Ok here's the fish, not the best pic i know but its clear enough

yes it was sold as the Aliminium Catfish

but ive checked the only pic avaible and its almost identical

i think i have a good clear pic on my camera and will post it later for peoples comments

thanks marc, ill get some nice pictures of my catfish and send them on maybe help others identify etc

i have 2 plecos in my tank, they were my first fish and there now about 4or 5 inch's

now a question i have

1 has a face is like square and the other is rounded is this normal or male and female?

its kinda hard to visualise i know but its always puzzled me. there both healthy and move about all ...

infact looking at my signiture its probably doubled in size

Chrysichthys longipinnis ( Aluminum catfish )

I have one of these i picked him/ her from a garden center about 6months ago

it just hides under a piece of bogwood all the time in my tank its not really grown much in those 6months either which is strage altho i never see it eating.

but there is ...