AquaRank.com

FishProfiles.com Message Forums

faq | etiquette | register | my account | search | mailbox
# FishProfiles.com Message Forums
L# Freshwater Species
 L# Bottom Feeder Frenzy
  L#  Striped Talking Catfish
 Post Reply  New Topic
Subscribe Striped Talking Catfish
Forever-mango
*******
----------
Fish Addict
Posts: 611
Kudos: 586
Votes: 35
Registered: 01-Dec-2003
male australia
My LFS has a baby Striped Talking Catfish (Platydoras costatus) for sale and it looks very nice. Just wondering if they are ok with small fish and other catfish (ie, Bristlenose and plecos). I bit pricy ($95AUD) but very nice fish.

According to Planet-Catfish they only grow to 16cm and are ok with community fish. Here is a pic of what it looks like. The specimen for sale is about 6cm.



Mango [/font][/font]
Post InfoPosted 26-Jan-2006 12:05Profile PM Edit Report 
hembo666
----------
Big Fish
Posts: 350
Kudos: 288
Votes: 3
Registered: 01-Apr-2005
male uk
i have heard that the talking catfish may eat very small fish once it becomeslarge enough
Post InfoPosted 26-Jan-2006 12:05Profile PM Edit Delete Report 
Forever-mango
*******
----------
Fish Addict
Posts: 611
Kudos: 586
Votes: 35
Registered: 01-Dec-2003
male australia
When small they look like red tail cats, I thought they grow huge, but after reading some profiles...im wrong.
Post InfoPosted 26-Jan-2006 12:05Profile PM Edit Delete Report 
Post Reply  New Topic
Jump to: 

The views expressed on this page are the implied opinions of their respective authors.
Under no circumstances do the comments on this page represent the opinions of the staff of FishProfiles.com.

FishProfiles.com Forums, version 11.0
Mazeguy Smilies