That fish is awesome. What are his tankmates at the moment? Also isnt there some kinda zebra morph catfish that looks like tigrinus but isnt, I think I may have read this on the AT board........Im starting to think 250 dollars doesnt even do justice to how sweet this fish is.

Thanks for the info S. Allen they do have some of them and they do have tigrinus but I think I will just go with juruense right now as I dont have all the money right now for a 250 dollar fish. So hopefully I can make the order tomorrow and get the fish over here and into my tank......

I was wondering alittle about this speices of catfish and how available they are to us and if they are usually very expensive? Also if you can get them where can you get them at? If I can get this fish it will be going in a 180 gal 72" x 24" x 25", I know a little small for a full grown but I will ...

I have a 8" Sorubim lima and some common plecos. On the look out for Merodontodus tigrinus or Brachyoplatystoma juruense

Well as I am not new to the hobby as I have had a wide variety of CA/SA cichlids for 8 years like: dovii, umbriferum, and managuense just to name a few. I am somewhat new to the catfish hobby as I am mainly interested in the big cats like shovelnoses and SA/Asian redtail cats......So just wanted to ...