that particular electric zapped me a few times when it was still a wee 5-6" and we just bought it for a few bucks (they wanted to get rid of it). not a nice experience, especially when carrying the fish in a wet fish-bag under my shirt because it was cold outside....... What??? Really I did not ...

A while back there was some people wanting to see one of these. Last night debating on weather to scrape the glass of my tank there he was out in the open. So here it is. Keep in mind that aside from these pics being some of the crappiest I have ever taken and the glass being really dirty and it ...

think hes catching up where sid ended....no tankmates

Lame......Good moderating on this one by the way.

Think outside the box! Why get hung up on catfish as tankmates for your Hemichromis? Since you're obviously into large predatory fish, why not something like Hydrocynus goliath? In the case of H. fasciatus, it would even be more or less biotopicaly correct. Hopefully that was a joke. I am really ...

not good. the catfish "most likely to adapt to c*****ds" are tough Synodontis, like nigrita, ocellifer, eupterus, obesus, nigromaculatus, schall or angelicus. If the Syno's get pounded upon, a Bagrid and especially a Doradid (!) will get ripped to pieces; something I've seen too often already ...

How about something less likely to come out in the open during the day like Raphaels or Leiocassis siamensis.

Or a Zamora Wood cat http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/au ... /352_f.php

I have seen them on wholesalers lists are driftwood cats.

I am not sure how to upload so here is a link to a page they are hosted on. Down at the bottom they are labelled.

Just a couple videos of my buddy doing what he does best. Eat.

http://www.cichlidgallery.com/under-construction

See that is the thing. It is in to small of a space to swim at all and it does lay on its belly. It looks a lot like the fish in the catelog.

Does anybody have pics of what a lfs has labelled as a black synodontis. There is one at a LFS near me about 8 inches in length. Jet black with a few silver specs which makes me pretty confident it is a Heterobagrus leucophasis. Having said that the store owner tells me otherwise as they look very ...

I have two about 5-6 inches each in a grow out tank that they now are considered permanent residents of. I really like them. Tthey are a very active catfish and also a great clean up crew. They fight with eachother most days, but nobody ever scars (I swear they act like they playfight). As for other ...

Polypterus lapredei =snake like thing

I would just a small one. Mine has grown to about 14 inches in about 9 months. That is after being stunted at 4-5 in a 50 at the fish store for a year. I think they grow as fast as any cat I have owned.

Thanks guys but I was sacrcastic about the night crawlers. I just think it is funny that walmart calls them Canadian.

-------------------------------------------------------------------------------- very cool my all time favorite cat ! i have a 24 incher that eats out of my hand and always comes to the front of the tank when i walk near it . thank god for wal mart selling the packages of 24 canadian night crawlers ...

I have a 15inch artc. I have read what terrors these fish are but I have not witness it yet. Mine is pretty calm and is alway hungry. Also he grew very quickly. This is just my expericence with this fish.

How long have you had him? Does he have tanks mates and what size tank?

Out of curiousity

http://www.cichlidgallery.com/album110/100_0008_IMG?full=1 Here is a linked pic of my ps Niger. This was a rescue cat from a 50 gallon at a fish store for over a year. I couldn't stand seeing him in there anymore. He has now rocketed to easily one of my favorite fish. After 12 inches the hiding ...

How about size Silirus? In the catelog it show wyckii stay smaller.

Now that I have figured out which one I have I am just interested to hear from others who have ART. Are they pretty much the same in personality as a wyckii? How big have you seen them, what do you feed them etc? Pics would be cool as well. All I can find on the internet is wild ones. I would be ...

Awesome Fishman!

Why do you say that Silurus?

Out of curiousity.

I had to get pics out of water unfortunately (hard to take pics of them) so the color is drowned out and the white on the caudal which is there for sure doesn't show as much but here you go
http://www.cichlidgallery.com/album112

Pics in the whats my cat section.

I actually got three because last time I bought 1. I lost him when he got about 6 inches he jumped out of the tank. I have been looking for months for another. Finally was able to order them in and I am not making the same mistake twice. I am aware they are solitary. :wink: Checck the buy sell on ...

I picked up three. I will get some pics, but I am pretty sure they are wyckii.

There is definatley white lines on the caudals and the head is flat like a spade shovel.

They do seem to have white edges on the caudal. So I guess they are wyckii which I am happy about. I just am still a bit unsure as they are $10 for 3 inch fish which seems really cheap for one from what I have seen. This is usually the cost for a ARTC I understand, but crystal eyed it seems really ...

Thanks for the quick reply. I will check it out.

How do you distinguish one from the other when juvies?

Anybody hava any idea where I can get informaiton on these guys?
I can't find anything. Especially max size, temperment?

Thanks again. I would love to hear from anybody with experience with these cats.