What catfish to get
- Thread starter Brianj77
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I think that yes the majority of catfish are less active versus many other fish families but there is still plenty of active ones of all kinds of sizes to choose from.
The looks is a different matter. If this has always been all about TSN and tig, most of us would have simply said that in our opinion the tank's too small for them.
Some people don't plan to keep their fish for the fish's lifetime and it's their choice, as regrettable as it may be IMHO. Some / most (?) people do, and that's theirs.
You could get a tig. If your tank is 2' wide, you'd enjoy it for a couple of years. Tigs are wanted at all sizes so you should be able to rehome it after it outgrows your tank. The best approach is when you find someone with right sized tank and adequate knowledge who'd agree to take your tig in when times comes.
Good luck in any case.
The looks is a different matter. If this has always been all about TSN and tig, most of us would have simply said that in our opinion the tank's too small for them.
Some people don't plan to keep their fish for the fish's lifetime and it's their choice, as regrettable as it may be IMHO. Some / most (?) people do, and that's theirs.
You could get a tig. If your tank is 2' wide, you'd enjoy it for a couple of years. Tigs are wanted at all sizes so you should be able to rehome it after it outgrows your tank. The best approach is when you find someone with right sized tank and adequate knowledge who'd agree to take your tig in when times comes.
Good luck in any case.
Well, from can be seen around, 95%-99% of TSN in our trade are farm refuse, low quality, poor genes, slower-growing and smaller-growing Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum, often even deformed. They all fall short of 36", usually not exceeding 30", which is still a moot point to the OP but thought I'd share my current conviction.
I am always wary of claims like "Wild caught TSN for sale" unless it comes from a vendor with a bulletproof reputation, honest to the bone and/or verifiable or accountable like our MFK vendors. It's just too easy and too tempting to take a farm cull and label it w/c for 3x-5x higher markup at any point of the collection-export-import-transshipping-sales chain.
It seems almost no vendor wants to mess with w/c TSN when the farm culls abound by millions a dime a dozen literally.
I am always wary of claims like "Wild caught TSN for sale" unless it comes from a vendor with a bulletproof reputation, honest to the bone and/or verifiable or accountable like our MFK vendors. It's just too easy and too tempting to take a farm cull and label it w/c for 3x-5x higher markup at any point of the collection-export-import-transshipping-sales chain.
It seems almost no vendor wants to mess with w/c TSN when the farm culls abound by millions a dime a dozen literally.
Yup. Part of the food fish farm culls that go into fertilizer or fish food are now also sold into ornamental fish trade for a markedly higher profit.
