Update - New Plans In a discussion in a recent thread of mine , it was brought to my attention that I had overlooked some key differences in water preferences for some of the fish I'd planned to keep in this setup. So now I'm almost completely revising this plan. I still definitely want to keep 14 ...

Thank you both for all your help. You've definitely broadened my understanding of determining fish's water preferences, and GBIF looks like a great resource that I had no idea even existed. The suggestion of adding another tank on either end of my housing situation is not going over well, so it look...

I completely agree about housing species on the fringes of their range...I was more so holding out hope that someone might come along with new information that would suggest this particular fish might have a wider range than what is in the Cat-E-Log for P. dolichurus . I guess what I'd really like t...

Hi all. I was looking through the current stock list at TedsFishroom and came across the " Pterobunocephalus sp. - dark color " and fell in love. But I'm a little unsure if I could house them comfortably, so I was looking for some advice. I had e-mailed Ted asking about the ID, to get a be...

My favorite of my currently kept species is definitely my Pseudomystus siamensis as well. My male was my first catfish and got my hooked on them. They are just gorgeous fish with great personalities. I'd have to keep them to figure out if I liked them or P. siamensis more, but I am also a huge fan o...

Personally, I love to spoil my catfish, especially my asian bees. I also strive to provide the most healthy, natural diet possible, so I do like supplementing with live food here and there. What they will eat and what they should eat aren't necessarily the same thing. I've done a lot of research on ...

Thank you both for the replies! Feels great to get responses and feedback on this so quickly, I've been working on it for a long time now. It looks like a good planning - but I would try to get the seasons right. That is - start the wet season when the musson normally hits Another thing is - the mus...

Fish (or at least marine fish) are unable to see the color red because red wavelengths penetrate the water the least, so there is no reason for them to have the ability to see a color that basically doesn't exist in their world. (It's is why there are so many red marine fish. It makes them less visi...

2016 EDIT: I unfortunately lost my females (one once mature turned out to be a male anyways), so until I can acquire some more I won't be able to try anything I researched. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

If they don't come out much regardless of the other fish, that probably would make the others more nervous as well... Do you think the fish would be stressed without dithers? I would, ideally, like to see more of my fish, but I really don't mind a having a tank where you have to pay a little more at...

But not all catfish are bottom dwellers. I chose the species I did because they all occupy relatively different spaces in the tank, to try to give it the feel of a diverse community tank using only catfish. Hyalobagrus flavus are noted in the Cat-E-Log to be "normally found hiding under thick m...

Well, the thought with this was that with two reasonably sized groups of shoaling cats in the tank, they might be comfortable enough with the security of their own kind to venture out more, and when one shoal does the other would follow suit. And then, hopefully after that, each shoal would be reass...

The banjos I saw for sale were a little over an inch, no where near full grown, I just like to plan ahead for the long term. I can't guarantee I'll have a more suitable tank for a banjo in the distant future, so I'd rather plan around what I know I'm going to have in the immediate future. I know I c...

It's been awhile since I came up with the idea, but this tank is coming closer to becoming a reality. It's been on hold waiting for my 55g to get freed up, but those fish should be moving to my 150g in the next month or two, so this tank will be my next project. The stocking list I have in mind at t...

Hey, thank you both for the help! Sorry it's been awhile since I've updated. I've named my spinning catfish "Dizzy" because she must have been with all that spinning! I did water change before I saw your response about established water, Shane, but I overdosed prime with each change. I do ...

Thank you for the help Shane! I did overdose prime when I set the tank up and let it run a little while (I don't recall how long, at least half an hour) with the filter on to disperse it before seeding the filter or adding the cats. On your recommendation, I added a double dose of prime yesterday in...

Hi Darrel, thanks for the reply. I didn't have a sponge filter available, but I added a strong air stone for now. I might be able to throw one together in a bit with extra parts I have laying around. I also added a bit of water lettuce, but I didn't have much of that either. If you think it would he...

Hello, I need help with one of my two newly acquired Pseudomystus siamensis . I got the cats this past Thursday, they spent two nights in a 5g bucket with an airstone and refreshed water as necessary (they arrived sooner than expected and I hadn't had the chance to get their tank ready yet), then Su...

I might be a little late to add all this, but to provide a different perspective to the like debate: I am one of those users who loves catfish and loves this site, but very rarely posts. I am young and much less knowledgeable than the active user base here - most all of my knowledge about catfish co...

I am madly in love with my asian bumblebee cat and want to give him the best of everything I can. Feeding the right foods will especially be important when I try my hand at getting them to breed (I know I would be the first to successfully intentionally breed them if I managed it and that it is pret...

Thank you all for responding! I really appreciate all of the advice and discussion. Narelle, I think you have a lot of advice here about the pros and cons of college educations; clearly, there's no right or wrong, no one-size-fits-all answer for you about college. I'm curious: How do you see your fu...

A nice school of Rama chandramara or Mystus carcio will be a good choice if you are looking at Asian catfish. If you are looking for oddballs, Gagata and Gogangra might be good choices although they are slightly tricky to keep. I tend to prefer to asian species, but it doesn't have to be a solely a...

So it's almost definitely going to be a 55g. I'm in the process of acquiring the 150g, but I'm thinking my 55g's inhabitants will be moving up to that and their tank will become the catfish-only one. No personal experience with any but the farlowella, but I found farlowellas extremely docile and fai...

There are so many people on here with years of experience and knowledge of fish keeping and I look up to all of you so much. Your knowledge of catfish astounds me. In fish keeping, specifically learning about and (to a lesser extent, due to space constraints) keeping catfish, I've found a passion. I...

Update - New Plans In a discussion in a recent thread of mine , it was brought to my attention that I had overlooked some key differences in water preferences for some of the fish I'd planned to keep in this setup. So now I'm almost completely revising this plan. I still definitely want to keep 14 ...

Don't know if you'll ever see this at this point, months later, but it took me awhile to find that you'd replied (it's been a rough year), so I'll just answer now. ^^;; http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk29/kichewolf/006MeasuringDexter4-fixed-_zpsb7744d6a.jpg Here's my handsome boy now. http://i27...

Thank you so much for the help! :) I'll definitely check out those species and see what I'll be able to get ahold of here. May still go for the tigers because I've always loved them and they're readily available...but I definitely feel much better knowing that they won't get eaten! I'll probably loo...

EDIT : I no longer need assistance choosing tankmates. My tank has been stocked. See my post below for updates and pictures. I am looking for some tankmates for my Pseudomystus siamensis. I just got him a nice new 55 gallon long tank that I plan to fully plant. It'll have lots of caves and driftwoo...

Alright, thank you both for your help! Figured he was a siamensis, but I still had my fingers crossed that he'd be a smaller species, especially with what I was told at the store. Not that they seem to know much about these fish - they get them in regularly and have hem labelled microglanis iheringi...

http://i276.photobucket.com/albums/kk29/kichewolf/dexterbestsideview_zps5ca8fb12.jpg (More pics: Side view: X X Dorsal: X X Face: X Tail: X Ventral: X X - Sorry they're a bit warped, all I had to put him in for the pictures was a square jar.) I got this little guy from my lfs and he was about an in...