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Mine was a striped raphael cat. That my crayfish ate, from tail onto the dorsal fins.......

A bunch of Mystus bimaculatus and Silurichthys indragiriensis I caught for observations on feeding...

'Blossum' - an albino aenus cory - got her when I got my first tank 4 yrs ago.........she survived my initial new tank syndrome catastophes and I still have her - sue

When I was nine (Summer '74), I adopted the 16G tank from my dad.

In that tank were Zebra-fish, Platy's, Black Molly's, a Chinese Algae Eater and a Kuhli Loach.
The first two fish I bought myself were a Corydoras paleatus and a C aeneus.

been hooked ever since

Taratron wrote:Mine was a striped raphael cat. That my crayfish ate, from tail onto the dorsal fins.......

Me too! Although it was soon followed by a Pseudomystus siamensis that I had for 8 years!

Jools

Jools, yours was eaten by a crayfish too?

Hi,

Taratron wrote:Mine was a striped raphael cat

Me too!But he is still alive

mine was a pictus cat.I saved money from my paper route when I was 8yrs old.I bought a 15gal. set up and the coolest fish in the store a baby pictus cat I had for year's.There still one of my favorite's.

A Brown Bullhead was my first Catfish. It was totally fascinating compared to the various other Coldwater fish I was keeping at the time. To think that was only 18 months ago...

My Spotted Cory, Pepper.

Taratron wrote:Jools, yours was eaten by a crayfish too?

No, sorry, that was misleading. I was meaning my first catfish - I have never kept Crustacea.

Jools

A Zebra Plec was my first catfish given to me by a friend from his 30ltr tank. It now seems much happier in my 175ltr tank with 2 more Zebras and a host of other middle and upper swimmers.

My first catfishes were pair from Mystys vittattus -group.

A Zebra Plec was my first catfish given to me by a friend from his 30ltr tank. It now seems much happier in my 175ltr tank with 2 more Zebras and a host of other middle and upper swimmers.

I´m willing to accept too zebra plecos and other Hypancistrus spp if someone is giving them away for free

HI!

Well mine was a group of Corydoras araguaiensis and a Ancistrus sp.
Cheers
Yann

my first catfish would be the one in my signature, a bumblebee jelly cat webpage has more info on it.

I love him, he is in an 8 gallon tank right now, soon to move to a 30 gallon or bigger within the next month or so. he is happy and healthy, well fed. he is currently tank mates with a common pleco of similair size they will be moving to a larger tank soon, then I will be hunting for more bumblebees to add ;) they will be raised in my 8 gallon until they are big enough to live with the other BB cat (might be a ten gallon grow up tank if I can get one cheap, then the 8 gallon will go to guppies, gonna raise and try to spawn them to raise some feeder fish to give as an occasional treat

A sailfin plectostomus named Kalle 4 years ago. He was so beautiful. Died when he got hit in the head some glass, when my aquarium tilted. How I cried. .
And that´s how I learned alway to keep my aquaria on something stabile.

A Liposarcus pardalis named Pizza, I got her in '91 and she's still alive and healthy at 13". She's the reason I love plecos/catfish!

Jools wrote:No, sorry, that was misleading. I was meaning my first catfish - I have never kept Crustacea.Jools

I'm sure I heard Allan say that you were well known for your crabs when you were younger. Did I mishear him?

I had some corys way back when, but that was before I knew how to keep an an aquarium. Since I have been enlightened, just some channel cats in my pond.

My first catfish was Corydoras bondii! I was 10 years old, and I kept it with a wild form of Guppy.

Cory for president!