A have a C. hasemani. Got it in 2001 while attending an ACA in New Jersey. Bought it at 10cm from Shark Aquarium for $14.99.
Keep it in a 180 with a royal pleco and a lot of guppies. Eats pellets, mackerel, herring, smelt, trout, silversides and the guppies.
pictures of mine on C. hasemani profile.

I don't keep mine with larger bagridae.

Mine eat flake, pellet, blood worms, brine shrimp, mysis shrimp, glass worms and cut up smelt, salmon, shrimp, krill, mackerel.

Basically anything I feed my smaller and mid sized fish.

I agree, It appears to be a Labiobarbus burmanicus. I have a shoal of 19 of them. I find them very peaceful and although they are said to get to 30cm, mine are between 15 to 20cm at almost 2 years of age. I bought mine at 7.1 cm on January 5 2011. I have raised them in a 454 litre tank. NOTE: Labiob...

I keep 6 in a 273 litre tank. I bought them in May 2011 and placed them there for quarantine and they are still in the tank. I find that the less light the more active they are. So at night with just the slightest ambient lighting they all are actively swimming amongst the driftwood in their tank. T...

I've owned 3 of which 2 are still in my tanks. I find them to be very peaceful. The first I got January 3, 1988 from Big Al's Aquarium Services in Mississauga Canada at 15.2cm and I kept it alive until 2002 at which time it was 63.5cm. I raised it in a 180 and later moved it to my largest tank. A gr...

I have one about 17". I got it at about 3" in Oct 2011. I placed it in a 10 gallon tank. Filled the tank with guppies. Provided good aeration and filtration. Did weekly water changes. Like Viktor I placed small cubes of fish into the tank. I use herring, mackerel, smelt, shrimp and trout. ...

I have two of them. They are the only ones I have ever owned. Both are around 14". I bought the first one in 1990 from the Aquarium Center Randlestown Plaza Maryland. It has always been an awesome fish. I thought about 4 years ago it was on it's way out as it stopped eating. But about 6 months ...

Just a thought and probably many have noticed Central America and South America lumped together and have mentioned the following.

Central America is an area of NORTH AMERICA.

Crazy as it may seem but North America ends in Panama. Even Trinidad is part of North America.

The fish appeared to be killed by a constant battering. Viktor you are an incredible hobbyist. Your passion for catfish places you in an elite group amongst the a select few even on this excellent forum. I enjoy and keep records of all my fish but I spread myself over the entire hobby of fresh water...

When it comes to feeding time, he only really eats algae wafers and an occasional goldfish. These fish are terrible and finding food. I have 5 adults and they all enjoy 6 and 7mm sinking trout pellets. You might try some with yours in the 2K. BTW the stone fish is Batrachomoeus trispinosus. I also ...

I have not had a lot of experience as most of you have had with Zungaro (Paulicea) zungaro (lutkeni). However I have found the fishes personality and the size of the tank to be a defining influence in their behaviour. I only have owned them over a 10 year period and never owned a large adult. My lar...

Sorry for the delay. Mine took about 6 years to get to 34-36" and then just stayed that size. I currently feed the 2 big tanks on three days each week. A combination of Martin's pellets on Sundays A combination of fish (Mackerel, Herring, Salmon, Trout, Smelt) not all at once whatever I have in...

Both of my leerii attacked the goonch constantly. Yes biting it. My goonch only grew to 3 foot. My leerii are a lot bigger.

Stackdeck wrote:Any1 know the average lifespan of bagarius yarelli or any factors affecting lifespan

I only kept mine alive 12 years (1997 to 2009).

Slow growth and only reached 36".

Wallago leeri affect their lifespan.

I have 3 H. wyckii. They vary from 11 years to 21 years in my tanks. They are 24",24 1/2" and 26".

They are big but my Wallago leerii are the real Monsters.

Wow!!!!

Things are really going big time.

Best wishes for success in your big move.

I'd be happy to alter the size, but I do need a photo with some sort of size evidence - ideally fish next to a tape-measure or ruler, but a dollar bill or something else that is "known size" would be equally good... -- Mats Mats unfortunately he is in the big tank now and I don't believe ...

The info on them is they only grow a little over 10 inches sl. That information comes from Retzer's revision, which is based only on the examination of six specimens. Given that the sample size is so small, this information should be taken with a pinch of salt. Thank you I did not know that the siz...

Thanks you

The info on them is they only grow a little over 10 inches sl. Mine is more than 24" sl and 28" tl??????

It is very aggressive at times and was sold to me at 4" in 1996 as a giraffe catfish (A. occidentalis). It was 26" when last measured in 2008. It is a couple of inches larger now.

http://my.picresize.com/TFW1JN7QUU

You have a truly monster catfish collection. Thanks for the link from Toronto Fish Store thread.

I really like your koi pond. I have a few koi and goldfish ponds also but none look as good as yours.

Did Jon close down his big tank?

What odd balls/big fish do you keep?

Yeah, with Mackerel you'll probably find it leads to water quality issues in the short term and possibly health issues in the long term. I have not had any problems feeding mackeral for many years (also other food fish like herring, salmon, whitefish and smelt). I was interested in your experience ...

Suckermouth wrote:You're this guy, right? There's only one person with a tank like that.

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forum ... php?t=8952

Actually that is my larger tank......yes

I'm sure there are many others also with tanks as large or larger.

A look at a few more fish that were caught in my 15,000 and moved to my 52,000. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0UHIAG1JRyw&feature The fish moved: 11 year old 33" Pterodoras granulosus (Armando, Bacu, blind cat) bought at Big Al's Aquarium Services on Dundas St in Mississauga Ontario in 199...

Made a youtube video of my MFK buddies catching a Hemibagrus wyckii in my 15,000g and moving him to my 52,000 and also measuring him.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3fpDdu9wJbA

Hope you enjoy it.

Here is the link of the smaller Pterodoras granulosus being caught in the 15,000 and moved to the 52,000 and roughing up a 260 LB Cichlid Biker Guy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=anToGbLArm0


Catfish RULE and they like the taste of any cichlid........or its owners.

I have never had a problem with my 26" Auchenoglanis occidentalis bothering any catfish (Owned for 13 years) and in a tank with more than 30 catfish. I did have a problem with the Giraffe attacking and injuring a 20"+ Stingray but that is the only fish he has ever attacked. I had 2 female ...

Thanks for the pictures.

Even a growth stunted RTC will be 12" or more at 12 months. So your tank is really too small for even that period.
please look for a larger tank asap.