Tiger Striped Catfish Anyone Got Any Experience With
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I've not kept tigrinus yet, the high price and high juvinile mortality rate plus their sensative nature has always put me off, i'm not rich enough to lose a £300 fish.
From what i understand they are extreemly sensative to water quality when young and even relatively low levels of nitrate in the aquarium is detrimental to them, ammonia and nitrite of course is unthinkable. Husbandry should be similar to that of stingrays with large regular water changes and pleanty of live foods until they can be weened onto frozen
T1karmen has had a few tigs in his time so is probably the best to give advise
From what i understand they are extreemly sensative to water quality when young and even relatively low levels of nitrate in the aquarium is detrimental to them, ammonia and nitrite of course is unthinkable. Husbandry should be similar to that of stingrays with large regular water changes and pleanty of live foods until they can be weened onto frozen
T1karmen has had a few tigs in his time so is probably the best to give advise
Cheers CFC
The water quality is very good, it is an established system 8*3*3 with stable readings nitrates 0-2 ppm
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
PH 7.2
ive had rays and silver arows in the same tank quite heavily stocked with no water quality issues.
The water quality is very good, it is an established system 8*3*3 with stable readings nitrates 0-2 ppm
ammonia 0
nitrite 0
PH 7.2
ive had rays and silver arows in the same tank quite heavily stocked with no water quality issues.
andywg
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geeky point:
Wasn't this species moved to the Brachyplatystoma genus?
Wasn't this species moved to the Brachyplatystoma genus?
cane76
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good news that they are eating
good luck with them
good luck with them
cane76
Fish Aficionado
you have 4 tigs 
your lucky i dont know where you live
your lucky i dont know where you live
Sadly 1 down 3 to go.
the 3 that started eating over a week ago was great, good colours and very lively. But the runt of the 4 only improved about 2 days ago and took frozen chopped fish before it hit the botom. All seemed fine. I was to say the least pretty chuffed.
Came home for work to find the small 1 dead and the other 3 seem to have lost all of there colour. Fingers crossed again they carry on eating and perk up in the next few days
the 3 that started eating over a week ago was great, good colours and very lively. But the runt of the 4 only improved about 2 days ago and took frozen chopped fish before it hit the botom. All seemed fine. I was to say the least pretty chuffed.
Came home for work to find the small 1 dead and the other 3 seem to have lost all of there colour. Fingers crossed again they carry on eating and perk up in the next few days
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Good Luck How mcuh were they?
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