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Catfish died | 6 comments (6 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

Re: Catfish died (none / 0) (#1)
by Scott Lockwood on Sat Apr 10, 2004 at 09:04:32 AM PST

Did anything else die?

I won't feed bloodworms - too dangerous.

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Re: Catfish died (none / 1) (#3)
by miskairal on Sat Apr 10, 2004 at 06:26:30 PM PST

Can you elaborate please?

I thought it was good for them especially as how they climb over each other to get to them. Crikey all this stuff is hard to get right. I suppose I'll have to buy something over the net - any recommendations Scott?

Thanks

PS Nothing else has died or even looks sick. Only male guppies in with it.
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Re: Catfish died (none / 0) (#6)
by Scott Lockwood on Sun Apr 11, 2004 at 05:07:17 PM PST

Elaborate on blood worms?

A: Search the site, there's lots on it.

B: They can cary disease, and can kill fish. :-) Thus, I don't feed them to mine. :-)

"I love to visit PetSmart's Tropical Fish Dept. to see what new diseases are around today." -- inkmaker
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If you adjust the catfish to you water gradually (none / 1) (#2)
by unclescott on Sat Apr 10, 2004 at 09:40:11 AM PST

by putting what it the bag or jar with the catfish and then tossed all that water out and carefully dropped the Cory into the tank, his (?) demise is certainly not your fault.
If you fed him a lot of worms, he died as contentedly as possible. :)

Callichthyidae is the family they belong to. That family is split up into two subfamilies. One subfamily includes the Corydorus, Brochus and Aspidorus. The other subfamily contained the somewhat larger bodied Callichthys, Dianema and Hoplosternum. One of the interesting things about that latter group of dwarf catfishes is that they are bubblenest builders.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/callicht/ has quite a list of these fishes.

While library hopping, look for anything by David Sands. He has been producing good books and intriguing articles on catfishes even long before he became Dr. David Sands.

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Catfish died | 6 comments (6 topical, 0 editorial, 0 hidden)

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