Can someone please identify this rare catfish??
Posted: 07 Oct 2009, 07:53
A friend gave this catfish to me and would like to know what it is...
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Re: Can someone please identify this rare catfish??
Posted: 07 Oct 2009, 08:04
. Nice present
Re: Can someone please identify this rare catfish??
Posted: 07 Oct 2009, 08:16
Looks a bit on the thin side to me?
Re: Can someone please identify this rare catfish??
Posted: 07 Oct 2009, 08:53
very much so, yes
a few tips:
first: replace that awful substrate. it's a vacuumcleaner, sort of, and it likes to sift the substrate, wich should be sand or fine rounded gravel.
second: a few hiding places are a must; a big piece of wood or some larger PVC tubing tunnels or some ceramic thingy from a roof; the fish should be able to rest in a shady place. otherwise it gets stressed, might stop eating and then it'll die.
third; food, lots of it. best feed small amounts (not all in 1 go!), but several times a day, until it gets a bit heavier, then tune it down a bit.
all small stuff is good. sinking pellets (small ones, since it cannot chew), sinking granule food, small snails (it LOVES snails!), tubifex, bloodworms, flake food, artemia, mysis, blackworms etc.
a few tips:
first: replace that awful substrate. it's a vacuumcleaner, sort of, and it likes to sift the substrate, wich should be sand or fine rounded gravel.
second: a few hiding places are a must; a big piece of wood or some larger PVC tubing tunnels or some ceramic thingy from a roof; the fish should be able to rest in a shady place. otherwise it gets stressed, might stop eating and then it'll die.
third; food, lots of it. best feed small amounts (not all in 1 go!), but several times a day, until it gets a bit heavier, then tune it down a bit.
all small stuff is good. sinking pellets (small ones, since it cannot chew), sinking granule food, small snails (it LOVES snails!), tubifex, bloodworms, flake food, artemia, mysis, blackworms etc.
Re: Can someone please identify this rare catfish??
Posted: 07 Oct 2009, 13:45
You forgot number four: get a huge tank (or flood your apartment).
Unless you happen to own a zoo-size tank, try and get rid of this gift. This is an absolute tankbuster. There are very few people who can house a catfish the size of a three-year-old kid.
Unless you happen to own a zoo-size tank, try and get rid of this gift. This is an absolute tankbuster. There are very few people who can house a catfish the size of a three-year-old kid.