Gold Lancer?

BoBzz · Post by **BoBzz** » 22 Feb 2004, 22:54

I saw the name Gold lancer cat on a fish list at the LFS, but I cant find anything with that common name.

What species is most likely to be?
(*I'm posting this here since its a lancer I'm assuming its an Asian cat, Im sorry if im wrong

*)

Thanks,
Sam

Post by **Silurus** » 22 Feb 2004, 23:32

I think that's another name for .

BoBzz · Post by **BoBzz** » 22 Feb 2004, 23:52

Thanks HH!

Are they usually as strongly patterned as they are Here:http://filaman.uni-kiel.de/Summary/Spec ... havmolleri

Or are they more like the pic in the E log?

How common/rare are they?
Whats a good price?

Thanks,
Sam

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 23 Feb 2004, 00:10

Hi,

I still have three of the cats that I originally took the pic of in the Cat-eLog. The pattern is the same, though a little darker, but have none of the markings of the fish shown at FishBase. I should take a newer pic.

Post by **Silurus** » 23 Feb 2004, 00:14

The Fishbase pic is of a very young fish. As they grow, some of the stripes fade until it acquires the adult coloration as seen in the Cat-eLog pic.
They are not particularly rare, but neither are they commonly encountered. I've seen them for sale at an LFS for $10, which seems to be the going rate.

BoBzz · Post by **BoBzz** » 23 Feb 2004, 00:18

Thanks guys!

Ill see if they are still on the list this week.

BoBzz · Post by **BoBzz** » 23 Feb 2004, 00:21

Are they particularly active?
Or pretty much an eat and hide nocturnal?

Post by **Silurus** » 23 Feb 2004, 00:22

They are quite reclusive, which is the norm for most fast-water catfish.

BoBzz · Post by **BoBzz** » 23 Feb 2004, 00:44

Silurus wrote:They are quite reclusive, which is the norm for most fast-water catfish.

Ah, I figured.
Thanks!

I guess my Ompok is a exception to the above, I constantly see him darting from driftwood to driftwood.
Sort of off topic, but way back when you mentioned your Ompok eats pellets.
How did you manage to get him on them?
Mine wont take anything other than live/frozen.

Post by **Silurus** » 23 Feb 2004, 00:48

How did you manage to get him on them?

I dunno, other than not feeding the fish in the tank with anything else but prepared foods. I guess the Ompok learned pretty quickly that it was either the pellets or starvation.

DeepFriedIctalurus · Post by **DeepFriedIctalurus** » 23 Feb 2004, 07:13

I've had 2 of these for less than a couple weeks now, I see them every time food hits the tank. They even turned a nicer gold-tone from being pretty much tan at the store. Of course I don't see them much outside of feeding time, but at least they're easy on me there. They eat everything I put in the tank besides the veggies for the loaches.

I'm considering getting a couple more for my 100g stream tank so my question for Heok Hee is... Are Batasio like most other bagrids, with the males not being able to stand eachother? I didn't think to check before I put them in the tank and it'd be nice to know before I just went to get 2 more w/o making sure.

Also I'm not so sure about their listed max size. Those I'm seeing for sale are already this big, and over a year ago I had a female that was easily 4" SL. I can't imagine any other fish looking exactly like em...?

Tyler

Post by **Silurus** » 23 Feb 2004, 08:23

They are not very sociable, but neither are they overtly territorial, so you should have no problems putting more than one male in the same tank.