Gidday all from New Zealand,
I've had my eye on a fully grown 6 inch Two Spot Catfish at my local fish shop for some time. Just recently I've been trying to get an idea of what kind of tank he'll need so I can buy him.
WELL, I went in today (after visiting him yesterday) and overnight SOME IDIOT had put a school of Odessa Barbs in with him! ALL of his barbels have been bitten/chewed/snapped off of him. He's only got about 1/3 of an inch left on all of them.
I'm still planning on buying him (mainly to rescue him from the newbie twats at the store), but I'm wondering if they'll grow back or not?
He looks like this...
source: saimensis.org
At the moment I can only really afford a 2*1*1 foot tank with a spare canister filter, would this be suitable for him? From what I can see he's fully grown. I've got minimal tropical fish keeping experience, but about a years worth of New Zealand Native coldwater carnivorous Crayfish and Scaleless fish keeping experience.
PS: Excuse the spelling, we have a habit of spelling things differently from the rest of the educated world.
Cheers (thanks for your time),
Romeo
I've had my eye on a fully grown 6 inch Two Spot Catfish at my local fish shop for some time. Just recently I've been trying to get an idea of what kind of tank he'll need so I can buy him.
WELL, I went in today (after visiting him yesterday) and overnight SOME IDIOT had put a school of Odessa Barbs in with him! ALL of his barbels have been bitten/chewed/snapped off of him. He's only got about 1/3 of an inch left on all of them.
I'm still planning on buying him (mainly to rescue him from the newbie twats at the store), but I'm wondering if they'll grow back or not?
He looks like this...
source: saimensis.org
At the moment I can only really afford a 2*1*1 foot tank with a spare canister filter, would this be suitable for him? From what I can see he's fully grown. I've got minimal tropical fish keeping experience, but about a years worth of New Zealand Native coldwater carnivorous Crayfish and Scaleless fish keeping experience.
PS: Excuse the spelling, we have a habit of spelling things differently from the rest of the educated world.
Cheers (thanks for your time),
Romeo