - babies or juvenile that escape the net I drag thru their "pond " , escape their parents mouth and grow up !!

I harvest about 1000 to 2000 tail of 3-6" every year from my shoal .

Enjoy



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SAM

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[pam]

Great pictures

 

[Jabuticaba]

Neat! Where did you take those pictures?

My dad's cousin used to raise them. He helped restore some of the local population in our area, back in the early 80s. I got to hand feed some young ones, when I was a kid.


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[emystiong]

Pictures taken right here in Borneo !!







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[Jabuticaba]

Pictures taken right here in Borneo !!

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SAM
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Cool!



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[emystiong]

Cool!



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Thanks



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[leopard777]

nice shoals , and a big pond , only paimas in there ?

 

[emystiong]

nice shoals , and a big pond , only paimas in there ?

Some pacu , alligators gar , blue shark or what we call Patin here and anything that outgrow their fiberglass tank in my house and out swim the paimas !!






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[bouaboua]

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Pictures taken right here in Borneo !!

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SAM

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I have no idea what it is till I saw this picture. Great picture and great program.

 

[Jabuticaba]

Some pacu , alligators gar , blue shark or what we call Patin here and anything that outgrow their fiberglass tank in my house and out swim the paimas !!
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I've caught a few pacus in my lifetime. Bony buggers, but deleeeesh when deep fried whole and served with cassava flour and pico de gallo. Now I'm hungry!



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[tortadise]

Awesome Sam. One of my favorite fish.

 

[emystiong]

Being busy lately as just netted about a thousand of these !

When freshly out of the pond they only know live food .

 

[feister47]

Do you sell them as pets or for food and such?

 

[emystiong]

Food ? For me , never tried one before , most if not all go to the pet trade . Any surplus as " food" for my other pets - caiman , crocodiles , alligator snapping turtle or my giant soft shell turtle ........

 

[Yvonne G]

Yessiry, that IS one big softshell turtle!!

 

[emystiong]

Yessiry, that IS one big softshell turtle!!

She is just medium size at 80+kg

Seen and read in books that they can be over 200kg



This one only about 10kg @ 18" when I got him years back . He is almost ready in term of size to pair with that big female .