Pimelodus ornatus info plz!!!

[bigamefish, posts: 311]

Thanks jools!! Do People really rant about random crap like this all the time ? Cuz thats stupid and really I could do whatever the hell I want and you people couldn't do anything! But luckily I care about my pets and take good care to make sure there happy

[Marc van Arc]

Temporarily locked.

[Jools]

Thanks jools!! Do People really rant about random crap like this all the time ? Cuz thats stupid and really I could do whatever the hell I want and you people couldn't do anything! But luckily I care about my pets and take good care to make sure there happy

Well, I can't say people generally don't have a rant now and again. I've been known to do it about people who use CAPITALS or shorten words like because to cuz. As a newbie, I should perhaps explain that this is an international forum, so sometimes there are misunderstandings due mainly to the fact that some people's English understandably isn't as good as others. Contractions and slang also increase confusion. Also, there is a broad range of ability in terms of using technology. We are also all in different timezones and have different work/life situations that mean that replies will not often be as quick as you may expect. Many of us have also been around long enough to recognise when we are firing out an angry reply and just stop, take 24 hours, and come back to it. In writing this response, I've need to pause, go comfort a crying baby and come back. Yet, even with such varied backgrounds, we all try to get along in the pursuits of catfish knowledge and all that good stuff.

I appreciate your post was hijacked a bit, but using words like stupid to describe a fellow forum member will get you into hot water pretty quickly. If you "do whatever the hell" you want, you will likely be banned by "you people". Which, I am sure, would be your loss and ours. So, I appreciate that some of the responses in your thread were a bit OTT, but they happened because of a passion for catfishes and for the rooting out and correction of misinformation.

The thread was (wisely) locked by Marc to allow the heat to dissipate and so now, hopefully, we can discuss any specific queries you might have about the Pim or, I'd suggest in other threads, your other catfishes.

Jools

[wrasse, posts: 729]

Hi bigamefish,

I've kept pims and synos, but not P Ornatus or S Multipunctatus. What I do know is that, ideally, they are both best kept in a group of their own kind, that way you see more of them and more natural behaviour.

P ornatus will eat most foods, they are greedy. Cuz ( ) they are fast its best to keep them with other fast fish so they all get their fair share when you feed. If you kept them with plecs, the plecs may slowly starve.

Pier Aquatics in the UK has a show tank with several Pim Ornatus, a shoal of myleus (dollars) and a group of pike characins. It works well because its a big tank, well filtered, water that suits all 3 species. When the food goes in its a feeding frenzy but because they're are all well-matched... it works.

Richard

[Viktor Jarikov, posts: 2275]

I didn't and still don't think much of what I said. It was just my opinion, just like yours and anyone else's and that opinion was directed at the topic, not your words whatsoever. I am truly sorry, Alex, that you appear to take it the wrong (IMO) way. If you need it deciphered:

"If I were Pedantically speaking, I'd say that SidGuppy is correct. But I'd also say that it is also known that majority of imported fishes adapt just fine to the majority of the water types found in the US."

first: calling advice 'pedantic" is dumbing it down and/or ridiculing the one who gives it

To this moment, I have no idea where you are coming up with my calling/ridiculing something something. Neither do I see it as because of my insufficient English (still thanks Marc!).

If none of this is satisfactory to you, please, accept my humble apologies.

Back to topic: Bigamefish, P. ornatus is a rather rare fish, IMO and IME. But their care and behavior is not much different from that of their brothers, the most common pims of their kind in the trade - P. blochii and P. tetramerus. Almost every LFS has them. Read up on these and you should be all set.

[bigamefish, posts: 311]

Thanks! Then I should feel lucky then!!! Mine is a rather large one too! He is a fascinating fish to watch! A true gental giant! Exept for smaller fish of course!
Also I too apologize for my comment a bout the ranting and all I was out of line and I understand that the rest of you are just as serious about fish keeping as i am! And also all the fish that we argued about are in proper tanks and are happy!