Hemiarius stormii care????

[mybirthdateisfake]

I'm trying to buy a Hemiarius stormii (armored sea catfish) for my 400 gal pond. I want to know how to care for this thing.

1. Feeding: Do I need to get sinking food for this fish? Will it come to the surface to feed? Will it eat live food?

2. Tankmates: I have a GT cichlid, Jag, and Oscar in my pond. Are they alright together?

3. General care: PH? Temperature? etc.

 

[tlindsey]

I'm trying to buy a Hemiarius stormii (armored sea catfish) for my 400 gal pond. I want to know how to care for this thing.

1. Feeding: Do I need to get sinking food for this fish? Will it come to the surface to feed? Will it eat live food?

2. Tankmates: I have a GT cichlid, Jag, and Oscar in my pond. Are they alright together?

3. General care: PH? Temperature? etc.

Fishman Dave

 

[Fishman Dave]

Not one for me I am afraid as this is one of the few catfish I have never had the pleasure to keep.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

I'm trying to buy a Hemiarius stormii (armored sea catfish) for my 400 gal pond.
***great!

1. Feeding: Do I need to get sinking food for this fish? Will it come to the surface to feed? Will it eat live food?
***it should eat anything that fits in its mouth everywhere it finds it.

2. Tankmates: I have a GT cichlid, Jag, and Oscar in my pond. Are they alright together?
***so long tank mates do not fit in its mouth, it should leave the alone.

3. General care: PH? Temperature? etc.
***like Dave I've never kept them, only read the reports of others on the MFK. if you search for stormii, you should find some keepers and their info and perhaps tag them in your thread if you still need more info. There aren't many on the MFK, maybe 2-4.

 

[Simonas]

I am on a UK whatsapp group for big fish keepers and a few on the lads have them and rave about them

Seems like they are always active, grow quickly, you need lots of space because of how big they are and they keep them with the full range of aro's bass, rays etc so I suppose its like anything make sure its not too small to be eaten and that nothing in there is potential for a meal for him

Lovely fish, I'd love one

 

[mybirthdateisfake]

Seems like they are always active, grow quickly, you need lots of space because of how big they are

Would my pond be large enough?

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

IDK how big they grow. If over 1.5ft, I'd say 400 gal is too small because they are like all/most Ariidae catfish are active swimmers.

 

[GiantFishKeeper101]

They are like piraiba but slower. They are not aggressive & can't be mixed with aggressive fish. To me they don't grow that quick. Quite slow for a catfish actually. Idk if it just me or not