coversteps
12-23-2007, 10:52 PM
Halllllo
For the past two years, I've had this six inch catfish in my aquarium.
Despite every identification book I've read and every website I've been to, I CANNOT figure out what species he is. It really is not a big deal, but you have no idea how much this is bothering me.
I'm assuming he's predatory, because he has three sets of whiskers, the longest pair being about four inches long.
He hides out all day, but when I turn the light off, he's the first fish out.
As far as conformation, he looks just like a Pictus Catfish, but the part that confuses me is that he's not spotted. He's a dull blue color with a strong silver hue, he has a dark blue circular dot right behind his gills, and he has an iridescent blunt white stripe from his gills to his tail.
I was also changing the gravel a little while ago, and I attempted to capture him but once I got him in the net and lifted him out of the water, he started making this buzzing sound.
I enticed him to come out by feeding with the lights off, but I only managed to get a few pictures of a bad quality.
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1718/carousel004ar9.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2638/carousel005mp3.jpg
What is this fish and what was the buzzing sound?
Haha thank you
For the past two years, I've had this six inch catfish in my aquarium.
Despite every identification book I've read and every website I've been to, I CANNOT figure out what species he is. It really is not a big deal, but you have no idea how much this is bothering me.
I'm assuming he's predatory, because he has three sets of whiskers, the longest pair being about four inches long.
He hides out all day, but when I turn the light off, he's the first fish out.
As far as conformation, he looks just like a Pictus Catfish, but the part that confuses me is that he's not spotted. He's a dull blue color with a strong silver hue, he has a dark blue circular dot right behind his gills, and he has an iridescent blunt white stripe from his gills to his tail.
I was also changing the gravel a little while ago, and I attempted to capture him but once I got him in the net and lifted him out of the water, he started making this buzzing sound.
I enticed him to come out by feeding with the lights off, but I only managed to get a few pictures of a bad quality.
http://img141.imageshack.us/img141/1718/carousel004ar9.jpg
http://img174.imageshack.us/img174/2638/carousel005mp3.jpg
What is this fish and what was the buzzing sound?
Haha thank you