Need ID

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I am curious if anyone can ID this catfish. I got it from someone who told me they got it as a baby and as it grew it started eating their fancy goldfish. I have kept it alone since I rescued it a few months ago. It is approx 6-7 inches and "I think" its some form of bullhead. The back half looks deformed and when I asked her about it I was told they all looked like that. Seems to eat bloodworms and picks at flake food. Shows no interest in krill.

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Kinda looks like a blue channel cat to me, but like its tail got sucked into a filter intake... I'm not sure what it is. What bit him on his sides? or is that from moving him?
 
Mystus Redtail;2566362; said:
Kinda looks like a blue channel cat to me, but like its tail got sucked into a filter intake... I'm not sure what it is. What bit him on his sides? or is that from moving him?
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Just moved him to a larger tank but he was pretty beat up when I got em. The tail has looked like that since I first got it. It doesnt seem to effect him but does look odd with a slight twist to it as well.
 
Looks like a channel cat. It was either beat up or got the deformity when it was really young. It's not uncommon to see fish with deformed backs like that.
 
jgentry;2566517; said:
Looks like a channel cat. It was either beat up or got the deformity when it was really young. It's not uncommon to see fish with deformed backs like that.
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Any idea what size I'm looking at? I dont think it has even grown a full inch since it came into my hands.
 
I can't be precise, don't know much about them, but they grow BIG
 
Well, when I had one, he grew between an inch and 1.5 inches per month, but that was before I new much about fish keeping, I would say on a good diet, a healthy specimen could exceed those numbers.

I've seen channel cats that are longer than 3 feet at one of the local Aquariums.
 
Looks like a channel
They get large, growth rates really very between them, I have one growing faster than the others, and I think a lot of it has to do with tank temp, the ones I have in a native cold water tank havn't grown much, but the one in with my tropicals is showing good growth.

The tail looks like a calcium deficiency which will cause the spines to bend/curve like that. Mine eat sinking cichlid pellets, blood worms, earthworms, and cut up shrimp and fish. mine are kinda picky, and I have to stand a few feet away from the tank and throw the food in if I want to see them eat, but the lights can be on... odd fish, but wonderful, I love mine.
 
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