My Mystery Catfish

Wild_foamy · Post by **Wild_foamy** » 02 Nov 2007, 18:02

hi everyone

i jsut got a catfish that came free with my brothers tank which he has passed on to me, its only small (couple of inches) and swims upside down, it has long "whiskers", has a dark colored body with light stripes/spots and has currently taken refuge in my ornamental castle :S

sorry, no pics, but is it normal for a catfish to swim upside down? i cant think of anything else to include which may reveal the identity of this fish...

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 02 Nov 2007, 18:18

Maybe

Wild_foamy · Post by **Wild_foamy** » 02 Nov 2007, 18:34

thanks, but it doesnt really matter now, poor thing has died and ive only just noticed

its been sitting amungst the plants for a while now and i thought it was just resting there as catfish do, but i nudged it slightly with the fish net after i noticed its gills werent moving and it sort of floated to the bottom of the tank

what really annoys me is that i dont know why it died, temperature was Mid-20s and the Ammonia reading was 0 (Nitrite and Nitrate were a bit high but i changed the water after i did the test)

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 04 Nov 2007, 15:39

Since you say nitrite was high, that's probably what did it.