Black mystery and striped raphels

[RedStarFishy]

I have two striped raphels and a black mystery catfish. i never saw them until recently (hid all the time) and they are HUGE. I am guessing my small fish that were disappearing were being eaten by them. They are now in a tank by themselves, with no small fish. Do i need to feed them small fish from now on, or will krill/bloodworms be good enough? I am afraid now they've eaten live they won't eat anything else. Thanks!

 

[Fishy411]

i dont know anything about the Black mystery but My spotted Raphael is really peaceful. I just saw him today for the first time in months. hes grown about an inch.


Also my Raphael has taken catfish pellets and CUcumber in the past. Also he seems to liek shrimp pellets. I can treally tell what hes eating anymore though.

 

[Paul_MTS]

how big is huge???

does the black mystery cat have long whiskers that he can move independantly?

 

[RedStarFishy]

how big is huge???

does the black mystery cat have long whiskers that he can move independantly?

Yes, the black mystery does have whiskers he can move independly, and he's about six inches. I would say the stripes are about... hmm... four inches or so. i see them less frequently then the black mystery, and haven't tried to measure them yet.

they might not be big in aspect to how big they can get, but when i first got all three they were little babies and then suddenly i saw them after a few months. sorry bout using a word like huge, not very helpful is it?

 

[Paul_MTS]

Does the black one have any scattered silver scales?

 

[RedStarFishy]

Does the black one have any scattered silver scales?

sorry to take so long to respond. i think he has a few scales that are silver, maybe four or so on each side.

 

[Paul_MTS]

if it does have the silver scales then it's most likely this fella-

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/bagri...mystus/21_f.php

the Mystus leucophasis which grows to quite a monsterous 12".

 

[Fishy411]

Yeah also the mystus's swim upside down so thats an easy way to tell

 

[RedStarFishy]

yeah, i know what type of fish he is. i was just wondering if he has been eating live fish if he needs to be kept eating live fish or if he will accept bloodworms/krill?

 

[Paul_MTS]

sorry but when i started asking question about apperance why did you say something...

but any ways they should accept normal live food and froozen fine...bloodworm etc anything meaty really.

 

[RedStarFishy]

sorry but when i started asking question about apperance why did you say something...

its ok, i thought somehow his appearence had something to do with it, like if he was past a juvenile stage or something. its cool