yes, they are, they only occasionally swim the middle strata of the aquarium after all the lights are out...
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very very cool fish...if you're up late enough to watch and have a big enough tank to house them. by day, this species hides away in any caves it can jam itself into, but at night it really shows its stuff, especially if live food is available for it to "hunt". by hunt, i mean suck into it's gigantic mouth. the only advantage smaller fish have is that they really aren't all that fast. hence the names of mine: pokey and whaley
i think they sort of look like oversized versions of the zamora cats they sell at petsmarts everywhere (which are AWESOME if you can get them to come out and school around during the day, i have 5 in a 29 i set up for my father, and i'm jealous i don't have room for them), but with a "sun spot" instead of the "midnight stars".
i have two, one is about 4.5 inches, one is right about 6...when i purchased them about 6 months ago, they were less than half this size, and i made the cardinal mistake of purchasing a "cool looking" fish before i really knew anything about them. i don't really expect them to reach the 18" size depicted at PC (i've seen quite a debate on this max. size within the limited information i've been able to find), but i wouldn't be surprised if they topped 1'. i think, anyway, they're interesting enough to plan a whole tank around!
see profile from planet catfish
very very cool fish...if you're up late enough to watch and have a big enough tank to house them. by day, this species hides away in any caves it can jam itself into, but at night it really shows its stuff, especially if live food is available for it to "hunt". by hunt, i mean suck into it's gigantic mouth. the only advantage smaller fish have is that they really aren't all that fast. hence the names of mine: pokey and whaley
i think they sort of look like oversized versions of the zamora cats they sell at petsmarts everywhere (which are AWESOME if you can get them to come out and school around during the day, i have 5 in a 29 i set up for my father, and i'm jealous i don't have room for them), but with a "sun spot" instead of the "midnight stars".
i have two, one is about 4.5 inches, one is right about 6...when i purchased them about 6 months ago, they were less than half this size, and i made the cardinal mistake of purchasing a "cool looking" fish before i really knew anything about them. i don't really expect them to reach the 18" size depicted at PC (i've seen quite a debate on this max. size within the limited information i've been able to find), but i wouldn't be surprised if they topped 1'. i think, anyway, they're interesting enough to plan a whole tank around!
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