The Great Mahseer Journal - II

Part II - in continuation of the last thread on "The Great Mahseer Journal".

To help better identify the species i'm sharing a side-by-side picture of 3 speciment of mahseers/kelahs (around 3 to 4 inches) with better resolution.

I just acquired another 2 red kelah fries, these are the normal bodied ones unlike the other short bodied reds i have.

I'm trying to attach their tor genus but it seems like a daunting task for Red Kelahs. Below is what i get searching the web for Tor genus under Red Kelah. Any bros can help with the below physical fish description tor genus?

- Tor tambroides
- Tor tambra
- Tor Tor (confirmation was done by the seller - reference to above pic)

Hi all....

I have an open pond, home to a few kelahs (reeds, blue and golden 4"-1') .... need advice on how often do i change the water.

Is there anyone that can help with the "care guide for Kelah/mahseer)?

Thanks...

[sebarau]

the care is as the same you take care other fish - regular WC, feeding and maintaining the filter system. how frequent? depend on your bioload versus your filter capacity.

below are result from fishbase

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/spec...ame=tambroides

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/spec...peciesname=tor

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/spec...me=douronensis

Kelah's quite easy to take care of, just good water parameters, they take almost anything. I give them frozen peas (soaked) as well. \
Wonderful fishes.

Originally Posted by FishyAmazon

Part II - in continuation of the last thread on "The Great Mahseer Journal".

To help better identify the species i'm sharing a side-by-side picture of 3 speciment of mahseers/kelahs (around 3 to 4 inches) with better resolution.

Attachment 225703

wow.. different snout for each other...

I had a bad observation today, first of its kind for red kelah fries. I got another 5 pieces of red kelah - normal bodied, 2 days ago, all less than an inch in length - extremely extremely small.

4 perished in less than 2 days in my tank!
Strangely, none of the others which was already in the tank show any abnormalities

My Conclusion: Kelahs need to be at least an inch or more to have a good survival rate. More so if they are wild caught due to environmental changes leading to stress.

Originally Posted by sebarau

the care is as the same you take care other fish - regular WC, feeding and maintaining the filter system. how frequent? depend on your bioload versus your filter capacity.

below are result from fishbase

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/spec...ame=tambroides

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/spec...peciesname=tor

http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/spec...me=douronensis

Thanks for the links. I've read thru them before, there is no physical description under tor tor in fishbase.org and the website describes Tor tambroides similar to other websites description of a tor tor.

I'm wondering if this could be the same tor species? Most sites are just referring them to other tor scientistific names discovered by so and so, etc. I've never seen a description from a single source for all the tor genus before. This is getting real deep, i think i'll just rest my search.

this my small mahseer with tarpon and friends.

Well just to show few of my kelah. Showing 2 pieces today, 1 piece is red and another one is gold. Not sure if it there is gold or not. Later this evening ll snap a picture on my 12"