My family Doradidae Catfish collection

[Tigriuns™]

Recently got them... i think they are very cool and so trying to keep their whole family.. at the moment these are some of my collection.
Thank you for viewing :)

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0056edit.jpg

let start with my Oxydoras niger got 2 pcs

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0121edit.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0342edit.jpg

and my Megalodoras irwini aka Giant Raphael got 3 pcs

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0314edit.jpg

[jconley]

Great collection! Always been one of my favorite families as well. I just have a M.Uranascopas at the moment.

[Tigriuns™]

Also my Agamyxis pectinifrons aka Spotted Raphael Catfish got 3 pcs
really like these fat guys look funny...

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0336edit.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0335edit.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG9741edit.jpg

now for my Platydoras costatus aka Striped Raphael Catfish got 3 pcs

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0344edit.jpg

[Tigriuns™]

next is Pterodoras granulosus got 1 pce
I like like the rip saw on top the side of the body...

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0337edit.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0343edit.jpg

Last is my all time fav. my Lithodoras dorsalis got 2 pcs

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0341edit.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG9725edit.jpg

some short clip on it eating

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TX_dg_jEG-0

[sauroid]

those are sharp looking cats. great collection. i only have Platydoras costatus and Agamyxis pectinifrons. hope to get the ones you have too someday esp. the Oxydoras and Megalodoras.;)

[Bogwoodbruce]

Very nice Niger catfish, i just bought one about the same size as yours.

[Tigriuns™]

some updates

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0746edit.jpg

[Peanut_Power]

Geez!! Sounds like you've got your hands full with cats! Crazy kewl man!

[doubledragon]

Sweet collection of cat's.

[demetron]

beautiful collection!!!:drool:
what size is the irwini?

[nishant_datta]

amazing cats !!! love the rip saw...

[Tigriuns™]

amazing cats !!! love the rip saw...

If you like their body then you will like this pleco...L155 it together in the tank..

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0392edit.jpg

[Tigriuns™]

New Doradidae catfish family added today...

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG1047edit.jpg

[JD7.62]

My favorite group as well. I currently have a 5" Irwini, a huge 8" P. costatus, a 3" Orinocodoras eginmanni, and I did have this P. rivasi....

[necrocanis]

My second fav catfish family to pimelodidae, just never see any of them here in montana. Would have to order in all of them even the more common ones. Hoping after I get my mega tank up and running to get some of the larger ones.

[ewok]

some updates

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0746edit.jpg

hi what are these in the front? the ones with the spots? they look cool.

[Tigriuns™]

hi what are these in the front? the ones with the spots? they look cool.

Irwini bro...biggest in their family..giant talking catfish...
I seen 1 mega pc at my fav LFS size is abit more than 2ft...
growth rate rather slow so i think you can consider it

[ewok]

dang, two feet??
anything a bit friendlier in terms of size? :) say around 1 feet??

[TLkmDN]

wow they all look pretty darn amazing and ancient. AND FATTT!!! jesus...how much do u feed them. u might wana hold back on the carbs...it cant be good for their bellies. how big do u think the niger can get to???

[wayne the pain]

Irwini bro...biggest in their family..giant talking catfish...
I seen 1 mega pc at my fav LFS size is abit more than 2ft...
growth rate rather slow so i think you can consider it

Arn't Oxydoras biggest in family, along with Lithodoras, seen Pterydoras 30"+ too, dont think Megalodoras gets much more than 2ft.:)

[necrocanis]

Arn't Oxydoras biggest in family, along with Lithodoras, seen Pterydoras 30"+ too, dont think Megalodoras gets much more than 2ft.:)

Thinking the same here, but I've been proven wrong before. I have seen some huge megs though.

[aquatic_wonders]

That's a lot of catfish there..whew!

[Tigriuns™]

Arn't Oxydoras biggest in family, along with Lithodoras, seen Pterydoras 30"+ too, dont think Megalodoras gets much more than 2ft.:)

Haha bro you are the expert in catfish ID..but for irwini i seen 1 alive that is abit more than 2ft...or else I would have believe you too :) wait till you see the niger in their tank it is even bigger than irwini...

I am just unsure if there is 2 type of irwini..the one big pc i saw got a more round face..not like the type of small ones i keep... i try to get picture of it from the LFS cos I know them and they seem friendly enough... best part is they even paste MFK sticker on the tank haha...

Currently I got 2 niger.. 1 pc growth rate rather normal..but the other one growth rate almost like RTC but abit slower that all..scary :eek:

[wayne the pain]

Arn't Oxydoras biggest in family, along with Lithodoras, seen Pterydoras 30"+ too, dont think Megalodoras gets much more than 2ft.:)

Well the way i read this, i said Megaldoras gets a little over two feet, like you and i said.:)

And yeh Niger does grow a lot bigger, but i said this also by saying Oxydoras is the biggest in the family:)

Oh and know what you mean about Megaldoras having small mouths, but seems to me they have a small mouth when small, but with growth it seems to widen as the head becomes broader.:)

[aapl76]

Haha bro you are the expert in catfish ID..but for irwini i seen 1 alive that is abit more than 2ft...or else I would have believe you too :) wait till you see the niger in their tank it is even bigger than irwini...

I am just unsure if there is 2 type of irwini..the one big pc i saw got a more round face..not like the type of small ones i keep... i try to get picture of it from the LFS cos I know them and they seem friendly enough... best part is they even paste MFK sticker on the tank haha...

Currently I got 2 niger.. 1 pc growth rate rather normal..but the other one growth rate almost like RTC but abit slower that all..scary :eek:

Great stuffs you have there...:)

As for the best part that you mentioned, e MFK decals were from me to Jason....:D

[Tigriuns™]

Great stuffs you have there...:)

As for the best part that you mentioned, e MFK decals were from me to Jason....:D

Ha ha so it you...still got go down to CF??What are you keeping now?

[aapl76]

Ha ha so it you...still got go down to CF??What are you keeping now?

nah....gave up most of my collection for now cos I am not in Singapore. Will only be back in 3 years time. When I left, RON and Norven just took over CF. Currently their username here is CF_2007.:)

[Tigriuns™]

nah....gave up most of my collection for now cos I am not in Singapore. Will only be back in 3 years time. When I left, RON and Norven just took over CF. Currently their username here is CF_2007.:)

Ha ha Ya I know...I always go down there 1~2+ time a week.
Most of the fish you see I posted eg..Catfish..Fontosa is from them :)

[Tigriuns™]

Here a picture of their tank...on the top left is the MFK sticker...
their have some mega XXXL size catfish inside..Irwini & Niger

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG1215edit.jpg

some close up on the irwini..sorry picture not clear..

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG1220edit.jpg

Tank size should be 6ft I think...

[aapl76]

Here a picture of their tank...on the top left is the MFK sticker...
their have some mega XXXL size catfish inside..Irwini & Niger

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG1215edit.jpg

some close up on the irwini..sorry picture not clear..

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG1220edit.jpg

Tank size should be 6ft I think...

That pc of 2 ft+ M.irwini used to belong to brudder ezman. Was there since Jason's era. Tank size should be 4ft by 4ft.

[Tigriuns™]

Are you sure if it a 4 x 4..cos the irwini as u said is more than 2ft+
And it like 1/3 of the fish tank that why i think it is a 6ft...dun think it a 4x4 cos my home 4ft look smaller..haha when coming down to cf to confirm?
Cant wait to get my 2nd gulper from them again... super cute catfish i ever kept

[aapl76]

Are you sure if it a 4 x 4..cos the irwini as u said is more than 2ft+
And it like 1/3 of the fish tank that why i think it is a 6ft...dun think it a 4x4 cos my home 4ft look smaller..haha when coming down to cf to confirm?
Cant wait to get my 2nd gulper from them again... super cute catfish i ever kept

hmmm...I might be wrong then...probably 5 by 5 then...won't be heading down for the time being. I will only be back in SG in 3 years time.

[Sturgeon]

Beautiful cats! I love these hardy fish, not much intimidates them! How in the world did that spotted raph get so fat? i wish my striped and spotted were that big

[flagtail]

What is the fish at the start of this vid?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E3UoYuJpFII

Cheers

[Tigriuns™]

It a Catlocarpio siamensis aka Giant Siamese Carp

[flagtail]

Thanks, and nice collection you got there! No doubt...

[Tigriuns™]

Thanks, and nice collection you got there! No doubt...

Thanks...I am crazy about catfish :)

[Tigriuns™]

Some update...Got bored with my old setup so I re-arrange them.. look nicer now... btw my niger grow very big 2x when I got it and 1 of my irwini growth rate is super fast...

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG1407edit.jpg

All like to hide below...

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG1410edit.jpg

on the left is...

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG1420edit.jpg

and on the right is

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG1418edit.jpg

[Tigriuns™]

Picture taken from the back...

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG1422edit.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG1439edit.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG1436edit.jpg

Thank you for viewing :popcorn:

[kscichlidfan]

If I missed the text where you said the size of tank these are in I am sorry. But what size of tank are all these cool cats in? I have been considering getting a 4inch (just label Doradid) black ripsaw - the lfs that has it said its grown maybe 1 inch in 8 months and its in a 150gal tank with other fish but nothing that would stop it from eating and such. Anyways great collection by all accounts. Just curious how many gallons these have you maintaining.

[Tigriuns™]

If I missed the text where you said the size of tank these are in I am sorry. But what size of tank are all these cool cats in? I have been considering getting a 4inch (just label Doradid) black ripsaw - the lfs that has it said its grown maybe 1 inch in 8 months and its in a 150gal tank with other fish but nothing that would stop it from eating and such. Anyways great collection by all accounts. Just curious how many gallons these have you maintaining.

It is only a 3ft tank...but for me I will upgrade my tank once they get bigger.
black ripsaw is it a niger?? it will be about 2ft by 2years time...

[Tigriuns™]

update my fish picture...
somehow i notice the grow rate for p.niger is very fast..it now double it size when i bought it..now at 10"

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG6785.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG6795.jpg


http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG6794.jpg

[Tigriuns™]

New member to join in the tank

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0008.jpg

Opsodoras sp.

[fatherof5]

Nice extremely nice!!!

[Tigriuns™]

Nice extremely nice!!!

thanks for viewing :D

[kscichlidfan]

How big is the new addition? Looks like a couple of cats in my daughters 29 gallon community vaguely- which of course they aren't lol! But anyways sorry for the dumb part- but thank you for the update on your cats.

[Tigriuns™]

How big is the new addition? Looks like a couple of cats in my daughters 29 gallon community vaguely- which of course they aren't lol! But anyways sorry for the dumb part- but thank you for the update on your cats.

thanks for viewing...well...it is only 3"... surprise cos the biggest is niger about 1ft+ and smallest is 2" spotted talking catfish..they can go to 1 corner like buddy...

[niblit]

That family shot is great

[Tigriuns™]

here some update to share...

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0001edit.jpg

[channarox]

very nice collection!
you rock dude.
when im done collecting bichirs i think i'll collect these guys.
so cool!
btw,
are they with your predators?

[Tigriuns™]

very nice collection!
you rock dude.
when im done collecting bichirs i think i'll collect these guys.
so cool!
btw,
are they with your predators?

None..the only predator is a mini oscar eating the left over...

Collect bichirs before but endi cannot comm with albino bichirs seen them eat them before...

[Tigriuns™]

some picture update to also show how friendly they are in a comm...

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0022edit-1.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0019edit.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0044edit.jpg

this is one of my fav...

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0014edit-1.jpg

[channarox]

nice doras!
theyre like bichirs.
sleep on top of each other.
my endli never eat my other small bichirs.

[Tigriuns™]

My 3ft tank water suddenly turn bad..should be due to bio-load ...
then i throw them into my 1 and half feet tank..where my juru is...
as for my 2 giant niger it is now in my 4ft tank.. will do up my 3ft tank water and throw them in asap...manage to save my catfish...one of them almost die..the top fin become red colour...and was upside down...

here a picture of it...

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0004edit-1.jpg

[channarox]

hope theyre fine.
thats really alot of doradids.
getting an irwini soon. :)

[Tigriuns™]

hope theyre fine.
thats really alot of doradids.
getting an irwini soon. :)


thanks ... should be doing fine...
tonight going to fill my tank with water after i clean it all...and soon will throw them back....leaving the 2 niger in the 4ft tank...it so hard to catch them...

[necrocanis]

Is that a baby jurense in there with them?

[Weylin]

Awsome collection of Ripsaw cats....

[Tigriuns™]

Is that a baby jurense in there with them?

Yes..I been keeping it solo in the tank... till suddenly have to move all of them there...seem doing well with them... have just top up my water and put some leaf to soften it... tomorrow morning will throw some fish inside for testing.. if alright at night will put them back...I am getting a tig & flavican soon....

perfer to mantain them in 1 1/2 ft tank size till they are bigger...easier for them to catch feeder..also easier to maintain the water

[necrocanis]

Not sure I understand, but you test your water with fish? Why not with a test kit?

[Tigriuns™]

Not sure I understand, but you test your water with fish? Why not with a test kit?

with feeder fish..should be alright...

[channarox]

any new pics of your awesome doradids? :D

[Tigriuns™]

any new pics of your awesome doradids? :D

Well get more picture update...niger really grow very fast....
I just save all of them from ich... almost 10days treatment...all of them had it.
But now 100% cure...:)

[headbanger_jib]

Well get more picture update...niger really grow very fast....
I just save all of them from ich... almost 10days treatment...all of them had it.
But now 100% cure...:)
continue your treatment for a few more days(may be 5-6 days) just to be sure as ich has a weird life cycle

[Tigriuns™]

continue your treatment for a few more days(may be 5-6 days) just to be sure as ich has a weird life cycle

Ya I know what you mean..meantime no new fish in... atleast till end of the month which mean they are safe...for niger & irwini they had ich on their eyes not on the hard body... so far it like a few days they are alright... everyday 15ml of solution and handful of salt...plus heater... I am glad they are fine cos some of the catfish is consider rare and not so easy to get...In my country who know....I am be the only one who keep Lithodoras dorsalis the most active of all... will try to get a video clip of them in youtube soon....

[channarox]

cool.
cant wait.
i never knew they would get ich.
they look so tough. :D

[Tigriuns™]

cool.
cant wait.
i never knew they would get ich.
they look so tough. :D

they still can...their eyes and maybe the bottom that is soft but i just didnt go check..the ICH will attack and stick on fish with soft body part...to hard they cant stick...for irwini the fin got abit...

[hawkfan4life99]

thats some good looking fish

[Tigriuns™]

thats some good looking fish

Thanks I will throw in more stripped Talking catfish cos it is cheap and active.. and more different type of the same family... :)

[Tigriuns™]

Finally some water change and can take some picture of them...
Guess they like photo taking all come to one corner for me...

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0035.jpg

swimming to 1 corner

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0039edit.jpg

all stuck together...

some side view of them...

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0030edit-3.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0028edit-2.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0041edit.jpg

at the corner i zoom in at the water inlet...

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0020edit-3.jpg

a new guy hiding...

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0033.jpg

BTW my niger catfish is 1ft long...

[channarox]

they all look good!
the irwinis look like theyre being squashed. :D
bw,whats the new catfish?

[Tigriuns™]

It a perruno catfish...

[channarox]

cool.
so its def. a perruno and not a marbled cat?
how much did it cost?

[Tigriuns™]

some video clip update

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E_AOZfINOlg

[channarox]

LOL.
its so funny to see them pile. :D
nice discus btw.

[Tigriuns™]

Well wanted to get a new video clip of them but seem like water not yet clear up after WC. So just take some picture of them...and measure my irwini the smallest is 9" they love to join in the fun while taking picture...

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0095.jpg
this guy is the smallest and it is 9"

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0098.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0088.jpg
I really like niger alot....

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0101.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0110.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0100.jpg

:headbang2

[channarox]

very nice bro!
love those cats!

[Tigriuns™]

I finally transfer all my catfish yesterday night to my rubber tub it is 4' x 3' so atleast it got more space for them to roam.... funny part is niger seem to be the biggest and the most easy to transfer...gentle gaint :)

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0093.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0090.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0099.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0096.jpg

[necrocanis]

Awesome always enjoy your doradids. I'll be getting some in the future, but for now I have to stick with what I have. Just for reference what's the growth like on your megs, and your niger?

[Tigriuns™]

Awesome always enjoy your doradids. I'll be getting some in the future, but for now I have to stick with what I have. Just for reference what's the growth like on your megs, and your niger?

niger seem to grow very fast from 5" till that in almost a year now.. and under my hand it grow rate is consider slower as i did not power feed it.

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0056edit.jpg

My 1st picture in the 1st page posted on 31/08/07 :D

My irwini i bought at 3 ~ 4.5" only now biggest is 9~10" rather slow

How I happen to keep them is because I had my irwini then i got a few spotted so I think they are very interesting as they act as family not killer and I start going to my LFS to find all the different type to add...

At the moment, I might be the only few who got some of the catfish inside that consider rare to me :)

Thanks for viewing too

[channarox]

very nice update.
they must be enjoying the tub. :D
how big is the perruno?

[Tigriuns™]

very nice update.
they must be enjoying the tub. :D
how big is the perruno?

about 7~8" only...

[Dudzy]

Wow, very nice collection.

[Tigriuns™]

Wow, very nice collection.

Thank you. Keep niger they are cool.

[Tigriuns™]

today just got another new member should be a Opsodoras Leporhinus it is only 2" very cute with the other gang...wonder it is safe with my 1ft+ niger

[channarox]

today just got another new member should be a Opsodoras Leporhinus it is only 2" very cute with the other gang...wonder it is safe with my 1ft+ niger

dont think will be a problem.
but will it be safe with your perruno?:grinno:

[Tigriuns™]

Here some picture of it.
Together with his same size friend "Spotted Taking Catfish" 2" only

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0070-4.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0083-1.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0080-1.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0075-4.jpg

Still waiting for an expert to confirm if it a Opsodoras Leporhinus

[channarox]

nice lil guy.

[Tigriuns™]

see it ****...

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0100-2.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0101-1.jpg

http://i175.photobucket.com/albums/w152/zeroneox/CIMG0102-1.jpg

[ctoychik]

Wow, i have not seen most (if any) of these cats over where i live!!! Have you ever lost any of the fishes to other fishes due to aggression/hunger?

[Tigriuns™]

Wow, i have not seen most (if any) of these cats over where i live!!! Have you ever lost any of the fishes to other fishes due to aggression/hunger?

Nope not for this family... the small one like to hide under the fin of irwini haha that why i keep them,they dun eat each other like RTC

[gangster]

Whats the diff. between a striped raphael and a giant raphael...I love my raphael cats....the striped barks or meows when i pick him up by hand...so funny.

[Tigriuns™]

Whats the diff. between a striped raphael and a giant raphael...I love my raphael cats....the striped barks or meows when i pick him up by hand...so funny.

It 2 different fish. look different

[ks815]

what size tank is that

[Tigriuns™]

what size tank is that

now in a 4 x 3 x 18" rubber tub :)

[killerfish]

Nice lovely little piggies :)

[Tigriuns™]

Just gotten a small Pterodoras granulosu, like it body rusty looks with barb wire

[channarox]

pics please! :D

[Tigriuns™]

finally free to take some picture...

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj118/glass_sg/CIMG0068edit.jpg

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj118/glass_sg/CIMG0073edit.jpg
the above is with flash

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj118/glass_sg/CIMG0096edit.jpg

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj118/glass_sg/CIMG0074edit.jpg

[Tigriuns™]

got this 2 new catfish to join the family....1 is marble talking cat and got 2 of this unknown cat body of a spotted talking catfish but design like tiger...

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj118/glass_sg/DSC00099edit.jpg

http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj118/glass_sg/DSC00101edit.jpg

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[ctoychik]

Whoaaa, that's not something one sees everyday. I have never ever seen any of these in my life. Very odd but cool looking cats.

Is it me, or they have more spines that usual?

How pricey are they? Rare?

[Tigriuns™]

Whoaaa, that's not something one sees everyday. I have never ever seen any of these in my life. Very odd but cool looking cats.

Is it me, or they have more spines that usual?

How pricey are they? Rare?

the new few catfish like marble talking catfish seem like a yearly season. As for the 2 smaller ones they are to be unknown cant find any info in my book and planet catfish link. Now waiting for an expert to ID. As for spines, the younger they are the sharper for protection...eg niger catfish when i 1st bought the spines different from now..to me it is the same only the fish grow in length...

[wayne the pain]

Acanthodoras spinosissimus, and Amblydoras hancockii. ;)

[Tigriuns™]

Acanthodoras spinosissimus, and Amblydoras hancockii. ;)

thanks i always knew you are good in ID...so may i know where you learn from???

[wayne the pain]

thanks i always knew you are good in ID...so may i know where you learn from???

Years of being a catfish geek :D

[Tigriuns™]

Years of being a catfish geek :D

for me only a few years of going to LFS, online read up info, magzine, forum & friends...

[wayne the pain]

Same way i was, used to send full days traveling round to lfs to check there fish out, mags, clubs, fish shows, and now in the days of the internet most things are only a click away, but seeing them in the flesh is a lot better pic's. :)

Great collection by the way. ;)

[gangster]

looks almost like a jaguar catfish...has all the spikes the the raphaels.

[[enjoyable_attempt]]

Those guys look so wierd....But deffinatly awesome

[Tigriuns™]

Same way i was, used to send full days traveling round to lfs to check there fish out, mags, clubs, fish shows, and now in the days of the internet most things are only a click away, but seeing them in the flesh is a lot better pic's. :)

Great collection by the way. ;)

Thanks, but not much forum left that is strong in info :)

looks almost like a jaguar catfish...has all the spikes the the raphaels.

Yup that was what i am thinking when i 1st look at it...

;2269994;']Those guys look so wierd....But deffinatly awesome

Best of all it is only less than 2cm big super cute....

[fishlover88]

what is the growth like on your granulosus? Do you have any over the 12" mark? i've heard the growth slows down at that point.

[Tigriuns™]

what is the growth like on your granulosus? Do you have any over the 12" mark? i've heard the growth slows down at that point.

Well, I got 2. One is about 8~9" with a very slow growth rate as I bought it at 7" for a about almost a year. The 2nd one which is smaller about 4"+ hope that the growth is faster as the 1st one growth rate might be abit stun.

[gangster]

Here is my spotted raphael. He very rarely comes out to cruise it. I've had him for about a year and a half...he was about 1.5" and survived through it all...w/ his 5'' striped raphael buddy who is still hiding.

[DRgrits]

Man I love RAPHAEL cats. Afriend of mine still has one I gave him 10 years ago that I had already had several years.

[Tigriuns™]

Ya best of all they are friendly giant put with smaller ones will not be eaten by them... i just throw in some small cory seem like can comm...

[klink5]

Here's my shy guy...
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj91/klink5/P6050216.jpg
Not as shy as most I suppose....
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj91/klink5/P7160698.jpg
If there's food...
He will come.

[Tigriuns™]

Here's my shy guy...
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj91/klink5/P6050216.jpg
Not as shy as most I suppose....
http://i270.photobucket.com/albums/jj91/klink5/P7160698.jpg
If there's food...
He will come.

cute what is it? a spotted talking cat??? mine is very fat and not so active once a while i will carry with my hand below water level ...

[Tigriuns™]

update on my fish Doradidae and friends..

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[jojo_nature]

Wow that's an amazing collection of Dora's i've only got 2 i'm so jealous .

[krichardson]

I've got a Megaladoras and a Niger,some day I will find a small Lithodoras.

[Tigriuns™]

I've got a Megaladoras and a Niger,some day I will find a small Lithodoras.

It is consider rare here. I think i might be the only one have them.
Is it rare in your country?

BTW how about posting some picture of yours.

[krichardson]

It is consider rare here. I think i might be the only one have them.
Is it rare in your country?

BTW how about posting some picture of yours.
I would have to say that the Lithodoras is rare here as well.I never see them on any vendors lists or in any stores tanks.I did see one once on a list here but it was nearing two feet and I would really like a small one to raise myself.A moderator just recently purchased a near twenty incher from another vendor who was selling it for a member who had passed.It seems that when they are available,its only the larger ones.I will get some pictures up one of these days.

[Tigriuns™]

I would have to say that the Lithodoras is rare here as well.I never see them on any vendors lists or in any stores tanks.I did see one once on a list here but it was nearing two feet and I would really like a small one to raise myself.A moderator just recently purchased a near twenty incher from another vendor who was selling it for a member who had passed.It seems that when they are available,its only the larger ones.I will get some pictures up one of these days.

Well mine seem to grow very slow. They are very cute & active. BTW how big is your niger now? Mine can say should be over 50cm.