Cheers Guys

I went and had a look but the mesh is too large for what I need catching smaller cats Ornates and Lima's.

Used the old jug , will keep looking thou as it would make moving the cats easier.

Was discussing with a non fish keeper but avid fisherman about netting catfish.

Like most Catfish owners I'm sure most of us have had to cut free some fish etc in my case quite a few through the years.

I was explaining I am setting up my new 1100L Pim tank and my biggest pain in the... is catching ...

HI,

Has anyone heard of a "Sparkling Blue Glass Catfish" its on a list of my LFS it is listed as this and Kryptopterus sp.

MY LFS hasn't ordered any as im looking for Blue Sheatfish Kryptopterus cryptopterus

Is anyone familiar with this name ?

They dont school as such.

I have kept them individually ok and in pairs and groups, what I have observed is that while they dont school or swim in any formation etc however they appear to be fine with each others company mine would share the same log ,cave etc.

They can be quite boisterous at ...

Hi ,

Looking for 3 or 4 more of these fish , anyone know of any for sale ?

Hi Kit,

Hello from Glasgow ,good to see another Catfish keeper in Scotland.

Cheers

In the early days for myself I wasn’t experienced enough to spot signs or observe behaviour etc on the fish I wanted.

Anyway mistakes made and learned from, forward to many years later, I now have a fair idea of what to look for not an expert by any stretch of the imagination but more experienced ...

Could be Ompok Rhadinurus ?

check this thread, I also acquired a Ompok Rhadinurus wrongly labelled by the LFS and in with some Kryptopterus cryptopterus.

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=46796

That would explain why I cant see it, Thanks Silurus

Thanks Panaque and Silurus.

Silurus the cat log says the Ompok Rhadinurus has a short dorsal fin and for the life of me I can't see a dorsal fin on mine but it appears to be the best match.

the cryptopterus have settled in no problem and are feeding on slow sinking pellets.

the Ompok taking time ...

Thanks, Jools

yeh the lower picture appears to be cryptopterus.

I have attached a few more pics of the other species

Hi Redtailrob,

only just seen your post.

I almost purchased it but came across an ornate pim on my travels so went with that.

they were in a Maidenhead aquatics aka fishkeeper up in scotland, they haven't had them in again.

I would guess most maidenhead aquatics could order some in for you ...

HI,

any idea what species these Glass catfish are ? they were purchased from the same shop and tank and belived to be Kryptopterus macrocephalus ?

but under further investigation they appear to be two different species , One species doesn't have as many barbels and a small dorsal fin and occupies ...

Thats good to know ,Thanks Victor

Quick update , was planning on manual removal at the end of this week, but woke up to find that the netting is off the pectoral fin but so is part of the fins spine.

On the plus side the fish has regained movement on the fin and is swimming about care free.

will the spine regrow ?

Thanks for the advice folks.

Regarding the broken pec fin im not 100% sure if its broken but it has no visible movement in the fin which could be due to the netting or the strain of me retracting the net while the fish tried to escape.
I will give the fish a couple of weeks so see if the net comes ...

Help!

cursing myself was moving my Lima and some barbs and for the life of me had a brain fart and moved the lima in a normal fish net ,despite having items for moving my cats so they don’t get tangled etc

Anyway once I clicked on I tried to remove the net but the Lima was attached via its left ...

I have three Multriradiatus had four but one sadly passed away, I would have preferred at least six of these fish however I could only get the four. (now three)

Multriradiatus aren’t that common here but Splendens are , would a group of Six Splendens shoal with the Three Multriradiatus ?

any ...

Unfortunately the one that was less active passed away this morning , all other fish are fine.

Makes sense the age related issues these are full sized fish , hopefully the remaining three will live for a good while and thrive.

OK Thanks , think I will try and locate another couple of Ornate's ,which would seem to be the way to go (if im lucky to find any)

Cheers Victor , I agree on how rare these are to get took me over a year just to get this one, in the short time i have had this fish it reminds me more of Pictus as opposed to Blochii.

Interesting observations on how Orante and Pictus seem to interact, yourself and another poster on the mfk thread ...

Recently I was finally able to locate an Orante Pim who is a stunning cat, I wanted a small group of three but the LFS only had the one left.

I have kept, Pictus in the past and I currently have a single subadult Blochii .

The Ornate is a juvenile at about 4” , I cant keep him in the same tank as ...

No, unfortunately, I don't have any idea about the age of the group, but makes sense if it's just an old fish

My worry was due to his lack of activity compared to his three tank mates and the difference in color was a possible sick fish, if its just old age then that's a relief, I will just keep an ...

HI,

I Recently got four brochis multiradiatus , all good so far they have settled on thou one appears to be more lethargic than the other three and it looks different see the attached pics , Does this fish look healthy or has some sort of infection?
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Thanks to you both for the feedback it's appreciated, In the end, I never went with the Fossil and it was nothing to do with the venom of the cat, just ended finding a different cat that I wanted more.

catfishchaos / James no need to apologize your post was great and to the point and to be honest ...

Cheers Shane , your spot on.

now that the fish have had a few days to settle in the new Mysticetus and old one look identical now that i have seen them together . The other one defo looks like Pulcher according to the catlog and various internet images

Thanks again

Picked up two new Mystus Cats , from a LFS yesterday , They are simply labelled Mystus Cats ,queried the dealer but they said they couldn’t tell what they are ,anyway got the last two and they look like two different species of Mystus from each other one has a Spot near its caudal fin ?

Here are ...

My LFS has some Fossil Catfish in stock , first time iv seen these critters , having checked the cat log , and other sources I know about the venomous sting !! .

Anyone keep this species singularly with other tank mates and what’s its temperament like ?
It would be sharing with Four Reed fish , A ...

Excellent Shane thanks again.

Think i will stick with the one.

Thanks Shane.

Yeh Viktor i can understand why LFS just label them Mystus Cats.

So far its settled in nice , according to the Cat-elog you can keep more than one.

anyone share any experience on keeping these ? Is just one ok or is it recommended on having a pair or a small group ?