Thursday, 6 December 2012

Yellow Polo fish


Description: It is 6.5 inches or 16.51cm. It is tame to also eat peas,bloodworms and corn but most preferably flakes. Going for $25. A very friendly fish!

Featherfin squeker


Description: It is 6 inches or 15.24cm. It is tame to also eat corn and peas.Also able to eat bloodworm!Favorite food would still be the flakes! Going for $10 only!

Background info: The featherfin squeaker (Synodontis euptera) or Featherfin Synodontis is a species of Synodontis catfish. This species is found in the basins of the White Nile, Volta and Niger Rivers and the Chad Basin. Featherfin squeakers are called such due to their ability to make noises to communicate with one another and also for their high feather-like fin which is valued by many hobbyists. Wild specimens can grow to a length of 30.0 centimetres (11.8 in). They are very hardy and easy to care for. As with any fish, the tank water should always be clean and at a balanced pH (7-8.5), kH of 2–15 and a warm water temperature, around 25 to 28 degrees Celsius (77 to 82 °F). This catfish is omnivorous.

Credits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Featherfin_squeaker

Wednesday, 5 December 2012

Tiger Shovelnose catfish


Description: 11.5 inches or 29.21cm. It is tame to also eat corn and peas. Going for $300.

Background info:
The distribution of the Tiger Shovelnose catfish includes the great river basins of South America: the Amazon, Orinoco, Paraná, São Francisco, Magdalena, Rupununi, Essequibo, and Suriname River. Tiger shovel nose are all large, boldly striped or spotted catfishes. They are familiar due to their distinctively marked color patterns. They are also recognized due to a depressed head, anoccipital process extending backward to contact the predorsal plate, and a very long fontanel.After gonadal maturation, females tend to grow faster than males.They have a large, depressed head with an expandable mouth. The eyes and teeth are small. They have dorsal and pectoral fin spines, there is also an additional, smaller, dorsal spinelet preceding the dorsal spine. They exhibit typical barbels of catfish, the maxillary barbels sometimes being quite long, especially in juveniles. Juveniles are quite different in appearance from adults. These fishes' juvenile coloration differs from their adult coloration, and the patterning is different. In the juvenile, the fish is dark on its back with an obvious boundary between the white of its sides and belly. The adult colour is brown-olive, with about 13 or 14 dark transverse bands reaching up to the belly, which is white with a few dark spots. Juvenile Pseudoplatystoma are marked as ornamental fish in both North and South America; however, they are usually at a size too small for certain identification, but more than one species may be imported. These species appear in the aquarium hobby, where they are most often sold under the name "tiger shovelnose" or "tiger shovelnose catfish". These fish prove to be hardy. However, the large adult size is problematic for both matters of housing as well as finding suitable tankmates that will not be consumed. With the appetite these fish have, finding enough good food may present some difficulty.

Credits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pseudoplatystoma

Redtail Catfish


Description: 8.5 inches or 21.59cm, It is tame to also eat corn and peas. Going for $250.

Background info: The Redtail catfish is native to the Amazon, Orinoco, and Essequibo river basins of South America. It is found only in fresh water. Juveniles are often available as aquarium fish despite their eventual large size. In an aquarium where they may be well-fed, these fish can grow quite rapidly. Weekly feeding is appropriate for this catfish; overfeeding is a common cause of death in this species. It feeds heavily on live and dead fishes and other meat. Even as a juvenile of only a few inches in length, they are able to swallow many of the more common aquarium fish such as tetras, and it is only appropriate to house this fish with other species of relatively large size. Redtail catfish also have a habit of swallowing inedible objects in the aquarium. Though these are often regurgitated, both the swallowing and the regurgitation can present a problem for the fish, and these objects are best kept out of the aquarium. It is important that these fish are housed in large aquariums. A minimum size tank for a full grown (4-5 feet) is 1000+ gallons.

How to take care of it: 
Ph level - 7.4-7.6
Water temp. - 74-80 °F
Tank mates - Fish that are larger than the catfish's mouth
Feeding - Bloodworms, krill shrimp, fish fillets, pellets, fruit, etc. (will eat most anything placed in tank)
Mature size - 5 to 6.56 feet in length, 180-220 lbs in weight


The tank should have plenty of room for the fish to move around, but also provide hiding spots for them. Decor should be heavy so it can't be moved around. Plants should be well rooted or they will be ripped out.


credits: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Redtail_catfish
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