Post your Pseudodoras niger pics!

[Joshmac8]

I'm starting to like this fish more and more and would love to see everyone else's cats!

 

[Dan F]

Sorry for the terrible pictures, he only comes out in the open at feeding time!

This is my third Niger, the other two died a few years ago during a rare August power failure.

 

[Joshmac8]

Sweet! what size tank u have him/her in?

 

[Mystus Redtail]

Here's one at a pet store when we were out east in Nov.

 

[Joshmac8]

Do they get along with a lot of fish? They seem pretty peaceful

 

[oscar n redtail cat]

heres the thread i made mate
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?t=133092

 

[bigfishsmallpond]

sweet fish

 

[Dan F]

Sweet! what size tank u have him/her in?

Right now he (she?) is in a 135, before long I'll be moving him to a 185 that is 4' square. They aren't terribly active, but they are very inflexible. This makes it important that they have a wide tank as they get larger.

Nigers are very inoffensive towards other fish. Mine is about 12" and lives with a 1.5" Hillstream Loach and 1" Tetras.

It made me a bit sad to see that big one in the photo Mystus Redtail posted, that's how big my bigger one was when he kicked the bucket. I bought two of them, both about 4" long. After a few years (maybe 3 -4?) they had grown to 18" and 24". I don't know why one grew so much more than the other, they were fed and housed the same.

 

[Mystus Redtail]

Yes it was sad to see in person too. That's why I put my gf in for a size reference, he was truly a monster. There's no doubt that he couldn't turn around in there, just go back and forth. Too bad he wouldn't fit in my carry-on...

 

[Joshmac8]

Wow, great pics everyone! Thanks so much!