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Callichthys callichthys
Posted: 11 Jan 2003, 13:20
by Mika
Where has this species dissapeared from the markets??I haven`t seen it since 80`s in aquariumstore.Whatever happened?
Posted: 11 Jan 2003, 14:02
by Yann
Hi!
Yes it is true, I have not seen any either on Stocklist or in shop for ages...
I guess it is probably due to so many new species imported, and this one not being pretty colourfull and rather being pretty big as well some way past out of mode!
Hope it will come back in the hooby pretty soon!!
Cheers
Yann
Posted: 11 Jan 2003, 19:12
by Sid Guppy
At last someone speaking up for my big ol' calllichthyd favourite
I've had those in the late eigthies; they're great!
a bit disruptive on planting, because when fed with tubifex, they could "swim" right through the bottom! (I have fine sand, and live plants, get the picture?)
Unfortunately a virulent bacterial infection finished them off in 1990; it nearly cleared the whole tank...
I've bothered many LFS since then, but never saw them again.
Posted: 22 Jan 2003, 17:21
by Chrysichthys
I have two so-called Green Porthole Catfish which seem to be either Callichthys callichthys or Hoplosternum littorale. I wonder if Callichthys has been reclassified as H. littorale. Some hoplos are now Megalechis but I don't know which.
Posted: 22 Jan 2003, 17:29
by Silurus
Only two:
<i>Megalechis thoracata</i> and <i>M. personata</i>.
Posted: 23 Jan 2003, 13:37
by Sid Guppy
And check the Cat-e-log; Hoplo littorale and Callichthys are quite different; about the only thing they have in common is size, nesting behaviour and being from the callichthydae family.