Hi I know this is rather old, Don't know if you ever got your sun cats? My boyfriend and I have 2. He bought them when they were about 6cm, now over 3 years later, the larger of the 2 is about 25cm in length. They do and will eat anything that fits in their mouth. Currently their tank mates include ...

i had an asian redtail many years ago. Unfortunately also learned the hard way when the LFS didn't tell us what it was and that it was a predator. We lost many smaller fish in our community tank before we seperated him and our loses stopped. Once he was in his own tank he was pretty chilled. He even ...

Due to the amount of discrepencies amongst various people, i just wanted to make sure, and since i got some clearer pics, i figured they might be able to shed some light on some characteristics that may have been missed, that's all.

So sarcasm aside, thanks.

I've managed to get some better pics.

see http://www.geocities.com/bluegenie_sa/catfish/new.htm

maybe we can get a definate yes he is a ......

thanks all.

the LFS says he's a red tail.
Here's some details about him, he's definately nocturnal, doesn't like bright lights, we suspect he ate about 8 fish from our communal tank, including guppies, harlequins and tetra. The guy at the LFS said it was fine as a communal fish.

Hi all. I've created a page on an external site (too many pics to post here).

Please have a look here
http://www.geocities.com/bluegenie_sa/catfish/index.htm
and identify this catfish for me.

Many thanks.
Clarissah.