Personal exp with spotted shovlenose cats

[maximus1006]

Hi can some of u give me ur personal exp with the spotted shovlenose cats,im also looking for pics of adults if any one has this ssp. Thanks for ur time

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[thebiggerthebetter]

My 3-footer named Evans, top cat in the pond.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

2.5' named Lobach. Duck-bill mutation.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

1.5' Jimmy. All rescues.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

What do you wanna know? They are predictable: add an RTC and a TSN's features, behaviours, etc. and you get this one, IME.

 

[maximus1006]

ive had Hemisorubim platyrhynchos for 4 days and hes not eating i figured stress but now its starting to worry me

 

[maximus1006]

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[thebiggerthebetter]

I guess I don't know what you call a spotted shovelnose cat. I saw others on MFK using these words to refer to the RTCxTSN hybrids. Strictly speaking though, you are right, Spotted Shovelnose catfish is the common name for Hemisorubim platyrhynchos, so my bad. Sorry. It is a rare fish though, so using a scientific name would help.

It looks like Hemisorubim platyrhynchos but this is not an ID thread so...

Plenty of adult and sub-adult pics here. Not enough? http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=755

It is not uncommon for fish to need 1-2 even 3 weeks to adjust to a new place and new diet. If your fish started its fast healthy, I would not worry until 1-2 weeks pass.

 

[pharmaecopia]

ive had Hemisorubim platyrhynchos for 4 days and hes not eating i figured stress but now its starting to worry me

what are you trying to feed it? The one i used to have started taking shrimp the first night.

 

[maximus1006]

ive tryed silver sides,carnivor pelits,gold fish,guppys no go,tonight ill try krill hes around the 8 inch mark. thinking of trading him in