ID CATFISH please?

[Stanv03]

Hello everyone, long time no post lol. Anyways about a week ago I went to my LFS. Was looking to get a little cleanup crew to help keep the bottom of my 125g a little clean after my messy Oscars lol. The sealers girl recommended catfish. She specifically recommended these cats out of the others that they were selling. There was 7 but I ended up getting 3 all about the same size around “3 inches”. They did have 1 that was about 6-7 inches and a little chunky. (I wish I would’ve taken a picture of it) but anyways she sold them to me as “Pictus catfish” for $20 each. But I just wanted to see the specific cat they are because when I search up pictus they have polkadots. These don’t as you can see… so what kind of cats are they?

 

[beau1990]

I think these are 4 lined pims Rpul thebiggerthebetter Fishman Dave

 

[Fallen_Leaves16]

Pimelodus blochii, 4-lined pim. Nice little fellows; they get up to 30cm. Rather active, but also get rather belligerent with age. Quite hardy.

 

[Stanv03]

I think these are 4 lined pims Rpul thebiggerthebetter Fishman Dave

Pimelodus blochii, 4-lined pim. Nice little fellows; they get up to 30cm. Rather active, but also get rather belligerent with age. Quite hardy.

cool, thanks!

 

[Stanv03]

These are the messy ones I mentioned btw

 

[abominus]

These are the messy ones I mentioned btw

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Gorgeous Oscars, how big are they?

 

[Rpul]

Defiantly 4-lined pims (blochii)
Get a nice size. Much better option with Oscar’s than the P. Pictus.

they will mostlikely squabble, though it shouldn’t cause Damage. Add another if it’s a concern to even the aggression out.

 

[Stanv03]

Gorgeous Oscars, how big are they?

Albino is about 6 inches and the red is around 7 I’d say if not closer to 8

 

[Stanv03]

Defiantly 4-lined pims (blochii)
Get a nice size. Much better option with Oscar’s than the P. Pictus.

they will mostlikely squabble, though it shouldn’t cause Damage. Add another if it’s a concern to even the aggression out.

I have 3, so far I have not seen any aggression between them, I have 3 pvc pipes I use for my Bichirs and then I recently added this cave, so they hide in their own “caves” for the most part, the 2 in the picture hang out together. Then the 3rd one Hides in a pvc pipe with the Senegal.

 

[Jexnell]

They are the bigger cousins of Pimelodus pictus. Great cats to have really. More active than most, always swimming about hunting for food.