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	Featherfin catfish
riri1 Fish Addict Posts: 537 Kudos: 435 Votes: 44 Registered: 04-Mar-2005	have u ever heard of a Featherfin catfish attacking any other fish but for no reason at all. hes been attacking my pleco a lot.
Posted 27-Mar-2008 05:22
Joe Potato Fish Addict Kind of a Big Deal Posts: 869 Votes: 309 Registered: 09-Jan-2001	How much cover is in the tank? They may just be fighting over hiding places. Out of curiosity, how big is the tank and what else is in it?
Posted 27-Mar-2008 05:31
Brengun Big Fish Posts: 355 Kudos: 187 Votes: 110 Registered: 22-Jun-2007	I have 3 eupterus and although I have never seen them openly attack anyone, I do suspect they get up to plain mischief late at night. I have lost a couple of dw gourami and I suspect the featherfins tickle them from underneath when they are sleeping and they torpedo into the glass in fright. The other night one FF was trying to shoulder the clown loach out of her favourite log. Nothing doing, and she held the log until the FF eventually got tired of it and went back to his friends in the shipwreck.
Posted 28-Mar-2008 12:30
riri1 Fish Addict Posts: 537 Kudos: 435 Votes: 44 Registered: 04-Mar-2005	they in a 100 gallon tank with 1 oscar and 1 common pleco and he is always attacking the pleco his fins are starting to disappear more and more every day!
Posted 28-Mar-2008 21:58
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	You didn't answer the questions posed. Eupterus cats will often try to defend agains bottom feeders IF they are not a lot of hiding places in the tank. Providing more caves for the eupterus and the plec to choose from may reduce aggression. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 29-Mar-2008 18:40
riri1 Fish Addict Posts: 537 Kudos: 435 Votes: 44 Registered: 04-Mar-2005	there are a total of 10 caves big enough for him there are 3 fish in the tank so there are plenty!
Posted 29-Mar-2008 21:49
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	You might have to remove either the featherfin or the plec if it doesn't seem the featherfin is going to chill out... You might just have a really aggressive fish. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 29-Mar-2008 23:56
synodontis Fish Master Posts: 1403 Kudos: 2000 Votes: 1099 Registered: 02-Oct-2003	There may be a lot of caves, but if the featherfin has a favourite one it might be fighting to keep it for itself. Does the fighting occur around just one cave? In one of my tanks, my featherfin doesn't chase/annoy any catfish as long as they don't come in, or get within a inch or so of 'his/her' pipe. -------------------------- Billy was a scientist, Billy is no more. For what he thought was H20, was H2SO4
Posted 30-Mar-2008 01:44
riri1 Fish Addict Posts: 537 Kudos: 435 Votes: 44 Registered: 04-Mar-2005	no its by any cave hes in but i think i might take out the pleco and put in a different pleco like maybe a mango or something!
Posted 30-Mar-2008 02:59
Shinigami Ichthyophile Catfish/Oddball Fan Posts: 9962 Kudos: 2915 Registered: 22-Feb-2001	Getting a different plec doesn't solve the problem that the featherfin is acting aggressively towards other fish in its caves, and most plecs do like to hide in caves. -------------------------------------------- The aquarist is one who must learn the ways of the biologist, the chemist, and the veterinarian.
Posted 30-Mar-2008 03:05
riri1 Fish Addict Posts: 537 Kudos: 435 Votes: 44 Registered: 04-Mar-2005	ill try to get another piece of driftwood because i was just watching him today and he mainly attacks the pleco around the drift wood so ill try that then ill see what happens!
Posted 30-Mar-2008 03:18
Joe Potato Fish Addict Kind of a Big Deal Posts: 869 Votes: 309 Registered: 09-Jan-2001	bump Just checking in to see how it all worked out. Did the driftwood help?
Posted 09-Apr-2008 05:35
riri1 Fish Addict Posts: 537 Kudos: 435 Votes: 44 Registered: 04-Mar-2005	well no the driftwood didn't help at all so yea the tank is now empty and i dont know wat to do with the tank im gona post a new topic about wat to put in it i sold the featherfin to a friend for 20 dollars and im gona restock the tank with some small cichlids.
Posted 09-Apr-2008 23:35


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