The one I had ate Zebra Dianos, then I wised up and returned it to the LPS. He's still there, poor guy.

Wow, you really need to find a different pet store to shop at!

Your Corydoras will disappear one by one with a Yabby in the tank with them. These freshwater lobsters are active predators and scavengers and will prey first on the benthic fish in the tank (those within their reach). Then on ...

I have found http://www.photobucket.com to be the easiest way to post pictures. It uploads them right from your hard drive and all you have to do is copy and paste the premade 'img' url into your post.

Dead easy, and free.

ShevelNoseNY Wrote:
As for me I have been keeping tropicals for 10+ years and after scoring a 110 I decided to take on raising a LARGE cat. Normally I kept Angels, Bala Sharks,et al.

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Looking forward to having a 2-3 foot cat in my living room tank.

First off welcome to PlanetCatfish.

I ...

OK, I took all your advice and returned the shovelnose. Instead I picked up one of these that came in with the Sunday shipment at my local store.
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v193/onrails/P2080145.jpg

I will still be around, I would like to eventually get some cats when I have a MUCH bigger ...

I do eat fish. I actually do not like catfish.

Most people grow attached to pets. I wouldn't think of eating a pet anymore than eating a friend.

I have had several customers with 2-3 foot catfish in 75-150 gallon tanks that smash the glass through on the side getting a little too excited hunting ...

My advice is buy the 1000 gallon aquarium first and then the catfish. Why do you buy these fish that grow huge and put them in small tanks.

If you lived in an apartment, would you buy a St. Bernard puppy as a pet? (Would you eat him if he got too big?)Probably not. I don't know why a fish is any ...

When he gets too big, out comes the cyanne pepper and the bbq. Anyone ever eaten a pet? Is that cruel?

Thanks for the warm welcome, I was hoping to get this kind of insight. Unfortunatly for now the 110 will have to suffice. When this cat outgrows this tank I will either gift him to someone with a large enough tank or crank up the BBQ. From some sites I studied before the purchase it said 18-14 ...

Silurus wrote:Juvenile

Pseudoplatystoma tigrinum

(one of several species known as tiger shovelnoses).

Thanks!

Hi, I googled Shovelnose Catfish and wound up here. Great site.

As for me I have been keeping tropicals for 10+ years and after scoring a 110 I decided to take on raising a LARGE cat. Normally I kept Angels, Bala Sharks,et al.

Looking forward to having a 2-3 foot cat in my living room tank.

I ...

Hi, I have been a long time fish keeper and I just got a shovelnose knowing tank requrements and care, but didn't think the feeding would get so nuts. Right now he's about 5" long. He resides in one spot of the tank and is kinda lethargic unles he's hunting. Water quality is good, low nitrates ...