I had 3 of these guys come in today. They were just listed as aluminum cats. I have a general idea of care, diet etc.. but I’m hoping someone can tell me which type of Chrysichthys I have
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Chrysichthys ID
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Never mind, after double checking it’s longipinnis. I forgot or missed it lol
How have you convince yourself of longipinnis? The dorsal fin doesn't seem nearly tall enough for longipinnis.
Chrysichthys are notoriously hard to ID to the species level, even taxonomists say so. We've had our share of them, I never knew their species exactly, I thought one of the most common, or the most common were nigrodigitatus. The only obvious ones are the ornatus for me.
Look at them - half of them look the same: https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/genus.php?genus_id=153#1968
Chrysichthys are notoriously hard to ID to the species level, even taxonomists say so. We've had our share of them, I never knew their species exactly, I thought one of the most common, or the most common were nigrodigitatus. The only obvious ones are the ornatus for me.
Look at them - half of them look the same: https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/genus.php?genus_id=153#1968
The seller had it listed as longipinnis, I must have missed it or forgot, but I’ll check the link
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Ya you’re right, the dorsal is a little short for longipinnis. I see what you mean, they all look almost the same. Guess I probably won’t ever know.
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Ya you’re right, the dorsal is a little short for longipinnis. I see what you mean, they all look almost the same. Guess I probably won’t ever know.
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I'd not count on it but such an exercise can be beneficial still. They are easier to tell when larger / adults. I'd probably engage Planet Catfish too.
Nigrodigitatus is said to reach 2.5ft tip to tip: https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=519 but I've never seen them much over 1ft, even our old ones.
Nigrodigitatus is said to reach 2.5ft tip to tip: https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=519 but I've never seen them much over 1ft, even our old ones.
I’ve heard they’re extremely slow growers, I’m hoping so, or it’s one of the smaller types
Thanks, I’ll post this question on PC
Will look forward to seeing what comes of the PCF inquiry. Yes I heard and experienced a very slow growth after initial 6"-8" or so.
sister thread on the PCF: https://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=51408#p335805
Do you know if Chrysichthys hold their own ok? I grabbed 3 and was planning on putting them with my geos, but I’ve seen a few people keeping them in rift tanks without issue it appears and I also have a nice rift tank in need of a catfish. So maybe two with the geos and one in the rift?
I don't have that vast experience with them, probably spanning 3-5 years with 3-4 specimen, not counting the ornatus. They seem to be average, not push overs but aggressive fish can hurt them bad, render them almost finless, I rescued one such almost without fins, from a cichlid tank but it was in 2011 and I don't remember anymore what cichlids.
