Gorgous catfish Sean!

welcome to Planet Catfish, i too am fairly new

- Adrian

no problem and thanks for the welcome

- Adrian

'ello all!


well, i've gotten back into catfish! well, i did about two months ago anyway hehe so...about two years ago i happened upon this forum and lurked/read up on various species, the Raphael's caught my attention, as well as the pictus cats. i know....some people think of them as "amateur ...

males have more "bristles" on their faces, whiel female susuallu only have a few closer to their mouths.

zenyfish- yes i do plan on taking him in. actually i'm taking both tubs inside for the winter :). it gets pretty cold where i live (usually -5'C to -30'C eep!!). i hope he doens't end up going after the goldies (he is in with 2 commons and 1 comet atm in a 90g), bu i can easily mov ehim to his own ...

i know the quetsion wasn't pointed at me, but i'd just like to say that my L001 has never touched my live plants, i have him in with lilly pads, arrow head plants, java moss, cabomba, java fern, amazon swords, and a few others.i think if you provide enough food, both veggies and protien, then they ...

i have a small 6" L001, a member on here just helped me identify it :)

i was wondering if anyone here has any experiances that they could share with me with these guys? at the moment he is in a 90g tub with 3 common goldfish. he has been in there for 2.5 months and has been doing quite well, he ...

yep! thats exactly it!~ i don't knoow how i overlooked him! eep! thank you

hello all, i can't seem to get a good pic, so i'll have to describe him. ok, well i purchased a pleco about 2.5 months ago, in that time he has gone from 2" to 6", so he is quite the little grower. at the petstore (Big Al's) he was labeled as a brazilion Sailfin, but i've come to find that there is ...

thank you. that was very helpful . but does any one have any experiances they can share about these fish? like odd little behaviours form individual fish?

hi! i'm Sillyfish :D . a 15 yera old girl from Canada Ontario.pretty mcuh my entire life i ahve liked fish, cared for them, breed them, rasied them, and so on. i only have 1 catfish. he is a 5" pictus cat that is resideing in an 20g by himslef with only soem driftwood to keep him company. i'v ehad ...

hi, i'm new here and i would like to have a go with catfishes. i've had 7 years of experiance with other fish, so i'd like to think that i know a good bit bout fish. i've decided to start out with spotted raphaels. i'v researched them, so i will be setting up the tank to mimic their their naturla ...