View Full Version : Red Whale Catfish?
Hoyo12
08-13-2009, 9:22 PM
I just came across a fish called the Red Whale Catfish. (Its Scientific name was Hemiocetopsis sp.) Anyone have any info or photos of this fish?
Hoyo12
08-14-2009, 12:24 PM
Nothing?
BarroomHero
08-14-2009, 12:28 PM
http://www.cichlidstation.com/servlet/the-613/buy-live-cichlid-fish/Detail
Hoyo12
08-14-2009, 1:37 PM
lol, that's what I'm looking at, but it doesn't give much info. I didn't even know there was a Red color morph. I can't find any info on it besides the little bit of info given. And it its the same as the Blue Whale Catfish, then it doesn't max out at 6 inches. Can anyone find any other photos of this species? Other info?
BarroomHero
08-14-2009, 2:14 PM
lol, that's what I'm looking at, but it doesn't give much info. I didn't even know there was a Red color morph. I can't find any info on it besides the little bit of info given. And it its the same as the Blue Whale Catfish, then it doesn't max out at 6 inches. Can anyone find any other photos of this species? Other info?
I dont know, thats all I was really able to find when I googled it.
Hoyo12
08-14-2009, 7:07 PM
I dont know, thats all I was really able to find when I googled it.
Same...
lol, I really don't like it when someone sells a fish that doesn't have much info on it.
SimonL
08-14-2009, 7:14 PM
Run you fools! :P
Any of the Cetopsis family are nasty, horrible bitey monsters lol. Just look up the family on Planet Catfish. I know from personal experience with several species that they are not fish safe for long...everything gets chewed on.
Now in a tank by themselves, awesome fish...I used to throw big dead Oranda goldfish in with 20 of them and watch them strip all the edible parts off the bones...
Hoyo12
08-15-2009, 12:02 AM
Run you fools! :P
Any of the Cetopsis family are nasty, horrible bitey monsters lol. Just look up the family on Planet Catfish. I know from personal experience with several species that they are not fish safe for long...everything gets chewed on.
Now in a tank by themselves, awesome fish...I used to throw big dead Oranda goldfish in with 20 of them and watch them strip all the edible parts off the bones...
Really? Wow, never new of that. lol, I was going to put one in my 60-Gallon. Thanks for that info! Still sounds like it would be a cool fish to keep in a tank by itself...