I sold my convict breeding pair and G. terror for $10.00. I go to the lfs after the sale and see that they had 2" (3" if you include whiskers) Lima shovelnose catfish for $7.00, and they are always $20.00!!! I could not resist. Even better, I go to the feeder guppy tank, and see that by mistake a very nice looking 1" male varitus platy and 1" heavily gravid female swordtail were in there. I get them for 12 cents each!!! I am aware of the 18" max size of the shovelnose, and its preaditory nature. Right now its in a 40T holding tank with a bunch of community fish to large to swallow. from there, it will stay until large enough for the cichlid 55, and a 125 after that.
New Lima Shovelnose
- Thread starter mudskipper
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I used to have a lima shovelnose, and they are great fish. 
yeah, I thought so. I picked this from the other 2 limas, because it had a benifical deformity. The top half of the tail was transparent, while the bottom half was trans-black. the deformidy comes in beacause the bootom half of the tail is about 2 cm longer then the top.
mudskipper said:
Is this REALLY a deformity? Most limas around here have this trait. BTW, I bought a 12-inch lima for R$ 18,00... About the same price you found your juvie.
Best regards.
Daniel.
great pick up, they are great fish, one note about the fish being to big to swallow, be careful with that statement, I have 2 and I have seen them take down some pretty big fish. my one is about 8 " or so and I have had 4-5" fish come up missing in his tank. search the tank to find a big fat happy catfish laying on a branch.
syclone said:
all too true. Last night my 8" lima swallowed my 4" silver aro
THis was the day after he had finished off 24 feeders
sorry to hear that fishguy, they are monsters in there own right. I have 2 of them and both are eating machines.