Who keeps Eeltails ?

[Eeltail]

Hi guys, im only ne to this forum and this is my first post. Who else keeps Eeltail catfish on here and what species do you own ?

[Bas Pels]

As this is an international forum, and fishes do have local names, please use the scientific, Latin name

I for one have no clue what an eeltail catfish is.

[Eeltail]

Ok Thanks. Im referring to Tandanus and Neosilurus

[Viktor Jarikov]

Wecome to the Planet!

Eeltail Catfishes is the common name for the family of Plotosidae.

They are not commonly kept but appear on this forum every now and then. To my regret, I never owned one. You can look at each data/care sheet of the fishes of your interest, like this one for Neosilurus ater http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/spe ... cies_id=35 and see registered keepers...

[Eeltail]

Thanks for the reply Viktor. I currently have a 30cm Black Ater and a 35cm Tandanus Tandanus. I also have a small Arius graeffei which is growing fast

[Viktor Jarikov]

Post pics, if you will! One way is to use Upload Attachments below the reply box - 3 pics per post.

[Eeltail]

35cm Tandanus Tandanus



30cm Neosilurus Ater

[Jools]

Hi,

As you'll see from my "my cats" lists, I keep

Neosilurus ater

.

Jools

[amiidae]

I love eeltail cat.

Hope to own T. tandanus some day.

[Viktor Jarikov]

Check out Amiidae's stunning Neosilurus ater: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... 10&t=33204

[Jools]

There are some stats on the species and their keepers here:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/fam ... mily_id=11


Jools

[Eeltail]

Im currently waiting on a Large Neosilurus Hyrtlii

[Rokuzachi]

I scrolled through this thread, hit the pics, and almost died from a combination of jealousy and cuteness overload.

Neosilurus ater is #1 on my list of "wants", have yet to track one down with anything resembling success!

[Viktor Jarikov]

Welcome to the Planet, mate! I'd suggest giving Wes Wong of Rare Fish (CA) a ring or writing him an email. He professes he can get any fish or so he told me several times. In fact, he said he cannot get only a handful of fish, mostly from the Huso genus. He can even get a Giant Mekong Catfish (farmed). His prices are reasonable and his reputation is quite good. He is a registered vendor on MFK - so you can find his section there in the "Marketplace" forum. He comes here but quite rarely and offers rare (in the US) fish like wels

[Rokuzachi]

Oh wow, thank you for the info and welcome!

I don't know why I never thought to look around over at MFK.

[Bamboo]

wow , such a strange but neat looking fish. I've never seen these.