hes in a 55 gal tank hes approx. 2.5 inches long he is black with white spots, has spikes on its "fins" though his fins are stiff and dont have webbing, he vibrates which makes a hissing noise, and he has killed 7 plecos that were ranging between 4-6in. but he doesn't go after my koi's or shubunkins.
2007-03-05 04:05:57 · 7 answers · asked by sas082283 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
I don't know if this is what he is, but I've been seeing them for sale more recently: http://www.scotcat.com/bagridae/mystus_leucophasis4.htm These are giant upside down cats, and they are fairly aggressive. The spots are more gold than white on older fish. I have 2 that are about 7".
I know there's one Synodontis that's black with white spots as well: http://www.scotcat.com/mochokidae/s_angelicus9.htm
If these aren't him, here's another website with more catfish photos: http://www.scotcat.com/
Hope you find out what he is!
ADDITION: another possibilty - these aren't really known to be aggressive, but you might have an exception: http://www.centralpets.com/animals/fish/freshwater_fish/fwf4494.html
2007-03-05 18:12:33 · answer #1 · answered by copperhead 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Black And White Catfish
2016-10-07 04:54:44 · answer #2 · answered by chesney 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
got a picture? Sounds like a pictus catfish. Could be a synodonis catfish too perhaps. That's an African species. I don't know though I am just taking a stab at it. I can't really tell you with out a photo.
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2007-03-05 04:12:44 · answer #3 · answered by zak w 2 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Baby catfish will kill other fish when in a holding tank together, I had such experiences on the farm with blue channel catfish, they attack the other fishes eyes by hitting them with their sharp spike on their side fin and kill them by doing it. They will even kill each other. It sounds like a blue channel catfish to me.
2007-03-05 04:12:43 · answer #4 · answered by puddog57 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's probably an african catfish such as synodontis angelicus (which are black with white polka dots and highly territorial). They have low tolerance for other scavengers and are aggressive enough to deal with them accordingly.
Alternatively, go to http://www.planetcatfish.com for positive identification
2007-03-07 04:09:38 · answer #5 · answered by Kay B 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
does he have whiskers? or a sucker mouth or normal mouth?
have a look at the site below in the cat-e-log, see if there's anything that looks similar.
he doesn't sound like the kind of fish that should be in the coldwater goldfish, and plecs shouldn't be in with goldfish/koi either.
2007-03-05 04:48:26 · answer #6 · answered by catx 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
he sounds like a serial killer catfish.
2007-03-05 04:08:17 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋