I agree the fish looks bad. The popped eyes and large head developed recently. The power failure was about three years ago and he looked normal then. So it is possible this adversely effected him. This is one the problems with pet stores selling fish with trade names and putting 6inches as max size ...

Wow hmmm. He has been kept with 2 blood parrots (no ability to nip) in a a 40 US gallon. Rainbows were only in long enough for his snack. Ammonia, nitrates, etc not a problem, 10% water change weekly. Earthworms, feeder fish, sinking pellets for food. Too small of tank perhaps but neglect hardly ...

Well the pectoral fins dont match. And mine has tremendously small finage, could be from age? Could the small fins and large eyes be from being crampt in a tank? I had heard that large fish kept in small tanks after many years remain small but some body parts continue to grow causing for problems ...

I am in the planning stages of a biotope tank for a 55 gallon long(US). I have a double stand (40 gallon on bottom 55 on top) and my floor is too unlevel for me to feel safe about filling the 55 to the top again. It always looked unstable when I had it full. So in order to reduce my fears of it ...

These are some pics of my 12 year old "aluminum cat" I'm sure it is a chrysichthys but because of the huge eyes it has thrown me off. I thought it was a brachynema. This has been an extremely hardy fish, surviving a week in a five gallon bucket in the winter during an ice storm with no power. Three ...