Yashmack,

a small addition/correction not all house in Dallas have a cement foundation. There are some homes built before the 70's, older neighborhoods, have pier & beam foundations.

Dinyar,

where do I enable Java in Windows XP or internet explorer 6.0?

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Does any one know what setting I have to change on my system to show the proper menu bar at the top of the Planet catfish website. I have Windows XP with Internet explore 6.0. The menu bar shows up as a red x.

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If you have a pond outside in the ground and not above ground in Ft Worth the temperature in the worst winters will get down into the forties and possibly upper thirties if any extended cold period. What you can do is create a cover for it to insulate it and then heat it with various heaters. Heatin...

Hi Erwin, thanks for the photos. The one I purchased looks more like the juvenile with large white dots. It currently is around 5 to 6cm but with a blacker background, I'm guessing this has a lot to do with the mood of the L133. Do you know if anyone has tried breeding these and what source would yo...

Thanks for the information Erwin, I was basing my comparison on pictures on the Cat-elog of Planet catfish. When I tried to compare these pictures back to the older version of Aqualog that I have it made it more confusing(Like you said old aqualog were drawings). So Erwin, what current resource shou...

Oops, I meant LDA33 and L133 are so similar and L248 is the one that appears spiney.

How do you physically and visually tell them apart? It seems to me that LDA 33 and L248 are so similar. L133 appears to have more defined spines on the body from the pictures.

Thanks everyone. Great ideas. I may end up trying to find a used or cheap UPS to power up only air pumps to maintain aeration. I have seen instructions on building high capacity, heavy duty UPS's (uninterruptible power supplies) on the cheap, out of marine batteries. I can dig them up if you like. R...

Wanted to know what you do for back-up/emergency power on your tanks.

S. Allen, Which pred. catfishes do you currently own and how are they kept. Tank size and if they are in groups. I'm interest to see how others keep theirs. Skyetone, In the past I've kept S. planiceps but after several years it got tobe around 24 inches and I decided to donate to the local public a...

Roughly 250 gallons, 6(L)x3(W)x2(depth). Do you think this will be a problem. How big was the tank that you use to house the group of Tigrinus and how many?

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good point on the frozen food. My mixture is frozen. Do you think there is a problem if I thaw it so its not frozen solid but soft and still keeping the frozen form. When I feed discus I thaw it and break it into pieces in the water.

Has anyone tried putting a group of Tigrinus together in a tank. Will they fight? Are they extremely territorial? or has anyone mix a Tigrinus with other large pred. catfishes with success.

Thanks for all the info. I also keep discus and make may own food for them that contain, beef, shrimp, multivitamins, seaweed powder, shrimp powder, and Ester-c. I was also thinking of feeding this to my cats. What do you think about this kind of prepared food. May add fish to this mix in the future...

Thanks for the quick response. Just wanted to know what is acceptable. The only experience I've had was with smelt which ended up being disastrous. catfish reacted badly and died few days later. I've heard that it depends on the season and where they are caught as to how contaminated they maybe. The...

Wanted to know if there are any suggestions as to the type of market fish you use to feed your Predatory cats (RTC, Tigrinus, Tiger shovelnose, Juruense, limas,etc.)?

Hi Dean, From what I know they probably can grow to 3 feet in the wild. I personally have kept one that was 28 inches. I purchased it at that size. I believe there is a picture of mine in the photo section. It was kept in a 180 gallon( 2 ft X 2ft X 6ft). In captivity I'm not sure what size they can ...