A cool catfish =)

[snotirl]

Im geting my brothers catfish and its 6 inchs long cool eh well i was wondering it will be alrite when im transporting it home ill have to move quick too

 

[CFC]

What kind of catfish is it?
Most catfish have spines on their fins and care needs to be taken when transporting them to make sure they dont puncture the bag.

 

[snotirl]

Bronze Catfish

 

[CFC]

The only bronze catfish i know of would be the bronze corydoras which does not grow to 6".Do you have a latin name or a picture.

 

[kevin007]

bronze cory will grow to a 6 inch, that's what i heard..

 

[wherryj]

The spines shouldn't be much of a problem puncturing the bag since the bags seem pliable enough to keep from being punctured, but be careful not to net him.

I've heard that this often hopelessly snags the catfish. At this point, the only thing that can be done is to cut the net, leaving your new friend swimming around in a bad mood with a chunck of green netting attached to his back! Not the best of circumstances for a good first impression.

I have two Raphaels, and if they are any indication, you'll need to worry about this. The barbs are VERY prominent on these fish!

Also, if you have a waterfall type filter return, net it off. I found that my Raphael, being the good nocturnal creature that he is, decided that the water return on my Eclipse 12 looked like the best cave in the tank. He was no where to be found on day 2-that is, until I lifted the filter on the top of the tank! He was swimming away up there trying to get into the impeller housing (not a possible task, but he was just swimming against the current).

He had apparently gone up the water return (this is nearly level with the water surface when filled as per Eclipse's directions), had SOMEHOW gotten around the rotating BioWheel (they're strong enough, so he probably just forced his way through against the wheel's turning in the water flow), swam up over the lip holding the filter, and found a gap that he was able to exploit to get under the filter into the water flow.

Fortunately he was able to stay in the water flow, and didn't suffer any ill effects when I was forced to overflow the water return and float him back into the tank around a removed BioWheel. Eclipse commented that this was "such a strange little fish", but I doubt that it's the first time that it has ever happened.

 

[Pufferpack]

It's not only the Rafs that like filters, I have had to chase some of our Danios out of the filter (HOB Aquaclear, no biowheel) a few times now, they seem to like playing in the current like a big hot tub party

 

[jumpman]

had a clown loach that was always trying to get in my Juwel filter housing! When I went to clean it, the minute there was a gap he would dash in and just splash around in there!! Ver funny and totally pointless!!

 

[-=DG=-]

my uncle had a albino cory at 5". She would have gotten bigger but one day she got stuck in a rock and died

 

[semper fi]

hey pufferpack, do you have an end on the filter that prevents the fish from getting into the filter? if not, i would get one before they get hurt or stuck

depending on how big the tank is you could also add a powerhead with a sponge filter attachment to it. sounds like your fish would love you for it.

semper fi

 

[snotirl]

Sorry its not a bronze its a PLEAC!