What Is Your Favorite Catfish?
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My botia thread turned into a discussion about C.davisandi, the cute Sand Corydoras that is beige with black stripe down the back and through the eye. An odd debate ensued as to whether or not this innocent looking cory has a Dark Side
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<p>S.eupterus is very pretty when little..marbled colors and long whiskers, is an easy keeper, and grows into a very impressive fish with long extended rays on the dorsal fin. I havent heard mine squeak, but he is very tame and eats out of my fingers and has been very good in the Rainbow community, even though he shares the caves with several botia and P.siamensis</p>
<p>P.siamensis came to me from the infamous Walmart, whose worker tried to talk me out of buying it because it hid all the time. They thought it was a bumble bee goby <img src=)
/ohmy.gif” style=”vertical-align:middle” emoid=”:o” border=”0″ alt=”ohmy.gif” /> and even though I told him it was worth more than the $2.00 they were asking, they wouldnt listen! so I got a really cool catfish. He is nocturnal, but he comes out if half the tank lights are off and I put in something he likes to eat. Their color is like peanut butter and fudge stripes, they have long whiskers, become tame, stop growing at 6” and are very easy keepers.Only drawbacks on both: cant keep anything the size of a swordtail on down or they get eaten in the night
QUOTE (Reva @ Jul 26 2008, 07:12 AM) < {POST_SNAPBACK}>My botia thread turned into a discussion about C.davisandi, the cute Sand Corydoras that is beige with black stripe down the back and through the eye. An odd debate ensued as to whether or not this innocent looking cory has a Dark Side/wub.gif” style=”vertical-align:middle” emoid=”:wub:” border=”0″ alt=”wub.gif” />
Followed closely by Pseudomystus siamensis- The Siamese Bumblebee/ohmy.gif” style=”vertical-align:middle” emoid=”:o” border=”0″ alt=”ohmy.gif” /> and even though I told him it was worth more than the $2.00 they were asking, they wouldnt listen! so I got a really cool catfish. He is nocturnal, but he comes out if half the tank lights are off and I put in something he likes to eat. Their color is like peanut butter and fudge stripes, they have long whiskers, become tame, stop growing at 6” and are very easy keepers.
Only drawbacks on both: cant keep anything the size of a swordtail on down or they get eaten in the night
/sad.gif” style=”vertical-align:middle” emoid=”:(” border=”0″ alt=”sad.gif” />I’ve kept Clarias batrachus and found them to be a lot of fun. I may get another one, one day. I love RTC’s, TSN and Merondontotus tigrinus to look at. But I have real issues with the housing many aquarists use to keep them. Particularly RTC’s and TSN’s. Beautiful as they are, I don’t really think they should be in the hobby. Unless someone can provide a public aquaria sized tank or massive trop pond.
The one fish I really do want to keep and have a crack at spawning is the jaguar cat or Liosomadorus oncinus. Though I’ve had problems finding the genuine artical in the hobby. I’ve not actualy seen one in the flesh for years now. If you’ve never seen one click here :-
It’s a terrible picture, but these are undoubtedly my favourite – Corydoras sp. “Gold Laser” (CW010). I have 6 but would ideally like to double that, but it’s finding them close to me that’s the b*gg*r
As to the “Why” of why I like them. I’m not altogether sure – it could be that these were the first fish that I’d ever brought from a proper breeder and not from a shop. It could be their amazing colour, or it could be their behaviour. They’re always out and about (although not gregarious as they are spooked easy – this picture is pretty old I think because they’re not fans of the camera!).
But I think it’s their eyes I love most, I love the way they watch me as much as I watch them
I think my all-time favourite catfish specimen (not species) is a Cory paleatus I had for about ten years. For the last year or two the decrepit bugger couldn’t be bothered to move except at feeding time!
I love catfish
, 2 adolphi. 5 sidthimunki’s. 2 Hoplosternum Littorale, great puppydogs but no matter how much they eat they still beg for more <img src=)
/rolleyes.gif” style=”vertical-align:middle” emoid=”:rolleyes:” border=”0″ alt=”rolleyes.gif” /> 3 (2 male)albino (gold) bristlenose ancistrus and 1 lda 31. These are all in the same tank. Out of these I’ll have to say the sidthimunki’s have the most charactor 
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In all honesty I don’t think I have a favourite as they all have lovely charactors in different ways whether it be movement, feeding, greediness, shyness, colouration etcQUOTE (ulster exile @ Jul 26 2008, 09:25 AM) < {POST_SNAPBACK}>It’s a terrible picture, but these are undoubtedly my favourite – Corydoras sp. “Gold Laser” (CW010). I have 6 but would ideally like to double that, but it’s finding them close to me that’s the b*gg*rAs to the “Why” of why I like them. I’m not altogether sure – it could be that these were the first fish that I’d ever brought from a proper breeder and not from a shop. It could be their amazing colour, or it could be their behaviour. They’re always out and about (although not gregarious as they are spooked easy – this picture is pretty old I think because they’re not fans of the camera!).
But I think it’s their eyes I love most, I love the way they watch me as much as I watch them
Our LFStore had some of these once and I almost bought some. the photo really doesnt do them justice…a very pretty fish!!!
cory fan here, C. paleatus are my fav
and I want some wild caught ones….they’re diff and really fab
I also really like Hexanematichthys seemanni, the brackish Shark Catfish. They are very happy fish, who swim all levels of the tank openly and are not nocturnal or territorial. They do get bigger and bigger and start uprooting plants and knocking over decorations though..not to mention brackish…. I kept a couple of them with Ruby Scats and was really fond of them. Trouble is, if anything goes even slightly wrong in a brackish tank, you’ve got trouble. A snail died when i was on vacation, and the nitrites spiked (which are more toxic in higher ph) and my catfish died. I was so bummed I have never kept it again
/laugh.gif” style=”vertical-align:middle” emoid=”:lol:” border=”0″ alt=”laugh.gif” /> I love Marble Sailfin Plecos too..Prehistoric!
Dont blame you David! I have two synos, and I really like them too.
Matt, that’s why I like the shark catfish, H.seemanni…they are always active in daylight and like midwater.
I like cory’s but they like their water cooler
KAH, that is definately the trouble with the cool big catfish..puts the kebosh on having anything small.
how could I forget I had a Syno Angelicus once aswell, was lovely
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