I've read lots this afternoon and tonight on both Hemibagrus wyckii and Hemibagrus wyckioides, and physically speaking as well as in temperment I'd like to say it is Wyckii. He turned up in a tank today with some spotted talking cats and a gibby - so I am not fully sure. I've been told he's always lived with the small cats and has never eaten anyone. However he has hints of red - which Wyckioides has. But everywhere I read says Wyckioides start eating tank mates as soon as they can and never stop - even killing much larger fish.
So he has the attitude and bodyshape of Wyckii but a slight colouration of Wyckioides, and I am lost. I've been told over on PlanetCatfish that it is Wyckioides, but not having the bright red tail I keep seeing in photos and being quite mellow makes me wonder. I am not one to argue - honestly - I am just wondering if they aren't that vicious or if mine is lazy.
Also - I have been reading that while both can get massive it is more common for them to stay around 20-24 inches, is this correct?
I have counted 7 soft dorsal rays and one spine, which fit both, but he does have massive main wiskers which fits Wychioides better.
Hello. This is a fish that has turned up with a free tank. Beh. Was told he was a small catfish with a red tail - so hoped for a plec or syno. Then was told he was an RTC, but I think he really isn't unless he is the strangest coloured one ever.
I had a good hard look and I think Hemibagrus wyckii. I had thought Hemibagrus wyckioides but he is a push over and has been kept with two 3-4 inch spotted talking cats and hasn't touched them. Also his fin is more peaked then the Hemibagrus wyckioides, it is a closer match to wyckii, but that redish look to the tail makes me thing otherwise, though its not as much red as any of the wyckioides pics I can find. He is stressed out and unhappy, having been shuffled at his old home from tank to tank, then driven across town to surprise me and be shuffled some more.
Pics:
Head
Tail
He wont get out of the pipe with me anywhere in the room, but I know he comes out when I am out of the room cause every time I open the door he goes for his pipe haha. I had my husband take the following while I gaurded the tubes and carefully herded him where I wanted him to go.
Almost.. ALMOST!!
Not so red tail looking to me...
Pink, at best.
THERE WE GO! A whole fish. Sorry about the angle, there isn't a lot of moving room in the fish room at the moment, and I moved pipes as Stig snapped away.
Belly! Not as plump as I'd like him to be, but he's had it rough lately - moved about a lot when the last owner shuffled, them groped by my hubby
I don't like him in the tank he is in - it is only 60x20x24 inch. I honestly don't think my bigger tank (78x24x24 inch) will suit him either. I also need to find out what he is and if he will eat everything I own - I have no idea why he hasn't eaten the talking cats, but with how he pokes his head out when I am around he definitely knows where dinner comes from - so maybe just lazy. I had a 2 foot poly that would ignore the smaller fish sitting right by her - but I hand fed her, so she probably never really thought about working for dinner haha. Hoping I can get this lad to do the same!
Is Wychioides seriously that big of a killer?
Thanks in advance!
Ignore me - picture heavy so it does go here, I think.. lol
So he has the attitude and bodyshape of Wyckii but a slight colouration of Wyckioides, and I am lost. I've been told over on PlanetCatfish that it is Wyckioides, but not having the bright red tail I keep seeing in photos and being quite mellow makes me wonder. I am not one to argue - honestly - I am just wondering if they aren't that vicious or if mine is lazy.
Also - I have been reading that while both can get massive it is more common for them to stay around 20-24 inches, is this correct?
I have counted 7 soft dorsal rays and one spine, which fit both, but he does have massive main wiskers which fits Wychioides better.
Hello. This is a fish that has turned up with a free tank. Beh. Was told he was a small catfish with a red tail - so hoped for a plec or syno. Then was told he was an RTC, but I think he really isn't unless he is the strangest coloured one ever.
I had a good hard look and I think Hemibagrus wyckii. I had thought Hemibagrus wyckioides but he is a push over and has been kept with two 3-4 inch spotted talking cats and hasn't touched them. Also his fin is more peaked then the Hemibagrus wyckioides, it is a closer match to wyckii, but that redish look to the tail makes me thing otherwise, though its not as much red as any of the wyckioides pics I can find. He is stressed out and unhappy, having been shuffled at his old home from tank to tank, then driven across town to surprise me and be shuffled some more.
Pics:
Head
Tail
He wont get out of the pipe with me anywhere in the room, but I know he comes out when I am out of the room cause every time I open the door he goes for his pipe haha. I had my husband take the following while I gaurded the tubes and carefully herded him where I wanted him to go.
Almost.. ALMOST!!
Not so red tail looking to me...
Pink, at best.
THERE WE GO! A whole fish. Sorry about the angle, there isn't a lot of moving room in the fish room at the moment, and I moved pipes as Stig snapped away.
Belly! Not as plump as I'd like him to be, but he's had it rough lately - moved about a lot when the last owner shuffled, them groped by my hubby
I don't like him in the tank he is in - it is only 60x20x24 inch. I honestly don't think my bigger tank (78x24x24 inch) will suit him either. I also need to find out what he is and if he will eat everything I own - I have no idea why he hasn't eaten the talking cats, but with how he pokes his head out when I am around he definitely knows where dinner comes from - so maybe just lazy. I had a 2 foot poly that would ignore the smaller fish sitting right by her - but I hand fed her, so she probably never really thought about working for dinner haha. Hoping I can get this lad to do the same!
Is Wychioides seriously that big of a killer?
Thanks in advance!
Ignore me - picture heavy so it does go here, I think.. lol
