LA
Sold to us as a marble catfish
(2 inches).
LA
A few days later, he's a bit chewed.
LA
Six-inch Zorro catfish catfish
new to us January, 2005.
LA
Check out his snout, whiskers,
and forked tail. Impressive appearance (and price).
LA
Cool look.
LA
Impressive.
LA
Three-inch false tigrinum
catfish that turned belly up 10 minutes after release.
LA
1.25-inch Synodontis
longirostris.
LA
18-inch albino channel
catfish. Most big cats will eat from your fingers.
LA
Small sun cats insist on schooling
together.
LA
Ten 1.5-inch Synodontis
petricolas in a two-inch pot.
LA
Honker-sized Synodontis eupterus.
Just
a little note to remind you that LA will be speaking at the Midwest
Cichlid Association's EXPO 2006 (May 5-7). Go to midwestcichlid.com/expo06
for details and information about the other speakers. My
topic? Synodontis catfish -- the perfect tank mates for
African cichlids. LA
LA
Ompok catfish that refuses to stand still.
LA
Another speedy nearly two-inch Ompok catfish.
LA
Little over one-inch "hummingbird catfish."
LA
Striped Raphaels grunt when you grab them.
LA
They grunt much louder when you take them out of the water.
LA
Two-inch black Peruvian corydoras.
LA
And would you pay 40 bucks for it?
LA
Awfully expensive corys.
LA
Five 5-inch Raphael catfish without a hiding place.
LA
Two days later. They really need a cave.
LA
How many five-inch Raphaels can fit in a 12-inch ghost house?
LA
Good time for a close up.
LA
Gulper catfish three inches long.
LA
Sold to us as a Mekong iridescent shark. Closely resembles the
694-pound Mekong catfish, Pangasianadon gigas, but has
whiskers. Darn. Five inches long.
LA
Same guy.
LA
Same guy.
LA
Same guy 20 minutes after eating.
LA
His main goal is to eat every pellet before anyone else gets them.
LA
Aluminum catfish 3.5 inches.
LA
Corydoras barbatus. Corrected to C. paleatus.
A: Right you are. Good eye. I'll add
your correction to that page. It's been incorrect for three
years. LA
LA
Not sure.
LA
Corydoras marmoratus.
LA
Sold to us as a callichthys catfish.
LA
Nine-inch jeruensis catfish.
LA
Same guy.
LA
Nine-inch shovelnose replete with rosy reds.
LA
18-inch tiger shovelnose eating a 9-inch koi.
LA
Channel
catfish over two
feet long.
LA
Blue catfish over three feet long.