Jet Black with gold flecks

nvcichlids · Post by **nvcichlids** » 11 Feb 2010, 20:20

The fish store has them labled as syno's, but I thought I remembered a thread on the jet black asian catfish with random gold flecks on the side. Does anyone know which I am talking about?

Suckermouth · Post by **Suckermouth** » 11 Feb 2010, 20:30

How 'bout ? Their common name is Asian upside down catfish.

nvcichlids · Post by **nvcichlids** » 11 Feb 2010, 23:23

that is the little buggers. How fast do they grow?

Post by **Shane** » 12 Feb 2010, 05:23

They grow fairly fast and get fairly big. If you have the room they are an awesome fish. I still remember when they were a US $750 each fish before commercial breeding started.
-Shane

Shovelnose · Post by **Shovelnose** » 13 Feb 2010, 04:08

Extremely nasty temperament too. Had 2 of 'em and refused to share the same tank. In fact they were bickering since they were packed in a bag in the LFS. Truly upside down fish.

Keeping 1 at the moment. Got him at around 1.5 ". He s around 8 " TL at the moment. I have seen him him swallow feeder fish meant for his tankmates with ease. What you keeping 'em with????

nvcichlids · Post by **nvcichlids** » 13 Feb 2010, 17:18

I didn't get them, but I wanted to check if they would make good tankmates for datnoids. Thought it might be a cool cat to try with them.

Shovelnose · Post by **Shovelnose** » 14 Feb 2010, 06:23

Have never kept Datnoides. So not really in a position to comment. But from what I see, these cats not very aggressive towards other species. Only conspecifics.

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