Tridensimillis brevis

[Dave Rinaldo]

I think this is

Tridensimillis brevis

I found him in a tank of

Corydoras pygmaeus

15mm TL

[Martin S]

Nice find
It would be probable that the ID is correct based on the fact that the species pictured in the cat-elog also came in with

Corydoras pygmaeus

.
Hopefully not too silly a question but on the assumption that you are keeping it, how are parasitic catfish kept in the home aquaria? Feeding?
Martin

[Marc van Arc]

I think this is

Tridensimillis brevis

. I found him in a tank of

Corydoras pygmaeus

That's exactly how I got mine some years ago.
@ Martin as well: it fed on characin scales. The fishes were damaged; "wounds" were very superficial, yet noticable. It did very well for a couple of months and then it just disappeared without a trace, which I regretted very much. The characins were quite relieved though .

[Martin S]

I think this is

Tridensimillis brevis

. I found him in a tank of

Corydoras pygmaeus

That's exactly how I got mine some years ago.
@ Martin as well: it fed on characin scales. The fishes were damaged; "wounds" were very superficial, yet noticable. It did very well for a couple of months and then it just disappeared without a trace, which I regretted very much. The characins were quite relieved though .

Thanks Marc - much appreciated.
Martin

[Jools]

You can get these guys to eat frozen bloodworm pretty easily. I kept some for a while in a very simply tank just with sand and java moss. They got a couple of bloodworms each per day.

Jools