large catfish in 55

[vfrex]

That was a joke... If you're serious about getting it you'd have to talk to someone with connections. I don' think you'd ever see one in any lfs's in the US...

How bout a chaca chaca. Its one of the ugliest things you'll ever see. But hey...

http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/chaca_chaca.htm

or you could go with a shovelnose...tiger, gold, lima. As far as I know lima grow to be the smallest.

 

[RumpThumper33]

that one looks like fun, but it says it only grows to about 7 or 8 inches. I want something bigger. The shovelnoses look good, i was also thinking of throwing a wolffish in there, thats why it would have to be big and pretty tough.

 

[vfrex]

If you want something particularly nasty, you could try a mystus wyckii. (aka black devil catfish or crystal eye catfish)

or

an Asian Redtail Catfish
Hemibagrus wyckioides


Both are supposed to be increadibly aggressive. They might even kill the wolffish.

 

[gravel digger]

my favorite are the red tail, the tiger shovelnose there is one more but i'm not sure if you are ready for him and lucky for me i just located a local source to pretty much obtain any type of catfish that i am looking for now it's just a matter of obtaining the tanks to hold them, good thing i have a opened unfinished basement!!!!!!

 

[RumpThumper33]

that one looks good, but i need to know how to get one! Are they rare?

 

[vfrex]

You like the mystus species?

www.sharkaquarium.com

that should do it.

 

[RumpThumper33]

That thing was 125 bucks, sorry i'm not spending that much on a fish. How much would it be in a pet store? I could probably get a friend of mine to order it for me

 

[vfrex]

shark aquarium IS a pet store...anyhow, email him and ask how much a smaller one would be.

 

[RumpThumper33]

oh sorry i didnt know, but i meant like at a local pet store. I ordered fish they didnt have before, if they are common i could probably get one

 

[vfrex]

Mattimeo picked up some of the asian redtail cats from his lfs recently (bigals in canada).