Bad Wolf

Are Freshwater Catfish only sold in Australia? they are Australian native. They grow about 3 foot in the wild and 2 foot in captivity. They are also called tandanus catfish, dewfish, catfish, eel tail catfish and their scientific name is tandanus tandanus. they are usually sold about 2-5 inches.

mr. Clown Loach

no and no. the freshwater cat fish isn't only in australia its really popular in the u.s. and are fun to catch.down here they get the same size about 3ft long in wild and no there not only sold in australia.

MeGustaUnaPez926

Still don't buy them unless you have a darn big tank. They're really cool looking, but their gigantic.

Bad Wolf

i know, i have one that's about 3 inches, when he hits 10 inches he's going in a pond.

MeGustaUnaPez926

What size pond?

Bad Wolf

i was thinking around 400 gallon

mr. Clown Loach

sweet thats what i want

sirdarksol

I've never seen tandanus tandanus in a store, but I've seen plenty of other freshwater cats (that's a misleading name. It's like calling a leopard "tree cat," as if it's the only cat that likes to be in trees).

Bad Wolf

i thought that too, i mean, there are so many other freshwater catfish.

fish_newbie

Hi bad_wolf. You are the only Aussie I can find here, since you have more experience with fish than me would you mind telling me what is the correct price for a panda cory, I'm in Melbourne and my LFS sell them for AU$8 a piece. Have you ever bought any?

aquarist48

I stocked my 155g with creek fish years ago. I caught a cat fish that was about 6 inches. He grew to 18 inches and would eat a jumbo shrimp from my hand every morning. I acclimated him back into the creek It was such a nice fish.

wendlle

I live in Australia and have an eel tailed catfish. I love him so much. A lot of the profiles on the net say that you can't have them in a community tank but I do and he loves it. All my fish get along really well and I have quite a variety. The eel tail cat hangs out with the silver dollar a lot.

I was also curious as to how many catfish are sold in the US, I thought they may be Aussie only too.

mightymaki

Hi,

I'm in Oz as well. Our local shop in Sydney sell the Panda's for $4.95ea. St. George Aquariums at Rockdale. Best value shop I've ever found (& no, I don't get a commission or work for them!!)

cheers
mightymaki

Neji

catfishes are found all around the world. Most parts of the world usually. In south america there are a bunch of catfishes here