check out my new marmoratus

[tank90]

I believe its a marmoratus, he about 7 inches and fat .......
questions....

1. is it a marmoratus ?
2. is it a good one ?
3. are they fairly common ( because i dont believe i have seen one before )
4. will he be a tankbuster ?

I ask this because i usually research a fish pretty good before i get it .. but I got him for 10 bucks by mistake on the lfs's mistake and he was so cool looking i coulden't resist.

 

[Carl D]

1. Yes thats a Leiarius marmoratus. You can tell its not a Pictus because of its less pronounced dorsal fin.
2. He looks well and if hes fat then it shows hes eating well and healthy.
3. I dont believe them to be rare, but i maybe wrong plus i live in the UK.
4. Yes he will be a tankbuster. It will grow to about 2 foot like the rest of them.

Carl.

 

[Honda12]

Yeah looks like one to me. Nice pickup.

They aren't to rare here in michigan, one of the LFS in kalamazoo, can get them anytime, $15 for a little one though. So $10 is a good deal for one that size. I paid $30 for my 16in.

What store you get him at in Jackson?

 

[tank90]

its not really a fish store perse is a dog grooming place that has a few tanks in which they sell fish from, they usually have a few fish and have no idea what they are...lol so once in a while i stop in and make an offer lol. nice looking cat though

 

[amazonfishman]

Be mindful of its tank companions though, I had a baby around 2" at time of purchase grow to 8" in 3 months so like 2-3" a month I would say is typical growth if your feeding heavily and mine hadn't shown any signs of slowing down ~Trent

 

[Honda12]

Mine grew from 16in to 20+ in the month and a half I had mine. Would have kept it if my male ray didn't decide he wanted to eat it and I had to take it out.

 

[necrocanis]

you can also tell the difference between this fish and perrunicthys perruno, by the fact that it has 12 soft dorsal fin rays, and perruno only has 8-9! Great pic up I had one just under 22" until my hybrids decided he was too much of an outsider and ganged up on him! Took them about 2 days of harrasment to kill him. Too bad I didn't have a different tank to put him in his barbells were like 24". Beautiful cat.