Oi, You Fatty. Yes You!

[The-Wolf]

got your attention?
I managed to get some shots of my spotted doras

only the second time I've seen them in around a year of having them
and that is only because I've moved them into my 42G

BTW the fatty, refers to the doras and not any particular member here

 

[merry78]

BTW the fatty, refers to the doras and not any particular member here

sure wolf, sure.........


lovely fish by the way!!

 

[CFC]

Nice, they look like they would be very happy to come and live in my 900g tank

 

[jayjay]

They are nice, you seen them since?

What size are they and how many of them are there?

 

[The-Wolf]

CFC
no way you are getting these beauties!

not seen them since, lol, didn't expect too.
I have 3 but one seems smaller than the others, I guess that is the lowest on the pecking order

 

[CFC]

CFC
no way you are getting these beauties!

not seen them since, lol, didn't expect too.
I have 3 but one seems smaller than the others, I guess that is the lowest on the pecking order

Damn i'm after a small army of spotted doras to act as clean up on the big tank as its width is going to make cleaning it difficult but finding them at a decent size is difficult, i've got two but i need at least another 8.

 

[cheesy feet]

Hmm I'll have to take pics of my fatty, I think he's fatter

 

[Esfa]

haha! i love it! a clean up crew that would completely fill most poeples tanks

 

[dane261]

i had 2 about that size and they were a good clean up crew to the fact they were eating all my bn fry so sadly i give them 2 my mate like the wolf said i never seen mine untill i moved house


cheers dane

 

[§tudz]

CFC
no way you are getting these beauties!

not seen them since, lol, didn't expect too.
I have 3 but one seems smaller than the others, I guess that is the lowest on the pecking order

Damn i'm after a small army of spotted doras to act as clean up on the big tank as its width is going to make cleaning it difficult but finding them at a decent size is difficult, i've got two but i need at least another 8.

The striped (Platydoras costatus) is nicer, imo, than the spotted. And around here both species are common. I always wanted a hancock talking cat (Amblydoras hancocki).

Those are some nice spotted ones though, most I've seen are very ugly little fish. I used to have a striped talking cat, but I sold him when changing my setups.

CFC if you fancy a trip up this end of the country I can give you details of a place that normally has them in. Although they only had striped last weekend.

 

[QuotheRaven]

Yay another spotted Raph owner... I was out on a day trip to a more "high brow" aquarium and they had one of these guys for $50...I bought him after they took 30 minutes prying him out of his hiding spot...They only had one and I have NEVER seen any others for sale. Not exactly the most entertaining fish for much of the day but when they are active a great fish... what size as in length are they?

 

[The-Wolf]

what size as in length are they?

the two larger one are around 4 inch TL
the smaller one is about 3 inch TL

 

[Barracuda518]

Very nice fish

At one time I had 2 spotted and 4 striped. The striped were about 5" and the spotted were around 4". I never saw them unless it was feeding time and that was very fun to watch. They swallowed a tablet whole. To this day I regret giving them up. I have always wanted some more and Ive got a empty 30 gallon and have pondered putting some in it.

 

[PENNYWISE]

I have 1 of those in my tank it was an accident he was attached to a piece of bogwood i bought and neither the assistant or myself spotted it.
Anyway this fish still lives on the same piece of wood i know hes still alive because i see his whiskers moving only seen him swimming once!!

 

[VampirePlec]

Striped rahaels are my fav catfish. when i first got into the fish hobby, mainly with catfish, i neva say any of these guys but knew about them i wanted one so bad, i finaly find one n they are $300 definantly not in my price range. gradualy i see them at lower prices at different places and i finally got one ( few months ago now) at $35! and my fiance got one as a trade for 25 snails! he is into corys, he wont admit it but its his fav cat aswell! i have never seen a spotted, tho i did once see a couple of Angel cats goin at about $400 ea. unfortunantly this place that usualy has the rarer cats at the best of prices, or as best as they can get, closed down the other week we had gotten to know these people very well, and there fish.