Panda catfish

Shawnm311 · Post by **Shawnm311** » 21 May 2003, 18:21

Does anyone else have any Panda catfish? They have 2 or 3 black dots on them. My fish store said they used to sell for $10 now they are down to about $3 here so my fish store got some in, but only for a limited time. Do they sell these fish in your area?

Post by **Silurus** » 21 May 2003, 18:25

You mean <clog>Corydoras panda</clog>? They are fairly common.

Allan · Post by **Allan** » 21 May 2003, 19:50

Yeah, now a days you find them quite often in Petstores here in Denmark as well. But it was rare to find them here just a year ago.

3 $ seems cheap to me though, the price on them here in the stores is app 6 $.

Allan

Pooks73 · Post by **Pooks73** » 21 May 2003, 19:54

they run about $3-4 each here for them. i see them everywhere now, a very common cory species in this area.

Shawnm311 · Post by **Shawnm311** » 21 May 2003, 22:29

Really thats good. They just got them here in Texas. They are about $3-4. I think they are a cool looking catfish

Andy · Post by **Andy** » 27 May 2003, 21:56

Are these the only cories with this pattern? I've seen a couple with more or less the same markings but a lot whiter in the body. I'll be buying those as soon as I get my tank going anyhow but I'd like to know a bit more about them as well.

Shawnm311 · Post by **Shawnm311** » 28 May 2003, 17:55

I really like the panda catfish there is another catfish they sell here called a Clown Catfush that has a small pattern but those are the only two that I have seen around here

Post by **Silurus** » 28 May 2003, 19:04

There are several catfishes known as clown catfish.
One is synodontis decora

And another is Gagata cenia

Shawnm311 · Post by **Shawnm311** » 29 May 2003, 22:39

That is a nice catfish..how much do those cost?

Caol_ila · Post by **Caol_ila** » 29 May 2003, 22:52

Hi!

My shop had a huge one mustve been around 25 cm and they wanted a lot for it although it was a tradein from somebody else. He didnt say the price but told me too expensive for me as he knows my fish-budget.

Post by **Silurus** » 29 May 2003, 23:48

You can expect to pay $20 and up for S. decorus in the US.

Zack · Post by **Zack** » 30 May 2003, 02:43

My lfs can get them for me for $35 us. im sure thats a little high though as i live on a island in alaska so as you would imagine shipping is a *$&%#^.

Shawnm311 · Post by **Shawnm311** » 30 May 2003, 06:01

I wish my store had those I like them. If I ask my local fish store about them will they order one just for me? Do your fish stores do this for you?

Zack · Post by **Zack** » 30 May 2003, 07:15

Both of my fish stores do this for me, A tip though is to have them get it in with their next shipment rather than paying seperate shipping that way shipping is free. Your lfs might not be able to get them thoug, they can only order them if there breader/supplyer has them or can get them. Before you get these fish make sure you read the catfish of the month article on them, they get big.

Shawnm311 · Post by **Shawnm311** » 30 May 2003, 15:21

thanks Zack I will go read up on them