Platystacus cotylephorus

All posts regarding the care and breeding of these catfishes from South America.
Post Reply
FredMotorhead
Posts: 7
Joined: 28 Jun 2016, 21:32
My cats species list: 8 (i:0, k:0)
My aquaria list: 1 (i:1)
Location 1: Netherlands
Location 2: Elst
Interests: Keeping catfish
Contact:

Platystacus cotylephorus

Post by FredMotorhead »

Image

Image

What's the matter with my Platystacus?????

:-\ :-\ :-\
The most beautiful catfish is the L95, :-BD
User avatar
catfishchaos
Posts: 498
Joined: 25 Mar 2014, 22:29
My cats species list: 35 (i:25, k:0)
My aquaria list: 7 (i:6)
My Wishlist: 1
Spotted: 14
Location 1: Halifax
Location 2: Nova scotia, Canada
Interests: Spearfishing, freediving, flyfishing, flytying, bowfishing, long boarding, archery, photography, reptiles, arachnids, catfish, cacti and succulents, exploration/travel, conservation and always acquiring more

Re: Platystacus cotylephorus

Post by catfishchaos »

Look like its just shedding its skin. All four of my shed their skin anywhere from a week to a month after I got them and haven't done it again sense. My "theory" is that they do it when adjusting to different water qualities and even if thats the case its probably only a very small part of why they do it.

Just a heads up though, next time its best to give a little description of whats going and some water quality measurements.
I can stop keeping catfish whenever I want. I just don't think I'll ever want to do that...
Post Reply

Return to “South American Catfishes (Everything else)”