Looking for help picking out a catfish

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ssalyers

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I am in the process of getting together a list of fish I want for a new 180g I have set up and running. Looking for a idea on a catfish or 2 to get. It will be a SA/CA set up. I have never owned a cat before but after looking @ pics on here I want 1. No RTC please dont want a 3 footer I have to find a home for later.
 
i have a bullhead cat theyre pretty awesome. i like the way they swim with their whole body and not just their fins. the albino ones are even cooler. but id say you should get a bullhead or shovelnose. i like the RTC too but you say no to that.

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basslover hit it right on the head, you have many choices. I am partial to the Lima Shovelnose. Check out the Jaguar cats. Many of the family doradidae are super cool too. I'm talking about armored catfish family: spotted raphael, striped raphael, but probably not oxydoras niger, which will get too big for what your are looking for.
 
I have never seen a Jaguar Cat before. After looking on you-tube and looking at other sites this could be what I am looking for. How hard are these fish to find? Thanks for some great ideas. I look foward to doing more research.
 
ssalyers;2297377; said:
I have never seen a Jaguar Cat before. After looking on you-tube and looking at other sites this could be what I am looking for. How hard are these fish to find? Thanks for some great ideas. I look foward to doing more research.
I've been looking for one here for a year... found one... but another member scooped it up before I could get back to the LFS to pick it up :irked: :ROFL:
 
i think you should get a lima!
i finally bought one not to long ago, and i love that little thing!!
 
Lima will give you that big cat feeling. Gulpers, Tig, and many others to choose.
 
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