Shark that's look real??

[Acura_RSX]

This is the id? or the paroon?

that picture isn't no. not sure what it is, some sort of catfish (which i assume grows a decent bit larger then the pic) .. ID's would be a lil bit fatter .. darker black in most cases and lil different shaped heads. I'm also assuming the catfish in the picture has half long whiskers that are blending in to it's sides in the picture which killed me. i found most catfish had big whiskers which killed the shark look a lil

 

[Acura_RSX]

what is LFS ??

Local fish store .. not like pet stores so much (they wouldn't ship in any cnakeheads or anything they dont stock for that matter for me) .. but actual stores in you're area that specialize in aquarium and fish

 

[Crazylogix]

Where is the best place to get snakeheads and paroon, etc....

 

[catfish hippy man (dylan)]

The catfish in the picture is a columbian shark catfish.

 

[Acura_RSX]

The catfish in the picture is a columbian shark catfish.

that was my guess but wasn't sure. look alot like id's when they are both jeuvies .. both were fs in walmart here a while ago. They were cool too but had four huge whiskers i think .. which turned me away but thats all personal opinion

 

[Crazylogix]

that was my guess but wasn't sure. look alot like id's when they are both jeuvies .. both were fs in walmart here a while ago. They were cool too but had four huge whiskers i think .. which turned me away but thats all personal opinion

Can we cut it?

 

[Oddball]

Not even a remotely good idea. Catfish use their whiskers to sense food, danger, and identify each other. Cutting them off would be akin to cutting out your tongue.

 

[ceeej31]

for a 65 gallon i would steer clear of both id and paroon sharks, both are very active swimmers that get huge (id: grows up to four feet, paroon: grows up to 9 feet) depending on the dimensions of the tank, a 65 gallon would last them maybe a few months at the very most.
there are only a few species of sharks able to live in pure freshwater for an extended period of time, these being the bull shark which gets far to big to be kept by the average hobbiest, and the true river sharks of the glyphis genus, which not only get too large to be kept in the vast majority of home aquaria but are also extremely rare and criticlly endangered. Glyphis are so rare only a few dozen specimens have ever been found.

as for a sharklike fish that you could keep in your 65 gallon, in my opinion your best bet would be a cetopsis catfish, also known as a blue shark catfish, a blue whale catfish, or a blue dolphin catfish. they are very active, dont get too large, and are very aggressive eaters

 

[Crazylogix]

So i wanna get your feeling about the bala shark...., (just for the look!)

I think having a paroon is just cruel because need too kil it in a year....

And the cetopsis is prety nice (the litllte blue torpedo) do someone know more about this kind of fish lenght?, food...?

 

[Crazylogix]

for a 65 gallon i would steer clear of both id and paroon sharks, both are very active swimmers that get huge (id: grows up to four feet, paroon: grows up to 9 feet) depending on the dimensions of the tank, a 65 gallon would last them maybe a few months at the very most.
there are only a few species of sharks able to live in pure freshwater for an extended period of time, these being the bull shark which gets far to big to be kept by the average hobbiest, and the true river sharks of the glyphis genus, which not only get too large to be kept in the vast majority of home aquaria but are also extremely rare and criticlly endangered. Glyphis are so rare only a few dozen specimens have ever been found.

as for a sharklike fish that you could keep in your 65 gallon, in my opinion your best bet would be a cetopsis catfish, also known as a blue shark catfish, a blue whale catfish, or a blue dolphin catfish. they are very active, dont get too large, and are very aggressive eaters

Tanks, what about the Glyphis?