My colombian shark cat just died. He started gettin like a yellowish color and looked like he was shedding. He started sittin straight up against things in the tank. I left for a few hours to come home to a dead catfish...just sitting straight up...dead in the corner.....ANY ideas what might have happened?
DEAD COLOMBIAN SHARK CATFISH
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Lets see if I'm close to getting this right... somewhere around 5-6" in size and full freshwater...right?
These guys need to be moved to brackish conditions as they grow... normally in the wild they would be migrating towards saltwater before hitting adult hood
These guys need to be moved to brackish conditions as they grow... normally in the wild they would be migrating towards saltwater before hitting adult hood
Yes he was around 5 inches and he was in full freshwater....i figured that what happened might have been that it finally needed to be switched....BUT i have heard of them living fine in freshwater so it confused me...none the less..hes gone unfortunately ;(
you can't slowly acclimate them to freshwater... they are born in freahwater and stay there till they are around 5-6" in size then migrate to brackishwater and eventually on to full marine... once they have gone into full marine you can slowy bring them back to fresh which is part of their breeding cycle
sorry for your loss.. it happens too often... i kept mine in Fresh water until they were near 8 inches.. but as soon as i saw the skin issues i knew it was time for brackish water... so i slowly acclimated them and of course over a foot now and thriving.. it is sad they never tell you this...and then you and the fish suffer ...