He has three or four places that he hides most of the day. And I believe I have found the culprit: ich. I bought a new java fern a few weeks ago, and an upside down cat somehow stowed away in the bag, and survived in the few drops of water at the bottom. But I looked in the tank that the LFS had him ...

I haven't tested the water. What tests would you recommend?

Ii've had the cat for about 10 months. Ii'm rarely home, so I'm not sure how often it happens, but I see it two or three times a week. I haven't noticed any discoloration or scratches on the skin, though I have looked.

My first catfish was a pleco, and then a channel cat. But I think what fascinated me about catfish was the fact that they are so diverse. Things like shovel noses, redtails, electrics, even blues are so beautiful and fascinating. I one day will have a tank large enough to hold several giants, like ...

Hello, I've come to this site for many years, but I almost never post anything. I have a small (5in or so) electric cat in a 30 gal. tank. I have recently seen it scraping its sides against the rocks or driftwood in the tank, as though it was trying to get something off of its skin. I've kept many ...

Dave Rinaldo wrote:

oneoddfish wrote:I've owned several electric cat .you don't need a permit at least not in usa..

They are illegal in Texas and I would imagine other southern states where it is warm enough for them to live through the winter.

They're legal in Louisiana. But pirhanas are not. yay.