My pseudopimelodidae cats

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This was the apure right before i moved the pacman. He wasnt aggressive to the pacman catfish but as you can see from the vid he was stealing all the food. Iwould have to over feed the apure just to feed the pacman cat.
 
Giant bumble bee was very active today at feeding time, little guy bit one of my spotted sleeper gobys. Rare for me to see this guy so active at feedings.
 
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One of my bumble bee jelly cat was also pretty active at feeding time today and getting nippy with my vanilla ghost knife.
 
Your setup is amazing on many levels! For one you've created an environment that allows multiple species of pseudopimelodids to co-exist, probably due to each being able to have their own territory and that you have managed to have a community collection of fish that seemingly eat the same foods as well. Many of the fish you have are often difficult to wean off live feeder fish, obviously it can be done, nice. For years, at least half of my hobby has been dedicated to pseudopimelodids so I really admire your collection. Perhaps the most difficult thing in keeping cephalosilirus species such as apurensis and fowleri is their aggression and territorial nature, yours seem to get along nicely. My c. fowleri would tolerate other catfish species to a degree, nipping fins, etc. but would kill any other pseudopimelodid introduced to the tank. I raised a c. apurensis to 20" and sold it a couple of years ago as it outgrew my tank, kept it alone based on their reputation. (It's now around 28" in her second home.) Your experience seems different, so far. I don't recall seeing the size of your tank but in general terms a larger tank seems to reduce aggression in these species as does keeping them well fed! Excellent….
 
I currently am trying out two alleged apurensis in a largely bare 240 gal. It has a few shelters but these two hang in the open much too. They have been together for a month or so. They are ~6". So far, they appear to have learned to live with each other. A bit tattered fins, and even that once in a while, has been all the damage I observed to the moment.

Sharptooth, I too enjoy your posts. Why is the pacman lacking most of the pec fins?
 
Yellowcat said:
Your setup is amazing on many levels! For one you've created an environment that allows multiple species of pseudopimelodids to co-exist, probably due to each being able to have their own territory and that you have managed to have a community collection of fish that seemingly eat the same foods as well. Many of the fish you have are often difficult to wean off live feeder fish, obviously it can be done, nice. For years, at least half of my hobby has been dedicated to pseudopimelodids so I really admire your collection. Perhaps the most difficult thing in keeping cephalosilirus species such as apurensis and fowleri is their aggression and territorial nature, yours seem to get along nicely. My c. fowleri would tolerate other catfish species to a degree, nipping fins, etc. but would kill any other pseudopimelodid introduced to the tank. I raised a c. apurensis to 20" and sold it a couple of years ago as it outgrew my tank, kept it alone based on their reputation. (It's now around 28" in her second home.) Your experience seems different, so far. I don't recall seeing the size of your tank but in general terms a larger tank seems to reduce aggression in these species as does keeping them well fed! Excellent….
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THANKS, i really like this family of catfish also. Tanks are not that large a125 and a 75. They will all be moving to tanks a little larger in the next couple of weeks. There has been almost no aggression between these fish exept when i first move them to new tanks.
 
thebiggerthebetter said:
I currently am trying out two alleged apurensis in a largely bare 240 gal. It has a few shelters but these two hang in the open much too. They have been together for a month or so. They are ~6". So far, they appear to have learned to live with each other. A bit tattered fins, and even that once in a while, has been all the damage I observed to the moment.

Sharptooth, I too enjoy your posts. Why is the pacman lacking most of the pec fins?
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THANKS , i assume he was born that way. He has been like that since he was a small
 
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