LFS fish in tank

penance · April 15th, 2009

I was fish shopping again ^^ I saw this fish lying still on the bottom, I thought it was adorable

Is this some sort of catfish?

cichlidsmad · April 15th, 2009

i would have no clue but it looks impressive what size is it??

aquarist48 · April 15th, 2009

Yes, it looks like some type of cat fish but I don't know what kind.

fins · April 15th, 2009

its a red tail catfish and they grown absolutely huge..................if im not mistaken i read somewhere once they can get to 3 ft long..

Amanda · April 15th, 2009

It looks like a Red Tail Catfish. They get MASSIVE.

EDIT: Sherry beat me!!

jack--sos · April 15th, 2009

My LFS has a few of these in a tank, they are always fighting.

Butterfly · April 16th, 2009

That LFS needs to be introduced to this: Responsible Fishkeeping Inititive
Baby Red-tail catfish can reach 4 ft and weigh 75 Lbs. Can you imagine an adult ?
This is one of my pet peeves. LFS that sell these beautiful huge fish that can't be taken care of in home aquaria. They need at the very least an 8ft tank.
Carol

penance · April 26th, 2009

I visited another LFS Friday and saw this big shark

He was in this really huge tank by himself, looks menacing doesn't he? hehe

edit - photo of shark is in my original post

pepetj · April 26th, 2009

Wow impressive fish.

I figure the Rainbow Shark to be among the few FW "sharks" easy to keep at most home tanks. The Colombian Shark likely makes it in a 6 footer. Iridiscent Sharks also grow huge. I didn't know the Red Tails got this big so thanks for posting this pic.

Pepe
Santo Domingo

Matt · April 26th, 2009

WOW!

That is one cool fish

-Matt

Amanda · April 26th, 2009

That's a SW shark, correct?

MeGustaUnaPez926 · April 26th, 2009

I wouldn't get the red tailed catfish, (don't know if you were planning to) and if it were me I would talk to the owners about carrying such large fish, its really irresponsible of them. And I don't recognize the shark...

penance · April 26th, 2009

Oh no I'm definitely not crazy to get the BIG fish ... they are absolutely lovely to look at but owning them would put me out of $$ if I had to buy the proper setup.

Whenever I see these big fish I always have to take a picture

Amanda · April 26th, 2009

I don't like when SW sharks are kept in tanks. Seems so cruel.

Fish Addict · April 26th, 2009

Quote:

Originally Posted by pepetj

Wow impressive fish.

I figure the Rainbow Shark to be among the few FW "sharks" easy to keep at most home tanks. The Colombian Shark likely makes it in a 6 footer. Iridiscent Sharks also grow huge. I didn't know the Red Tails got this big so thanks for posting this pic.

Pepe
Santo Domingo

Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I think that they don't, this is a different type of fish. Red-Tailed Shark isn't the same as a Red-Tailed Catfish.

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