pseudoras niger / oxydoras niger questions

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pseudoras niger or oxydoras niger, are they the same fish? I believe so.

Just kinda wondering on peoples experience with them. any or all.

I've been growing mine for about 8 months now. It's overall diet is varied from pellets, shrimp, peas, worms ect to what it finds on the bottom and it is definitely a slow grower. It's had spurts but that's it. The fish is only active at night time, or with blue leds/ colormax pink range bulbs, which makes sense given their environment is murky and dirty waters. Aside from that it's like a gentle cow and which my Female Red Tiger Mota is perplexed by. They share a 110, and I really try to let the Catfish do as much of it's own foraging for food at night time. I feed once before bedtime.

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Sounds about right. Mines the same active during the night and low lights. Feeds ok growth wise nothing spectacular but eats small chopped fish. If you provide a hiding spot or cave it'll be less active. Take it away and it's quite active even with the lights on.
 
I just got mine a week ago and os a pig.. hides during the day and out at night

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Yes, pseudodoras is old, has been replaced by oxydoras.

Everything you say echoes my experience (can see mine here http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showthread.php?478434-All-the-doradids!&highlight=oxydoras). The bigger they get, the bolder they will become, eventually not hiding much at all at 2'-3'. The meatier/fleshier the diet, the faster they will grow but still slow overall.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=37 and follow the links on this datasheet too to FishBase, etc.

http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/oxydoras-niger/

Try search forum function - you will find a plethora of MFK-ers experiences, such as these:

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...82214-some-little-monsters&highlight=oxydoras

http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/f...xydoras-Niger-or-Sifontesi&highlight=oxydoras
 
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