I am looking at buying approx 9-10 peppermint bristlenose catfish at about 2-3cm and will have to travel 300km (3hours) to get home. Do you think this is a bit risky with them at this size or should I be fine if I put them in an esky? TIA

I would chose my male carpintis over any other fish. I owned its parents that were high quality and then chose the best out of hundreds of fry, people want to buy it all the time but its not for sale lol It is fish like this that should be the center piece of an aquarium.

Sounds like I am going to have to look around for something else. I have a Synodontis Eupterus in my other 4ft with my other Americans are there any other catfish that get to around the size of the featherfin and can put up with aggressive cichlids?

I just thought that maybe because the texas was still young that he would be able to grow up with it and accept it.

The texas is 6 months old and between 6-7". I am guessing that the black eeltail catfish is more of an active catfish then not like a pleco that just goes and sits around the place.

Hi I am looking to buy a 25-30cm black eeltail catfish from my lfs for $80 and was wondering first what size tank you keep yours in. I am looking at keeping mine in a 48x18x20 75gallon tank with my green texas carpintis and do you think that $80 is over priced?