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Who keeps Eeltails ?

Posted: 23 Jun 2013, 05:10
by 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 ?

Re: Who keeps Eeltails ?

Posted: 23 Jun 2013, 08:41
by 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.

Re: Who keeps Eeltails ?

Posted: 23 Jun 2013, 09:12
by Eeltail
Ok Thanks. Im referring to Tandanus and Neosilurus

Re: Who keeps Eeltails ?

Posted: 23 Jun 2013, 14:07
by 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...

Re: Who keeps Eeltails ?

Posted: 23 Jun 2013, 23:01
by 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

Re: Who keeps Eeltails ?

Posted: 24 Jun 2013, 17:18
by Viktor Jarikov
Post pics, if you will! One way is to use Upload Attachments below the reply box - 3 pics per post.

Re: Who keeps Eeltails ?

Posted: 26 Jun 2013, 07:36
by Eeltail
35cm Tandanus Tandanus

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30cm Neosilurus Ater

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Re: Who keeps Eeltails ?

Posted: 26 Jun 2013, 14:11
by Jools
Hi,

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

Jools

Re: Who keeps Eeltails ?

Posted: 26 Jun 2013, 14:23
by amiidae
I love eeltail cat.

Hope to own T. tandanus some day. :)

Re: Who keeps Eeltails ?

Posted: 26 Jun 2013, 14:42
by Viktor Jarikov
Check out Amiidae's stunning Neosilurus ater: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... 10&t=33204

Re: Who keeps Eeltails ?

Posted: 26 Jun 2013, 15:07
by Jools
There are some stats on the species and their keepers here:

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


Jools

Re: Who keeps Eeltails ?

Posted: 27 Jun 2013, 05:46
by Eeltail
Im currently waiting on a Large Neosilurus Hyrtlii

Re: Who keeps Eeltails ?

Posted: 18 Jul 2013, 05:48
by 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!

Re: Who keeps Eeltails ?

Posted: 18 Jul 2013, 18:03
by 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 :)

Re: Who keeps Eeltails ?

Posted: 19 Jul 2013, 01:07
by Rokuzachi
Oh wow, thank you for the info and welcome!

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

Re: Who keeps Eeltails ?

Posted: 13 Dec 2013, 19:58
by Bamboo
wow , such a strange but neat looking fish. I've never seen these.