Hey Rebecca, I must say your case is unusual and intriguing. What did you decide to do? Do you have an update? There is very little info in your initial post to start helping you beyond what already has been said (and Matt and Larry were trying to help, believe me). What's the fish's size, identity,...

for the first time ever, I just got offered these fish by one of my LFSs (Rochester NY) just at $20 each, probably 4-5"

is the price good?

wonder if "tis the season"

That's one big mystus at 16" max SL! If the ID is right, Cat-eLog could use these nice photos IMHO. Catelog ID entry: Easily characterized by its dull-colored body and very short adipose fin. There are several species currently identified as M. gulio: the true M. gulio is an Indian species that...

Very sadly, no Rob. I lost him during one of the drives to FL due to my stupid overly confidence. We hit a late-in-the-season (April) cold spell in New York-Pennsylvania-West Virginia with snow and freezing rain on the first 15-20 h of the trip. The water temp dropped too much too fast. God willing,...

Welcome, friend. Where is Erode?

Nice fish - never seen a mystus like that but I am low level with mystus. Shovelnose, Silurus, TheDarkOne, and others should offer knowledge-based opinions, hopefully.

Mats, this belongs in what's my cat forum.

Nice bit of info.

Did he need a permit to put it in the outside pond where it can get away (with or without help from some other creatures, like birds)?

Can anybody else share their 1st-hand experience on these fish?

Thanx guys/gals for the informative answers.

I see. Too bad I live so far from you (and now even 1500 mi farther - just moved from Rochester NY to Naples FL) or I'd take them in a heart beat whenever you'd be ready to let them go (and, of course, if you wanted me to have them). Maybe, if you are ever in Florida... :) ...shipping big, strong fi...

Thanx, David. Wow, how deceptive is the video. They look like massive adults in it - I guess maybe because of the tank size relative to their size. I know that you know it too that 350 gal is a temporary solution but they grow pretty slowly and you have years until it starts getting too small. What'...

are attus compatible with each other in a large enough tank (when small) and a pond (when adults)?

BTW, what's/who's RBP?

does anybody farm attus anywhere or in India?

You mean towards each other?

My 5" Zeezee spent a lot of time with 25 other types of cats in a 150 gal. Got along just fine with fishes smaller and bigger than him.

Nice, David! How big are they? Look 2'-3'. Sweet. How big is their home?

Between the feedings, mine rested half the time and swam actively other times. What happened at night, I don't know. I love these guys to pieces.

Lovely fish and pic. May be a good additon to cat-elog because the markings are a bit different?

Are these "find 7 differences" pics ? :) Nice. Stackdeck, I can't be certain but my attu (9") and leerii (15") teeth look like that. I don't have close-ups, just going on memory. What do you mean? Mats, how are going to make sure of the ID? The pics above can't be enough, can they?

Hybrid, mate. Birger and Mats are experts with the right books too, they know what they are talking about.

Excellent, excellent news. Thanks so much gents/ladies.

Just to be dead sure: Grokefish, you are talking Tetra Doromin, which has now changed its name to Tetra Cichlid XL, right?

NOW you are talking !!!

@CRK:

@Rob: wow, sorry to hear; they must have beeen of comparable sizes too but the tank/pond was real small for them, of course. Please keep us posted of the compatibility successes and failures.

Mats, thanks much for clarifying. You are so dedicated. I was too lazy to type up smth like this. Nice guesswork too

May be it was all but sensation+pay-looking "journalists", but there were publicized cases in Russia of large wels catfishes killing humans, even small-bodied adults. Mostly in Volga-river region. That's a real big river. Those cats were claimed to be 4-5 meters long and weighed ~300-400 k...

- do they label them right?
If yes, goes to show to cynics and unbelievers that miracles happen in our age too

nice to hear from you, Tyler (aka industrial) well, there you have your small statistical database Either Tyler and I are right and Rob is just one talented fish manipulator or we are wrong and it is not that difficult for many - so keep us posted Juanitoman, which one is it? (( a-ah, fire eel... do...

it'd be awfully nice if you kept this community posted of your hunting efforts - many would thank you; neither have I seen them anywhere along the NE and eastern US or in on-line offers but I share in your desires

I've seen similar ones here too sold as euptera, having wavy stripes, not dots. always small, 1"-2" TL. always wondered why they look different from adult euptera but also from other small euptera that look closer to adults - I am talking color pattern, body and fins.

what a cutie-pie!

finally i know too what aff means - thanks to Rupert

what sp exactly mean?

could this be considered for cat-elog? the photos are super too.

very unusual... (read attractive... to me)

never seen in any of my endeavors along the eastern US

what a nice thread you linked, Oliver

I would not argue about wording - stunt, genes, keeping conditions, whatever, but agree with Taksan. Little cute buttons RTCs usually reach 2' in about a year. If you don't know, Taksan is one the most first-hand-experienced colleagues here, having been raising and keeping RTCs for the abouts of 30 ...

@CRK: thanks. yeah, water here is also highly dependent on the well depth. i'm told the deeper, the saltier. i discovered another well on my property but its water has 0.3 or 3 ppm (need to check my records) of ferrous iron and a tds of 1100 ppm (vs 1400 ppm for the 1st well; different tds meter) an...

it feels that if we lived another 100 years, we'd witness the disappearance of 90% of the remaining wild animal species

sad but so real