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by Gryphoemia
14 Jun 2005, 19:17
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Walking Catfish legal in US/Colorado?
Replies: 2
Views: 1008

Wow... I had no idea piranhas and gars were technically illegal here too. Good grief.
Although many people certainly keep them anyway... hmm.
by Gryphoemia
14 Jun 2005, 06:43
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Walking Catfish legal in US/Colorado?
Replies: 2
Views: 1008

Walking Catfish legal in US/Colorado?

The lovely clarias batrachus- I've read that they've been banned in "many places"... Anyone know if I'm allowed to keep one in Colorado?
by Gryphoemia
26 May 2005, 04:54
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: columbian vs peruvian pictus : how to tell them apart?
Replies: 2
Views: 975

columbian vs peruvian pictus : how to tell them apart?

The cat-elog (and other sites) say the columbian gets bigger- I was wondering, does that mean slightly bigger, or several inches bigger? I'm thinking of putting them in with big SA cichlids, so I'd like to get the biggest I can.

Does anyone have tips on how to tell which kind the lfs is selling ...
by Gryphoemia
21 May 2005, 07:32
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: scaled catfish ideas for a 120g SA cichlid tank?
Replies: 5
Views: 1292

So the plates on corys, hoplos, etc, aren't actually scales?

The care sheets for pictus cats, for example, usually note that since the fish has no scales, it's more sensitive to ich and many medications- that's what I was wanting to avoid if possible. If all catfish have no scales, do they all have ...
by Gryphoemia
21 May 2005, 04:07
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: scaled catfish ideas for a 120g SA cichlid tank?
Replies: 5
Views: 1292

scaled catfish ideas for a 120g SA cichlid tank?

I'm planning a 120g (48x24x24) tank- so far it'll have an oscar and a jack dempsey. I'd like to add a cool catfish to help pick up after the big guys- does anyone have suggestions for a species that:

1) Is not a pleco

2) will be much bigger than the oscar's mouth but small enough to be happy in ...

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