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hara hara catfish aka moth catfish
Posted: 07 Sep 2003, 02:10
by alvin
hi..does anyone know anything about this cat..eg.water conditions,sexing,breeding,natural environment..doesnt seem to be much on the net about this fish..any help will be greatly appreciated!
Posted: 07 Sep 2003, 02:20
by Silurus
Hara, like most other erethistids, are found in lower-temperature (ca. 20-22°C), fairly swift streams/rivers. They are difficult to sex and their natural diet consist of invertebrates.
Not too difficult to maintain in the aquarium as long as you have well-oxygentaed water and moderate water temperatures.
They are difficult to sex and have not been bred in the aquarium, to my knowledge.
The info for
Erethistes is largely applicable.
Posted: 11 Sep 2003, 09:22
by alvin
tks silurus...can i put u to the test and ask u if u know what size they grow up to as well as tankmates eg..corys??

Posted: 11 Sep 2003, 10:35
by Silurus
The size it reaches to depedns a lot on your species, as quite a number of them are confused with
Hara hara. The "real"
H. hara (I use quotation marks because no one is sure what the real
H. hara is) reaches about 2" (5 cm). There is a larger species (sometimes referred to as
H. filamentosa, but is probably
Erethistes; see the
Shane's World article) that reaches about 5" (13 cm), and a much smaller one (often referred to as
H. jerdoni) maxes out at 1.5" (4 cm).
As for tankmates, they are OK with corys, but you will need to use a species that prefers cooler temperatures (
Corydoras barbatus comes to mind, but maybe Ian can help me out with listing a few more).
Posted: 12 Sep 2003, 21:49
by alvin
tks for all the info...greatly appreciated!

Posted: 19 Jan 2004, 03:39
by Dinyar
I am told by someone who has collected them and read in other sources that both Hara hara and Hara jerdoni are typically found in slow moving waters.
Dinyar
hara species?
Posted: 21 Jan 2004, 01:13
by medaka
Looking at these fishes as a species have bred what i am calling group one and what i call group two
little or no material on them i also believe i can sex them when in a group[??