ok ok ok...yes this catfish is called the slobbering catfish..also known as the drooling catfish because it has thicker barbles and looks like its drooling or "slobbering". They get about 30". Not active during the day(have talked to a person that had one at 13-15" long). Im not ...

As of right now its 11:51 pm and I have school tomorrow...i am re locating my B. Juruense and M. Tigrinus to their new tank(180gallon) from there old tank(75gallon). I hope this goes well once they are in the tank. Just thought i would let you all know. *yawn...* I just measured the two fish and my ...

Nice catfish! Is that the giant bumble bee pim or the smaller version(if there is one or am i getting confused?). It looks like its pretty fun to keep! How big does it get max? I want to start a small south american catfish tank now after looking at those pics!

yeah sorry to here that...they are cool catfish! A guy i know bred them...i think he was writing something for this site on them? First name Rob.

Lophiosilurus alexandri -i never understodd why they labled this as a pim..it does look pretty interesting though. I saw some in a tank with tiger rays.

I had one...I kept it with my silver arowana and a tiger shovelnose catfish. It grew very fast and ate alot! They get up to about 26". pH should be around 6.8...temp-80degrees F. Good Luck with it.

ohhhhh..hahaha i read it wrong ...sorry

Interesting...Thanks for the help people!

ahhh..just saw on the website B. Juruense comes from the Rio Jurua..is this the only river?

under tank talk it says discuss photos of your tanks and aquaria...The title is kind of misleading. I think people will mistake this as general aquarium talk instead of photo area. Just my opinion.

I know M. Tigrinus and B. Flavicans can be found in the Rio Madeira but does anyone know if B. Juruense can be found here also. Also can jau catfish(zungaro zungaro) be found in the rio madeira? I want to start a strictly Rio madeira tank. A list of fish found from this river(i think im dreaming now...