Meet Mr. Murphy

[5ft24]

This is Mr. Murphy. A friend of mine bought him about 2" long from Petsmart a year ago.
He's an irridescent shark (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) or "Swai". He is now 14" long. He's in a 75gallon tank, but I need to upgrade VERY soon as money allows.

 

[DMD123]

Looks good!

 

[5ft24]

I really need to find a way to keep the tank cleaner... Running the big Marineland 360 canister filter. double foam in the bottom, 3 1/2 media bags of a Zeolite/Carbon mix, then the bio balls, ceramic "things", a nitrate absorbing pad and the polishing pad on top. Within a week the tank is cloudy and cruddy again. Doing 75% water changes weekly and actually cleaning the filter weekly as well. keep feeding to a minimum...

 

[DMD123]

You really need that tank upgrade! What else is in there with him? You could reduce stock numbers....

 

[lloyd378]

Looks awesome ! I had one as a child and the same thing happened to me... he outgrew my tank and I had to give him back to brigadoon fish store on meridian in puyallup.... of course this was probably back in 90-91

 

[lloyd378]

I really need to find a way to keep the tank cleaner... Running the big Marineland 360 canister filter. double foam in the bottom, 3 1/2 media bags of a Zeolite/Carbon mix, then the bio balls, ceramic "things", a nitrate absorbing pad and the polishing pad on top. Within a week the tank is cloudy and cruddy again. Doing 75% water changes weekly and actually cleaning the filter weekly as well. keep feeding to a minimum...

could you add an aqua clear 110 to the back until you can find him a larger tank?
Guessing you’ll will probably be looking in the 180g + range

I’ve got a buddy in the hobby in Tacoma that may be thinking about leaving it and selling his tanks, I’ll let you know and get you in touch with him

 

[lloyd378]

I want to also add, welcome to the group!

 

[5ft24]

I definitely know they have outgrown the tank. He was only about 6" when I got him along with 2 albino tiger Oscars and 2 regular tiger Oscars that were maybe twice the size of a silver dollar. And a sailfin pleco that was 3-4" long... He's almost a foot long now as well! From what I read about the Swai, they get up to 4 1/2 feet long in the wild... I really need to find him a better home. Can't afford to upgrade to a 1000 gallon tank LOL

 

[lloyd378]

Yours may be the largest I’ve seen.... in fact the largest I think I’ve ever seen ( prior to yours) was a 9-10” one that was at a local restaurant in downtown puyallup

 

[5ft24]

Yours may be the largest I’ve seen.... in fact the largest I think I’ve ever seen ( prior to yours) was a 9-10” one that was at a local restaurant in downtown puyallup

Had a clown knife for almost 15 years. Finally died, but at the time was over 2ft long in a 225 gallon tank. I'll have to dig and find the pictures of "Dot"

 

[lloyd378]

Had a clown knife for almost 15 years. Finally died, but at the time was over 2ft long in a 225 gallon tank. I'll have to dig and find the pictures of "Dot"

I also love massive clown knifes!

about 2 years ago I picked up a reticulated knife fish that was 21” long... unfortunately I didn’t keep him more than 6 months as he hid all the time and then destroyed all his tankmates at night. He was sweet, but my favorite have always been the clowns and the royal clowns

 

[FishBeast]

This is Mr. Murphy. A friend of mine bought him about 2" long from Petsmart a year ago.
He's an irridescent shark (Pangasianodon hypophthalmus) or "Swai". He is now 14" long. He's in a 75gallon tank, but I need to upgrade VERY soon as money allows.

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Cool catfish! A buddy of mine has a farm in the Philippines where he raises these. They get to 4 feet and 80 lbs! Get a PVC pool for a sweet indoor pond and you will have one of the few Iridescent sharks in the US that are provided adequate living space! Welcome to the FishBox!