I ;earned that when one i had until i ate it ate a few of my PiranhaFlathead have large cavernous mouths as you know. ANY fish hat will fit in its mouth or it thinks will fit in its mouth WILL be eaten without a doubt.
I ;earned that when one i had until i ate it ate a few of my PiranhaFlathead have large cavernous mouths as you know. ANY fish hat will fit in its mouth or it thinks will fit in its mouth WILL be eaten without a doubt.
... In fact, there is only a handful of catfishes (EDIT: out of ~3000 species) that need live / cannot be weaned off live.
It can easily be very dependent on the tank set up and 100 other things but in general, I'd say Cephalosilurus are likely more active in adequate housing. Mine 3 were only ~50% hiders in the day time in dim lighting and the moment food is near, they'd be all out, all eyes and ears... even before food hit the water...compare to apurensis cf, which is more active?
aquamonsters in Taiwan have them for sale atm and it will cost me around $500 each if I wanna have it here in my area, but since you are in Texas then its a pain to get one.ive been looking for a smaller one to grow out for years