View Full Version : New Oddball Coming To Oddball's Tanks
Oddball
03-01-2006, 7:13 PM
Just secured this oddie. Sorry for the rotten pic. I (DUH!!) saved it as a bitmap and then, converted it to a gif. Looks like what comes out the other end. Anywho...This cat is awaiting my arrival in Orlando next week. It's a 15" blind "cave" tiger shovelnose catfish. Should look great in the new 250gal I ordered for arrival on the 14th. (I actually ordered the tank for S&G but, this cat should look great in it).
redtailfool
03-01-2006, 7:15 PM
Nice leucistic TSN Oddball. .Congrats !
Oddball
03-01-2006, 7:18 PM
I'm assuming leucistic, or more likely xanthic due to the gold-yellow color. Can't ascertain albinism because of the lack of eyes.
neoprodigy
03-01-2006, 7:34 PM
im drooling that now.......
redtailfool
03-01-2006, 7:44 PM
Its very nice.. Whos the next to cop a Datnoid?
fishnutham
03-01-2006, 8:11 PM
sweet pick up oddball hate to know how much that set you back .
DJ BIG T
03-01-2006, 8:17 PM
hey very nice cat ..if you dont mine how much one of them cost and where to get them?
rayman45
03-01-2006, 8:18 PM
beautiful pick up
to envys KFG's tsn
Oddball
03-01-2006, 9:50 PM
Is it actually blind?
It has no eyes. Just flesh-filled eye sockets like the Texas blind cave fish.
I don't tend to concern myself with the price. If I didn't spend $ on fish, I'd waste it on crap like paying bills.
fishnutham
03-01-2006, 9:57 PM
he he thats what i tell the wife..
wow thats amazing
How the heck does something like that happen and its even more amazing how it can survive.
sje106
03-02-2006, 6:19 PM
is it supposed to be like that or is a defect, the eyes i mean. i know about leucisitc and Xanthic, but no eyed shovel nose? what is the world coming to !! lol :ROFL:
Hey, it's a t-ger shovelnose! It's i-less. ;)
Oddball
03-02-2006, 6:56 PM
Hey, it's a t-ger shovelnose! It's i-less. ;)
Thanks for naming him for me!!! I'm going to use that line without any mercy!!!
nice tsn shame about the eyes though.
Oddball
03-02-2006, 8:22 PM
nice tsn shame about the eyes though.
Of the 4 that I know of in the US, 3 are eyeless and 1 has useless blind eyes with atrophy.
Man, where are those coming from?
Oddball
03-02-2006, 8:29 PM
Man, where are those coming from?
Sinkholes in Peru. (According to the collectors)
That's a sweet fish to match your namesake. I SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE that you enjoy fish that can't see.
You know what would be sweeter than afish that can't see? A fish that YOU can't see! An Invisible blind albino tiger shovelnose! :ROFL:
Oddball
03-02-2006, 9:18 PM
That's a sweet fish to match your namesake. I SEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE that you enjoy fish that can't see.
We have something in common. Hell... my ophthalmologist said my eyesight was so bad it was like a cross between a fruitbat and a mole. He should be well healed by now.
Maybe you can't see after all. That doesn't qualify your fish as invisible though.
Oddball
03-02-2006, 9:23 PM
You know what would be sweeter than afish that can't see? A fish that YOU can't see! An Invisible blind albino tiger shovelnose! :ROFL:
Here's a whole school of them
michael
03-02-2006, 11:50 PM
That is fish just crazy. Wish you(oddball) had been posting pics of your fish in your gallery throughout time to look at and admire!
dacox
03-03-2006, 12:00 AM
wow.... crazy....
Daniel Machado
03-06-2006, 12:18 AM
Me too... What an AWESOME catfish. Wanna see more pics of it. Congratulations. :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:
Best regards.
Daniel.
Gr8KarmaSF
03-06-2006, 12:41 AM
gr8 pic up!
Hakon
03-06-2006, 12:47 AM
Congrats :thumbsup: Awesome fish.
T1KARMANN
03-07-2006, 10:57 AM
is it a defect the no eye thing or is it just a fish that has evolved to live in a very dark place ?
looks nice i think all shovelnose cats have bad eyesight and just hunt with the wiskers
will this get as big as a normal TSN
Tucc185
03-08-2006, 9:25 PM
I'm curious as to whether that would be considered a different species, and if so, how recently it branched off from the regular iger shovelnose. In extreme conditions that kind of speciation would be extremely rapid. I also wonder what the results of breeding that with a normal TSN would be. Would they breed at all? would you get a blending of features, minus albinism, which is usually recessive, and have a het TSN with extremely limited vision or no eyes at all? that's really unique, and great job scoring one of those. I can tell you're gonna really enjoy having it.
bob_tom
03-12-2006, 11:15 AM
sweet fish man
Pleco-nation
03-25-2006, 9:11 PM
WoW what an incredible fish!!!!!! :WHOA: :WHOA: :WHOA: :WHOA: :WHOA:
bentank1
03-27-2006, 5:35 PM
Just secured this oddie. Sorry for the rotten pic. I (DUH!!) saved it as a bitmap and then, converted it to a gif. Looks like what comes out the other end. Anywho...This cat is awaiting my arrival in Orlando next week. It's a 15" blind "cave" tiger shovelnose catfish. Should look great in the new 250gal I ordered for arrival on the 14th. (I actually ordered the tank for S&G but, this cat should look great in it).
how big will it get?
nice cat but wen do you show your amazing fish room :D must be a dream :WHOA: :D