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by _erik_
21 May 2006, 08:44
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Catfish for my 138g
Replies: 13
Views: 3320

Catfish for my 138g

hi Dunno if this is the right part of the forum to post this but anyway... I´ve got a 138 gallon tank (48x26x26) that I would like to keep one big mean catfish in. On another forum they suggested a Wyckii or asian RTC (Mystus nemurus). Do you guys think it would work? And do you get any other s ...
by _erik_
23 Mar 2006, 21:05
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: silver shovelnose?
Replies: 3
Views: 701

yeah, thats almost it... but one difference, the fish i saw had eyes who were "looking up"... it also had dug a hole in the gravel in the tank...
by _erik_
23 Mar 2006, 19:13
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: silver shovelnose?
Replies: 3
Views: 701

silver shovelnose?

hi!

Today at lfs store I saw a catfish that had the bodyshape of a shovelnose catfish but was silver colored... I dont have a pic unfortnunantly:(...
by _erik_
19 Oct 2005, 21:22
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Phractocephalus pseudopfasiatus
Replies: 13
Views: 2381

Thanks for the answers!

Would I be able to house the Sorubim lima with aggresive cichlids (like A. trimaculatum)? It´s pretty expensive, at least here in sweden and it would hurt my economy really much if the cichlid killed it...
by _erik_
18 Oct 2005, 20:02
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Phractocephalus pseudopfasiatus
Replies: 13
Views: 2381

okay... Can you recommend any other predatory catfish that reaches about 12 inches?
by _erik_
18 Oct 2005, 19:11
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Phractocephalus pseudopfasiatus
Replies: 13
Views: 2381

Okay...well that´s not very good:S... I didn´t think the fish was going to be that big in the future... But at least I got a good price, just $11 instead of the the "real" red tail price which was $42...But are you sure theres no other species of Phractocephalus then? Thanks for the answers!
by _erik_
18 Oct 2005, 18:14
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Phractocephalus pseudopfasiatus
Replies: 13
Views: 2381

no, not really... It looks a lot like a redtail catfish but hasn´t got the same red color on it´s tail... The petshop owner said that it´s gets a lot smaller than the red tail, only about 30 cm (12 inches)... I just wanted to find out if thats true...
by _erik_
18 Oct 2005, 16:39
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Phractocephalus pseudopfasiatus
Replies: 13
Views: 2381

Phractocephalus pseudopfasiatus

Hello!

Yesterday I bought a Phractocephalus pseudopfasiatus, and I really don´t know anything about this fish... How big does it get and what should I feed it?

Grateful for answers

/Erik

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