Sorubim Lima all the way!

Thanks Silurus. The thing is my Sorubims are different colored. My larger one is nearly gray colored on the top of his body, and he has been that color all his life. My smaller Sorubim is brown on the top of his body, and has black streaks on top of the brown.

Does anybody keep or have pix of Sorubim species, other than the lima? I have been trying to find info and pix on these fish but I can't find any. I'm especially looking for pix on S. elongatus. Physical descriptions of these are okay. Just wondering.

Thanks, guys. I was looking for something banjo size but wasn't sure if there were any brackish banjos. I believe that the lfs might be able to get these banjos eventually.

Here's a new question. Are there any true brackish cats, other than ariids? I haven't seen any posts on this at all, save one. If so, where are they from, and how big do they get? I am not looking for a cat that can standbrackish, but a cat that naturally occurs in brackish.

Those fish in the "happy" three year old Aquababy were rosy barbs, which get 6 inches, and need to be kept in large groups. Perhaps next they will force RTC into plastic cups and tell people they are happy and helathy. Once, again the adverising dollar has enslaved more fish. Really ticked off ...

Mine was a pl*co, a blue crayfish, and 4 pirahna in my 75. The pirahna chowed through(count them!), 3 tiger barbs, 1 eel,the crayfish, 2 rasboras, each other's fins, my plec's fin, and several other things I can't remember. It was a year long nightmare. SorubimLima

Sharkman, I'm only a kid but I'm pretty sure that even some genetically different animals can get the same size or bigger of their normal counterparts. I have no idea about how to create flowerhorns, but say if you took a jack dempsey and a texas cichlid, and mixed them into a flowerhorn, it would ...

Hi, this is to just say that if a fish, say aarapaima gigas, which gets 15 feet, in a 4 foot aquarium, it will either 1. die from lack of food, 2. continue to grow until it bursts the tank or snaps its spinal cord, or 3. become stunted by lack of space. I am not totally sure on number 2, though so I ...

Wow, you are lucky! I can't even get my lima to eat flakes, even after a year with him. He might be eating the fish, just under the cover of darkness. SorubimLima

Courtney, you said you had snail, a ropefish, and guppies, among other things. A ropefish in a 55 is pushing it sizewise, and once he hits about 4-5 inches, the guppies and snails are doomed, because the rope is nocturnal and quite predatory. They guppie's colors probably condemn them more. And from ...

Thanks, Medaka. First, will the Hara be okay with tetras? I have 4 head and tail light, 1 cherry barb, and 3 blind cave tetras also in the tank, along with my baby platy in a net breeder and its parents. I plan to move the trio of Blind caves into my 75 galllon as soon as they are full grown. Are ...

Hi. Does anybody have any suggestions for a catfish in a ten gallon tank? It needs to be a maximum of 2 inches, yet tough enough to stand up to my betta. I do not want any cories! I was thinking maybe a different species of otocinclus, other than the common one. This catfish has to be small and ...

I think a slow feeder, like a pl*co would be good because it would rarely eat the eel or lima food, and is fairly slow, plus it will eat algae. Somewhat off topic, it is illegal for Asian fish importers to import clown loaches of over 4" to anywhere to protect future generations. Just some food for ...

Oman, they will probably be fine. Mine has to compete with a common pl*co in a 75 gallon, and the pl*co is a voracious eater! They will eat shrimp and other meaty foods, although they aren't good for the Farlowella's nutrition. It will eat algae wafers, but it might take a while for them to ...

Hi, from what I have read, a full grown Dempsey will toatlly destroy smaller and weaker fish like a small pl*co or a school of say, tetras as the dither fish. In a 40 gallon a Dempsey will survive but there probably isn't enough room for a cat tough and big enough to stand up to one. Another smaller ...

Hey guys. In my experience, my raphael never has made any noise not even a peep, and I have had him for about a year. Any noise made will probably be muffled by the filter, tank glass, lid, etc. so the sound waves will be very faint with all these obstacles. Hope I could help.
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Hi, Bungiweb. From what I have seen a lima should be fine in a tank of that dimensions, although it might have a little trouble turning around, which it rarely does. Limas can hold their own against things like pictus in my tank, as long as the lights have been off for a while and the lima has had ...

Nope, but this is getting close. I may be able to get a pic I took of it, but it most likely be very good because the cat in question was small and was constantly moving.
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Silurus, it had a rounded snout in the shape of a semicircle, the nose wasn't fat but it wasn't really thick. Silurus can you give me a scientific or common name of anything you had in mind? I am about 90 percent sure that it was an ageneiosus from the pix in the Cat-e-log. Thanks for the input ...

Mike, you aren't insulting me, but the Tatia has too much coloring of brown and orange. Sorry if I wasn't clear enough on my description. It had orange and brown streaks all over a cream background. And when I say it had blue eyes, I mean like clear sky blue. It possibly was a hybrid but that seemed ...

If you must have tetras, then I suggest a larger tetra, like a bleeding heart or blind cave tetra, then the bleeding heart would be okay with caution and the blind cave tetras would be fine if they are all full grown. I'm not an expert but I have seen very thick blind caves bordering on 4 inches ...

Please, please let this topic be in the right forum. On a trip a couple of weeks ago to the Shedd Aquarium, me and my brother were fascinated by a group of driftwood catfish with cobalt blue eyes, and a creamy stomach with an orange and brown mottled pattern all over its body. We believe that it may ...

Thanks for the replies Pictus Man and Racoll. Racoll, what exactly do you mean by swimming space? Defending a territory, feeding grounds, open space, etc. For the record, my limas aren't even very active during the night hours with the exception of their food raids. Mine don't move more than a few ...

Hey greenmonkey, I think that a decently tall c*****d, like a firemouth might work with a lima when it does get around 24"(in a couple of years). A really neat cichlid, if you don't have a planted tank is the Uaru, or Triangle c*****d. It will eventually get around 12" and can be kept in pairs. It ...

Nice fish TiGrInus, love the big cats!
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Hey Grubby Sculpin,have you considered a big school of maybe 4-6 pictus? Active fish, get a decent size, and very pretty. Another thing is maybe a couple of Farlowella Acus if you need an algae eater. If cost was not an issue another good pim would be Pimelodidae ornatus, the ornate pim like a ...

Me again. Just got back from the lfs about an hour ago. When I was there I found this 6 inch Sorubim Lima for a great price. He has acclimated already and nothing seems to be caring about his arrival, other than my 8 in. Sorubim and pictus cats. He and the bigger shovel have been swimming together ...

Thanks for the advice, people. I was worried he might not be getting enough nutrition. As for size, he is currently about eight inches long. How many years will it take for him to outgrow the 75? In that time I will eithere have a larger tank(unlikely), or I will have to give him to my mom, who ...

Hi everybody! I'm new and I had some questions for the Sorubim Lima keepers out there. First, how big a tank do you guys put these cats in? I currently keep mine with a 5 inch Firemouth c******d, a gold gourami, a blue gourami, a brown knifefish, a common pl*co, a farlowella acus, a 3 inch clown ...