if you could only have one?

[new2natives]

i have 3 questions, please respond to all 3

1) if you could only own one catfish, what would it be?

2) i have recently fallen in love with the larger cats, i have a rtc, a tsn, and a m.irwini. obviously size is not of concern, so if you were to add a cat or two to that mix, what would you add?
(i am leaning in the direction of giraffe and niger, but i think the niger is a bit too similar to the irwini)

3) where do you buy the more exotic cats? here and aquabid are the obvious answers, anywhere else?

 

[blurock]

1) RTCxTSN Hybrid
2) Either do the triad of doom (RTC, TSN, and RTCxTSN hybrid) Or Marble, Or Marble Hybrid
3) Keep your eyes peeled on Craigslist. Do a search for fish or catfish as many people who have them don't know what they actually are (will just list as large catfish, or shovelnose cat) Also live aquaria and sites like that have tsn and rtc sometimes, AND the best bet would be your closest mom and pop lfs. Ask them if they could order them for you.

 

[haynchinook334]

1) RTC....i love red, black, and white

2) RTCxTSN

3) At my local fish store.

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

1 niger cat love the look
2 leustic tsn x rtc
3 a lfs about 30 min away

 

[new2natives]

i must be missing the boat on the rtcXtsn ... whats so great about them?
i love the distinct differences in the RTC and the TSN, to me the hybrid just looks like a mess. its has no clear patterns or lines ... ?

 

[new2natives]

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[channarox]

1. not a big cat,but i would love to get some gulpers after i lost my old guy and sold off the oldest ones.

2. niger catfish.

3. no idea.

 

[BaTsBR]

1 - RTC
2 - add a RTCxTSN, will mix very fine (trying to do that here)
3 - depends on what you consider exotic. here RTC, TSN are not exotic, but "commom" river fishes. Giraffe, marble are rare here but may not be in other place

 

[Lepisosteus platyrhincus]

3 - depends on what you consider exotic. here RTC, TSN are not exotic, but "commom" river fishes. Giraffe, marble are rare here but may not be in other place

JEALOUS

RTC pretty common here but tsn are very rare

 

[njackson]

1. leiarius pictus
2. niger catfish
3. just keep on looking or get the shop to oder for you.