View Full Version : My Clarias catfish
hello
here are some vids and some pics of my Clarias batrachus catfish, first up a vid of my big female http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7RwuNbiFGU
and a vid of my slighty smaller male (who is a pied) and another quick look at the female http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJzgqcWC7ho&feature=channel these arnt massive for batrachus as the female is only around 16" and the male around 12" but i used to have a olive/black male around 24"
i filmed these late at night when the aquarium lights were out just before i went to bed so they are abit dark so heres a pic of the male as u dont get a good look at him
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg302/nickovan/DSCN3837.jpg
and heres a old shot of most of the females tank
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg302/nickovan/goodtankshot.jpg
(that white blur is her) ive removed the water lettuce and shes killed the vallis looking plant (dunno what it is but its not vallis)from up rooting it and ive also removed some big amozon sword plants and tiger lotus (at the other side u cant see) the java fern is really gowning well on the driftwood and ive re-aranged the driftwood with java.
i plan on adding some gaint vallis in aquatic pots weighted down with large rocks and a large asian lotus (like one used in ponds) and a replacing her tube with a rock cave big enough for both fish to fit in when i move the male in and poss some more driftwood with java fern (and removing the anubias)
no comments surely theres gotta be some clarias fans out there
SimonL
10-16-2009, 1:30 PM
Cool fish, although I prefer the natural colored to the pie-bald ones.
Plec123
10-16-2009, 4:55 PM
yeah i like natural fish...
nice cat nonetheless. :)
~ocean
10-16-2009, 5:53 PM
Nice fish man, cool pigment, as others state, yes I love cool colored fish, but natural coloring always pwns. In my opinion, it even goes for discuses.
Red Devil
10-16-2009, 6:00 PM
he is gorgeous.. wish they were legal here..
knifegill
10-16-2009, 6:02 PM
That's a bangin' fish. Totally among my top 100 favorite species of catfish. Nice looking specimen. Spots or not, the finnage and barbels are textbook pristine. Spoil him with good, good food.
AU_Arowana-RG
10-17-2009, 11:09 AM
Beautiful. AND BEAUTIFUL SETUP. WOOT! Just one question: How is the temperament of these guys?
cheers
yeah i used to have a massive male that was the grey type as i mentioned, but these are one of those fish were you get naturaly accuring albinos so these fish are 'natural' but i understand what you guys are saying (when i was looking for another one i was hoping for the grey type)
knifegill im feeding my cats on lance fish, prawns, cichlid gold fish food and carnivore sinking pellets. also as i keep reps i have spare meal worms and wax worms which they both eat. the female has also eaten in the past pachnoda (sun beatle larvea), crickets, locusts, earthworms, mussels, squid and the occasional dead mouse.
AU_Arowana-RG their temp is typical big catfish temp wanting to eat everything. i used to have the female in with big pacus and large kissing gouramis and she was fine with them but ive tried putting two 8" pacu in with her and she killed them in two days.
i plan on adding big kissers (i think it was the spines on the fish that made her leave them alone once she realised they were spiky she wouldnt bother them) and i plan on growing on some dats and adding them (i think if they are big enough she will realise theres no way she could eat them and wouldnt try like with the big pacu and plus dats also have spines)
when i had her in with other fish in the past she has a mate in with her and she seemed to pay all her attention to the mate instead of the other fish so thats the plan (obv if they decide to spawn they will defend their nest and agression will rise)
soz for the long winded reply
(cheers for looking and be sure to check out the vids)
SnaKeheAdSrAwSomE
10-17-2009, 9:52 PM
nice clarias cats. :D these things are such pigs when they eat
thought i would add some pics of my cats in their fav spots. first up my female she used to really like her drain pipe but has recently taken a shine to lounging under the drift with java)
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg302/nickovan/DSCN3938.jpg
and the smaller fella. he seems to like squashing himself behind the filter (ive noticed most small clarias seem to do this)
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg302/nickovan/DSCN3937.jpg
(i think i will try to get a vid of me feeding them with the lights on you can get a better look at them and their set ups)
Angler
10-20-2009, 1:22 PM
Nice! I like the Piebald ones the most.
Wet Whiskers
10-20-2009, 1:32 PM
These guys are fun and interesting catfish. Boisterous, ugly, and glutenous... Got to love that combination.
GetInMahBellay
10-24-2009, 7:57 AM
Great fish! I am sooooo jealous lol
benzjamin13
10-24-2009, 12:05 PM
Nice!
Eoibio
10-24-2009, 12:12 PM
very very nice :D I like the piebald ones better :)
cheers guys,
as this thread is getting some interest i think i will probably do a feeding vid with the lights on so you can get a better look at the fish the next time i get the chance
i actually saw a small grey clarias at a fish shop not to far from mine the other day if i had more tanks i would of snapped it up but i gotta go easy on my animals at the mo (only just got another monitor lizard the other day)
it has been at the fish shop a while aswell, unsuprisingly (the clarias)
ok so finaly got round to doing a vid with the lights on like i said http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-XW7wS0Arlc soz about me rambling all through it just read the discription (just made the vid tonight btw)
~ocean
11-11-2009, 12:23 PM
awesome vid!
~ocean
wildthing
01-15-2010, 11:44 AM
cool fish! i'm trying to get some. i want to put them in a hydroponic recirc system. do you know where i could get a start of these fish?
peewee
01-15-2010, 11:49 AM
nice cat!
doubledragon
01-15-2010, 1:09 PM
Nice cat's, wish we could have them here.
Nice to see him in the lights.
Cool fish. i like them very much, pus i never saw a fat one like the white one.
It seems like he needs all the space he's got.
Did i miss your tanksize, or didn't you tell us yet?
i never saw a fat one like the white one.
oy u calling my fish fat lol
Did i miss your tanksize, or didn't you tell us yet?
not big enough lol thats the size. no acording to the calculater its 134.65 U.S. gallons (its six ft long two ft tall and 18" wide)
i really really want a six ft by two wide by three tall tho. (my plan for the futur lol)
the tank looks diff now from the vid. maybe i will snap another shot
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg302/nickovan/DSCN4018.jpg
Nighteon
01-24-2010, 6:26 PM
nice airbreting catfish
headbanger_jib
01-25-2010, 12:20 AM
niiice clarius there