Rare Dorado Catfish

[Kingrancher2011]

 

[fishnatics]

Whoa that's a shiny catfish. I like it.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

I lost my largest years back at 15-16". He was a finicky eater initially, came around to silversides eventually and would eat a hefty portion. I found they did better for me in ponds. Spook less, and don't slam into walls like they do in tanks. Never had one with broken snout because of that. The 16" I lost was due to a tankmate. I found the cat out of the tank with two puncture wounds on his belly from my Armatus

Finally some info starts trickling in Thank you. Do you have any pics?

Yea, a pond has that advantage over tanks and this advantage becomes huge with flighty fish like dorado.

Good-looking fish OP!

 

[Kingrancher2011]

So I heard they are extremely slow growing fish is that right?

 

[Superlaz]

This was at 12 to 13 inches.

 

[Superlaz]

I don't recall whose picture this was, however you can see they retain that shine into large size.

 

[ultimatejay]

Careful, they love to jump

 

[Kingrancher2011]

Mine is being extremely picky eating any advise on food trying to stay away from feeder goldfish

 

[weirdfishlover]

Beautiful silver bullet

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Mine is being extremely picky eating any advise on food trying to stay away from feeder goldfish

I strongly recommend starting it out alone in a tank (or at least where it would have no competition for its food) until it learns to accept the foods you are offering, which won't be too hard. It's just that it is hesitant, flighty, and does not compete with other fish for food well at all, much worse so than even baby tigrinus and juruense.

No need for live feeder fish altogether. Mine learned to take medium quality pellets and cut up frozen-thawed bait fish relatively quickly and on its own.

Every time I rehomed mine, it would take weeks before it starts feeding again. It's a nervous wreck of a fish, really. At least IME so far.

So I heard they are extremely slow growing fish is that right?

I've had mine since Aug-Sept 2015 and only 2" growth. But it has not been eating steady with 3 rehomings.