False Tigrinus?

[aidenb]

I really like my jur, he's like a mini tsn with and odd pattern.

 

[cudamaster13]

I went into Tropical Treasures the other day to buy some prime and I saw they had a tank of juvenile 3" catfish labeled shovelnose 49.99

I was intrigued by the fish and decided I would come home and learn a little bit about them.

I Did a little bit of research and wanted to make sure what i was reading was the same species at the fish store so i called today to make sure what they had was the tigrinus...

well, the guy told me they're actually false tigrinus... he explained that a true will have a long top viel and almost nothing on the bottom... the false will have both viels... he said they will grow equally in size and that a true has a nicer pattern...

I would still love to add this specimen to my collection. Is there any other information I should know? Does anyone else keep false tigrinus?

juruense i think are also more hardy than tigs they are one of my favorite catfishes im thinking of getting one for my south american charicin tank

 

[Planetnicolas]

to be honest I tingrus or the jurenese. when im older ill go ahead and buy a tsn I saw I very beautiful one of river monsters and I want one. if I dont have one by the time im 40 and have a house ill consider myself a failure

 

[balton777]

You could keep searching for a good deal on a Tig. I bought my former Tig for $70 and he was awesome.

 

[arowana666]

You could keep searching for a good deal on a Tig. I bought my former Tig for $70 and he was awesome.

You got a tigrinus for $70. you lucky b.....
I got mine fore €400 and it was dead in 10 days

 

[arowanaryan]

Flash Juruense are extremely nice and have ridiculously awesome patterns at full size... Google image it up you'll find some sick pics.

 

[T1KARMANN]

Tigrinus grow to about 28inch a jurence grows over 3ft

A jurence is dull in colour a tigrinus colour is bright

A tigrinus is slimmer than jurence

A jurence is easier to take care of

A tigrinus I 3 x more expensive than jurence

A tigrinus is the king and best looking of all catfish


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[T1KARMANN]

Flash Juruense are extremely nice and have ridiculously awesome patterns at full size... Google image it up you'll find some sick pics.

Flash jurence don't stay that colour for long it's something in the food that turns them that colour

If you ever see flash jurence for sale don't waste your money as chances are it will just look like a normal jurence after a few months that's why you don't see many adult ones that are gold yellow


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[Hondacrx2]

350$ 8" buy my tig

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[snowhnter]

while I will agree that the tig is a good looking cat, I would not go so far as to say it is the best looking cat out there. The Planiceps Firewood Catfish is nice in its own right. Have been looking for one of those myself. I too have the Brachyplatysoma juruense at about 10" it is just now starting to turn gold/yellow.