hey Raul, nice to see you here man,, I think I need a Lince !!

I have a 26 inch tigrinus currently in my tank,so it does grow bigger than 24 inches,, I would say it might even get over 30" as it gets older.

they grow very fast to about 20" and will eat anything that they think will fit in thier mouth,, my 8" planiceps ate a 6" brachyplatystoma juruense,, so be careful with what you put in the tank with him. I grew a 2" planiceps to 16" in about 7 months,, it will eat blood worms when it is small, then ...

could it be the tiger shovelnose X l.marmoratus hybrid that has come into the market last year ?

Ricard, here is the video clip:

http://rarecatfish.net/images/flavicans.MOV

also here is a more recent pic of my flavicans,,

that particular tank with the RTC and other fish is 360 gal,, it is 6feet long X 4 feet wide and 2 feet tall,, I built the tank myself with acrylic. I will be building a bigger tank soon,, before I built this tank all the fish were in a pond,, but I got tired of looking at them from the top,, so I ...

i have just bought one of these and was told tha my 6x2x30 tank was big enough for a full grown adult by several well knowen fish shops around my area

your tank is not going to be good enough for life, may be it can hold it for about 2 years. In my experience these hybrids grew slower compared to ...

they definitely are not growing as fast as a marbled cat or a tiger shovelnose cat,, I have a few that are around 6"-8",, just like any other pims, they eat a lot. Mine are eating shrimp and pellets. regarding max size, I guess atleast 2-3 feet if not more.

Suckermouth wrote:katfishguy, I have always been curious... Where do you keep all of those fish? I would kill to have the space and money to even consider an M. tigrinus breeding project!

if you are ever in South Florida, you can come down and see my fish and I will explain how I do it

I currently have 2 RTC X TSN hybrids,, their growth rate,contrary to what a lot of people said, has been very slow compared to redtail and the tiger shovelnose I have. I also have TSN X marbled cat hybrid and TSN X pim blochii hybrid.

hopefully I wont get flamed for keeping hybrids 8)

here is a ...

the tigrinus has the potential of getting a little over 3 feet. I have several tigrinus that are 20"+,, and my biggest tigrinus is 26".

here are some pics of some of my tigrinus:

http://www.rarecatfish.net/images/tigrinus_31.jpg

http://www.rarecatfish.net/images/tigrinus_30.jpg

http://www ...

the G.platynema is an awesome catfish,, but very sensitive. You have to be lucky to get one that is hardy. The first 2 I had died mysteriously with in a month with no signs of disease,,they were eating only live food. The one I currently have is about 18" and is eating shrimp and silver sides and is ...

Ashara catfish is the new common name for the Leiarius marmoratus,,

to me it looks like a hybrid,, may be with Paulicea lutkens(aka Jau/amazon cat)

Hey all,
Question...how can one tell the diff between the two at only 3" body size (not including long tail filament)?

I have seen them both at even less than 2",, it is kind of tough for a novice,, but I can easily identify them,, the shape of the head gives u the best idea,, also when around 3 ...

Hi!

Try Megalodoras uranoscopus

Dave Rinaldo is right on,, the name seems to have chaged for the M.irwini to Megalodoras uranoscopus

here are some pics from a Japanee website:

http://homepage3.nifty.com/aquashop-true/catfish/catfish-L/l-doras/do-megarodoras-007-1-xingu.gif

http://homepage3 ...

Shane,, I might have over reacted with my comment when I referred to the "admins and mods",, I apologize for it,, I think I got mad when someone said I was trying to advertise my website(which I honestly wasn't tying to),,I agree with what you had to say,,but I want you to know that I am always open ...

Caol_ila,, first of all I am not trying to advertise anything,, if you have been to my website you can see that it is just a site that I use to share my fish collection with everyone else,, I don't have any forum ,,but when ever I talk about my fish everyone just keeps flaming about how big the ...

Katman,, I am on your side !! the admins and mods on this board are dead against these large cats,, that is why I kind of reduced posting on this site,, I will be setting up a forum on my website http://www.rarecatfish.net sometime soon,, it will cater solely for the large fish enthusiasts, i love ...

here is one of my tanks,, may be you can get some ideas:

http://www.rarecatfish.net/images/mixed_6.jpg

http://www.rarecatfish.net/images/mixed_9.jpg

http://www.rarecatfish.net/images/mixed_11.jpg

these are currently in a 360gal tank that is 6' long and 4' wide,,

Anyone who wants to flame ...

This fish is from the Peruvian Amazon, I tried a lot to ID it, but no luck so far.

http://www.rarecatfish.net/images/unknown-catfish2.jpg

http://www.rarecatfish.net/images/unknown-catfish3.jpg

http://www.rarecatfish.net/images/unknown-catfish4.jpg

http://www.rarecatfish.net/images ...

I recently acquired this beauty,, and wanted to share some pics

http://www.rarecatfish.net/images/leucistic-tsn.jpg

http://www.rarecatfish.net/images/leucistic-tsn2.jpg

http://www.rarecatfish.net/images/leucistic-tsn3.jpg

for those who don't understand, Leucistic,, they are similar to ...

I have pics of dead P.tigrinum in Peru fish market that are atleast 4 feet long ! so yeah, they do grow BIG !

if it just ate 4 convicts, how can you be worried that it is not eating :lol:

also do you know that the p.togrinum can reach a length of about 4 feet+ ? and will eat anything that fits in its mouth ? If it is in a 25g, you will need to upgrade real soon. if fed properly it will hit 12" in 3-4 ...

hey Pimbuddy,, I too live in Miami and keep a lot of large pims. my current biggest tank is 360gal. You can see some of the pics of my fish on my website:

http://www.rarecatfish.net

I haven't uploaded all the pics on my site yet,, there are more pics of my fish here:

http://www.arofanatics.com ...

Aguarunichthys tocantinsensis :

http://www.raubwelse.de/galerie/raubwelse/images/bild21.jpg

Aguarunichthys torosus:

http://www.raubwelse.de/galerie/raubwelse/images/bild47.jpg

Images courtesy of a German Site http://www.raubwelse.de

Where is the "Aguarunichthys tocantinsensis " from ?? I ...

what do you mean how ? like the water requirements and food ? I keep mine in a 360gal tank which is 4 feet wide and 6 feet long. water PH is 6.6 . Here are some pics of it:

http://www.arofanatics.com/members/katf ... wfishpics/

I too think they can reach 30"+ in the wild,, I have one that is 20" not including the tail.

brianfl wrote: I was also thinking giraffe catfish but haven't seen any locally. They are gorgeous.

brain, Benny's Tropical in Pembroke Pines has Giraffee cats, TSN have veyr big mouths and can eat anything that can fit in their mouth,,so be very careful,,

no, the bent nose is not artificially made,, it is caused by the fish banging itself to the tank walls when it is first put in the tank from the wild,,,the fish is very nervous initially,,
I have one that is around 10" and it is not that nervous,,so I guess the initial shock they have when removed ...