How many cats is enough?

[Fishman Dave]

I have never actually sat back and looked what catfish I am currently keeping but reading some of the threads recently has made me take a step back and a look into my catfish world.
So here goes, from the small and common to the large or less common.
Ottocinclus * 5
Ordinary bristlenose plec * 8
Blue eyed white bristlenose * 12
Hoplo cats *2
Syno decorus * 5
Pim pictus * 5
Banjo cats * 4
Whiptail cats * 3
Shadow cats * 6
Red whiptail cats * 3
Microglanis iheringi * 4
Harlequin lancer * 2
Corydoras panda * 8
Corydoras trilineatus * 6
Fossilis cat * 2
Syno granulosus * 1
Syno nigrata * 2
Sperata aor * 1
Gibbiceps plec * 4
Cactus plec * 2
Brachyplatystoma juruense * 1
Mystus bimaculatus * 5
Hemibagrus nemurus (albino) * 1
zungaro zungaro * 1
Pseudomystus siamensis * 5
Notoglanidium macrastoma (dwarf giraffe) * 1
Bolt cat * 1
Hemibagrus wykii * 1
Syno eupterus * 3
Clown plec * 6
Mega clown plec * 4
Mystus leucophasis * 2
Lima shovelnose * 1
Syno schall * 1
Vulture cat * 1
Pim blochii * 1
Pim maculatus * 4
Giraffe (occidentalis) * 2
Clarias batrachus * 1
Red tail cat * 1
Tiger shovelnose * 1
Bagarius Yarrelli * 1
Brachyplatystoma Tigrinus * 1
Brachyplatystoma capapratum (filamentosum ?) * 1

I need to find more hours in a day, I am being slowly taken over, 133 cats of 44 types -if I haven't missed some.

 

[kno4te]

If you got the love/passion for them.....then never enough.

*cough *cough....unless u water quality goes down the hole along with ur money then forget it...lol

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Welcome to the Bewhiskered Anonymous. You most assuredly got a problem and have found the right support group. Clouded your future is but the belated bewhiskerness is your present.

For one, I'd like to see your Pimelodus maculatus and to learn how you got their ID. I don't know anyone keeping this exceedingly rare fish.

 

[dazzapolypterusweeksii]

Haha what a collection dave. Think you need to charge your phone/camera and get some pics updated of as many as you can!

 

[Fishman Dave]

Victor, your losing it as much as I am, I'm not new round here, just realized I have never listed what I am keeping in the catfish line. And note, no red tail cats of the Hemibagrus variety, the Wykii did for the three brothers in the pond in the end. And I have now cut the inner pond liner in a number of places to a) let more cats behind and b) get circulation in there and get rid of the crap and toxins from having a second liner with water and Wykii behind it.

The id of the maculatus is something we have discussed a while ago and the y were sold as macular is by Pier acoustics and they supplied the fish and photo ( like they do for many cats) on Julians website.(planetcatfish.com)

 

[Iamfish]

Amazing collection, cats for life

 

[Fishman Dave]

Here are a few of the poor photos I do have but will take some better ones.

 

[Fishman Dave]

These were the latest batch but again, were a few months ago now, so will have to take more recent ones.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

I see. Thanks for the info. If the Pimelodus had been ID'ed as maculatus on Planet Catfish, that's quite trustworthy then. I'd really appreciate a thread on them with some updates every now and then, as you pleased.

As mentioned before, your piraiba is the true species, not the false aka capapretum.

 

[EntoStentor]

No way! Sperata aor!!! THE BIGGEST AIR BREATHING CATFISH pees himself WE NEED PICS NOW NOW NOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!