I thought so too. I ve looked through lots of pics and its the only one that looks like mine!! Its such a striking fish and I havent seen any other one with the squggly lines and very fine dots on the fins. it has very long barbels at the front and is a very fat looking fish, which would tie up with ...

To be fair its not a very good Pic, Im going to take a couple more later. Just cleaned the gravel and done a small water change so hes a bit spooked, I know he will be out later when I put his pellets in

Heres the Catfish!!

Felt sorry for this catfish in my LFS,not a very good place for fish at all and had a bad experience there when I first got my tank years ago (but thats another story) . It was all on its own, plain glass tank, nowhere to hide so I went against my usual 'not to buy on impulse' rules and bought it ...

Thats what i thought, but the place i went to today said they are very slow growing and only grow to be large in the wild. The lady who owns the place has them in her tank. She also said they are ok on their own but again I wasnt sure myself but being new to all this I took her advice. Porky pies ...

Hi, I am thinking of getting a Pleco next week but have had mixed views from a few people I have spoken to (not on here) At the moment I have 3 Gouramis, 3 platys, 3 Guppies and 9 neon tetra, Today i bought a clown loach (for the snails) and 5 lovely Melanistus Corys. I did want to get a plec, maybe ...

Thanks for the info. it didnt look like that fish but as it was still very young could be anyones guess??? also funnily enough just before i read your post i emailed the Portsmouth Aquarist Society just to check they still have their meeting at the time stated on that link you sent me as i found it ...

Just an update on whats happened since. I would be interested to hear what you catfish experts think!! I decided not to take the risk and phoned the LFS to say what I had been told. They were ok and said to bring the fish back for a refund or swap. i also printed off some info on the catfish. The ...

Hi. Thanks to this site i now know I have bought aTachysurus fulvidraco catfish. :) i got it from a general LFS and im sure it wasnt labled up as one but had some general name written on the front of the tank,not any that have been associated with this fish from research since (ie Tawny dragon etc ...

Tonight I have noticed one of the gouramis has had part of its (threadlike) fin nipped of and one is now shorter than the other. I only have 3 platys in as well as the male Gourami so dont suspect them so is it likely to have been done by the catfish? I havent seen it go near the Gouramis. Also a ...

Thanks for that at least I know now! Anyone know if there a common name for it?? Also how large will it grow and does it get on with most peaceful fish? I only have 2 Moonlight Gouramis and 3 platys in at the moment but am about to add some tetras next week. Are catfish pellets the best thing for ...

Hi I bought a catfish last weekend, probably about 2" long. My daughter liked it and i was after a catfish to join my new happy community tank. The shop said it will prob grow to about 4" but I dont think they were 100% sure. It is primarily black but with very shiny silver markings on the top and ...