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janelass Small Fry Posts: 2 Kudos: 1 Votes: 1 Registered: 11-Jan-2006   | I'v recently rescured a eeltailed cat fish, dose any have experince keeping them at all that can give me tips. it's in a tank with two goldfish and and few neons at the min.. (my housemates tank broke was the only palace to put it). It's currently only about 2 1/2In". not quite sure what i'm going to do wiht it. Last edited by janelass at 11-Jan-2006 21:50 |
 Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 |     |
Calilasseia    *Ultimate Fish Guru* Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003   | This one puzzles me. Got a pic of this beast? Then I can set about tracking it down on PlanetCatfish for you. Only this is not an exercise for the faint hearted, as there are something like 2,500 species of catfish to check against!   |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 |   |
bettachris   Ultimate Fish Guru Posts: 3875 Kudos: 4173 Votes: 452 Registered: 13-Jun-2004  | i think they are sometimes called yellow catfish, but with most large wild catfish watch out for smaller fishes with it. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 | |
| Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004 | Most plotosids get relatively big; definitely large enough to swallow a neon whole. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 |   |
synodontis  Fish Master Posts: 1403 Kudos: 2000 Votes: 1099 Registered: 02-Oct-2003  | Since you are in Aus I agree with COL in that it will be some kind if plotosid. My guess would be this As you can see they get huge so you should really pass him on -------------------------- Billy was a scientist, Billy is no more. For what he thought was H20, was H2SO4 |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 | |
| janelass Small Fry Posts: 2 Kudos: 1 Votes: 1 Registered: 11-Jan-2006 | Yep pretty sure it is a Tandanus tandanus, Iick , he gets big, still not sure what i will do with it. i'm setting up a 4ft fropical tank at the min. Maybe he could stay in that till he got bigger, Maybe best to move him on , to where?. He is allready a bitt off a bully chaseing the goldfish about and on of little fish has disapeared. Still he/she is a intresting little fallow. jess |
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| Calilasseia *Ultimate Fish Guru* Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003 | Well, if you're living in Australia, you should have fewer problems if it IS a Tandanus as Tandanus tandanus is a native Australian fish in any case, so if he gets too big, you could just release him into the wild. Needless to say I would STRENUSOULY WARN AGAINST doing this with a NON NATIVE fish because apart from the ecological damage that could result, you could be looking at a prison sentence if you release a non-native fish - I gather that Australia now has extremely strict laws covering this! |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:04 | |
| synodontis Fish Master Posts: 1403 Kudos: 2000 Votes: 1099 Registered: 02-Oct-2003 | well i'm not sure where you are located, but is there a public aquarium nearby that would take him? or perhaps a LFS? I'm not sure about the laws in Aus so I won't suggest releasing it back into the wild just yet. We need another Australian for this thread -------------------------- Billy was a scientist, Billy is no more. For what he thought was H20, was H2SO4 |
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