Lophiosilurus fowleri...?

[jjohnwm]

...not so personable and not one that particularly suits your fancy, but I think I enjoyed mine...Would hide a fair bit and didn't really do much. A tad skittish but not so bad, if you could find it in the tank to begin with- the few I had were good hiders...actually, now that I think of it, they were a bit dull and I was mildly disappointed about having to set aside a tank solely for them...Can't actually remember why I bought a few to begin with. Never gave them much attention, nor were they worth much attention...I'm sure they have redeeming qualities, B. raninus.

Well, I certainly feel better now after that ringing endorsement. I even owned Microglanis back in the day, and at that point in my hobby involvement it was a cool little fish that I enjoyed.

Honestly, a 6 - 8 inch fish that hides a bunch and occasionally pops out to eat is the sort of thing that would have appealed to me for most of my fishkeeping career...I had a lot more tanks and many were devoted to oddballs like that. But now I am limiting my involvement and the number of tanks I want to maintain, and I want each one to be something I truly enjoy. I wanted another "wet pet" type of fish, and a Lophiosilurus was right up my alley. Instead, it sounds more like I got a "wet-raccoon-at-the-trash-can" fish; hard to see, no interaction, no excitement, mostly nothing going on.

Oh, well...my fault, I had my doubts immediately upon seeing the fish, should have been more careful. I wanted what I wanted, and had my Jelly Cat goggles on after driving 100km to the shop with my fish-transport cooler on the seat beside me. I convinced myself it was what I wanted...

DANG!!!!


But thanks for your input, C Conchonius ...I realize now that my situation could be far, far worse...