Asian Bumblebee Catfish

[tlaug]

I just picked up what I believe is a Asian bumblebee Catfish. Anyone with personnel experiance to this fish. How big ?( some web sites say 4" some say 7") aggressiveness( some say no aggressition some say lots of aggresstion) Any real life experance?

 

[Chill]

Plant Catfish might be a good place to start. Some of the confusion over bumblebees stems from the different types:
African
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/mochokid/microsyn/928_f.php
Asian
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/bagridae/pseudomy/708_f.php
South American
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/pseudopi/microgla/303_f.php

I guess the first step should be to see if you can determine if what you have is really an Asian. I have the South American which stays small, is not aggressive, but will prey on very small fish/fry. No experince with the other two though.

 

[tlaug]

I looked on Planet Catfish first and that where I came up with that its an asian bumble bee. It does not look like the SA or the African. It has the two barbs at the corner of its mouth.

 

[tanker]

If it is the same kind I had many years ago---I would not say that it is aggressvie but will eat small fish.

 

[redilyn]

I used to have one. It ate my neon tetras so you might want to watch out for that