Saw In A Petshop Today

[Fella]

What's it the common name for? I get the feeling it won't even be a regular common name.

I have no interest in buying this fish, just liked the look of him.

 

[Fishy412]

whats it look like? ive never heard of it and i think it may be mislabeled

 

[Fella]

whats it look like? ive never heard of it and i think it may be mislabeled

Undoubtedly from the sounds of things.


It looked like a small pictus, except with a black spot under it's dorsal fin/overlapping the dorsal fin. That's all I remember sadly!

 

[Fishy412]

heres a few possibilities

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/pimel...elodu/312_F.PHP - pim maculatus



http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/pimel...elodu/653_F.PHP - pim blochii

 

[Fella]

heres a few possibilities

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/pimel...elodu/312_F.PHP - pim maculatus



http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/pimel...elodu/653_F.PHP - pim blochii

You're on the right lines, but it was neither of those 2 I'm afraid. It just had the 1 single spot.

 

[CFC]

It sounds like a young Pimelodus ornatus

 

[Fella]

It sounds like a young Pimelodus ornatus

That's the one!

Does it require a huge tank? I get the feeling it would be sold without being warned of it's requirements.

EDIT

Man alive, I just checked planet catfish

 

[bunjiweb]

Needs a big tank (100Gallon+) and to be in with large fish. Like most other pims it is a predatory catfish so should only be mixed with other large catfish, oddballs and large cichlids.

Ben

 

[rimmer 05]

iput that latin name in google and this site came up with a lot of wierd fish lol
http/homepage3.nifty.com/aquashop-true/c...hp-4catfish.htm

 

[Fishy412]

yes they need a 100 gallon tank but in that big of a tank you could easily fit in a group of 3. like the smaller pim pictus the ornatus likes to be kept with others but 2 will fight. 3 seems like the perfect number

BTw the asian site has some great stuff. juruense, zungaro, megalodoras (not to mention a bunch of other wierd doras), corydoras concolor, giraffe cats,fowleri, and some cool synos. i wish i had a store with all that stuff around here