Any clue's

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Any clue's

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Been given this and not too sure on what it is. Also what food is best for it ?
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Asian Bagridae?
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tomr wrote:Asian Bagridae?
I agree. Looks like to me. :cheers:
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I agree with Ghost. Thumbing through Burgess' Catfish Atlas and it does look like macropterus on pg 490.
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Silurus wrote:That's .
It dose look similar but I still think that fish is . list a max size of 5.9". In my opinion the fish in question looks much larger than 6". So for me it still looks like . :cheers:
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If you were not aware, Silurus is Dr Heok Hee Ng b-) Google him.
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Thank's guy's all i need now is to find a suitable diet for it as does'nt seem to like the pellets etc i have been trying :((
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Re: Any clue's

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GhostArcher wrote:
Silurus wrote:That's .
It dose look similar but I still think that fish is . list a max size of 5.9". In my opinion the fish in question looks much larger than 6". So for me it still looks like . :cheers:

The obvious thing is the barbels are far too long to be Bagrichthys macropterus, which is a seldom if ever imported species.

Clearly a mystus species - i agree with Silurus

As far as diet, it really shouldn't be fussy, but is a small predatory fish so frozen livefoods, small earthworms, river shrimps are a great food to supplement basic foodsticks, pellets etc
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Re: Any clue's

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Thank's for the info will try some of these :d
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