Bumble Bee Catfish

[LetsBeFriends]

does anybody keep this fish, if so im setting up a new tank soon and i saw this fish the other day and thought it was really neat. any advice on this fish such ass aggression level and not suitable tank mates is well appreciated. thanks

 

[stang1]

Bumblebee catfish

Hope that helps!

 

[LetsBeFriends]

wow that was fast, thanks a lot man

 

[TwoTankAmin]

The problem with common names for fish:

Schooling Bumblebee Goby
Brachygobius aggregatus

Reaches a total length of only 0.6"! Unlike other bumblebee gobies, this one is fairly social towards conspecifics. They also school.
These are a true freshwater goby, although they will tolerate low-end brackish water without trouble.

Burmese Bumblebee Goby
Brachygobius xanthomelas

Reaches 0.8" TL. A true freshwater goby.

Asian Bumblebee Catfish
Pseudomystus siamensis

Appears to prefer acidic, softer water but is truly hardy and adaptable in captivity.

Which one do you mean?

 

[LetsBeFriends]

i was talking about the asian bumble bee catfish, but the site stang1 gave me helped a lot

 

[nurglespuss]

Hi, there.

I have a fuly grown asian bumble bee (He's 7 inches) and he is very aggressive indeed. He is housed alone, in a darkened dank with plenty of bogwood and overhanging plastic plants. He's a lovely. active intelligent fish, but far too territorial for a community (in my opinion) he battered my hoplos when they were prettymuch fully grown, and he wasnt!

There are at least 3 species of bumblebee catfish commonly available in the hobby. The smallest gets to about 3 inches, theres the asian which gets to about 7 and another version which gets to around 10 or so.