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i_am_511
03-07-2010, 08:08 PM
I seen at a LFS they had Baby Whales $8 or something around that price but they didnt have any more but can get them. Has any one ever had one?
What would be good to go with them?
Baby whales. Really. :sconfused:
Aeonflame
03-07-2010, 08:17 PM
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This is what he means. Cetopsis coecutiens. A highly predatory catfish species. They tear chunks out of other fish
smaug
03-07-2010, 08:17 PM
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yp really,kinda sorta:hmm3grin2orange:
Dacotah7
03-07-2010, 08:17 PM
I seen at a LFS they had Baby Whales $8 or something around that price but they didnt have any more but can get them. Has any one ever had one?
What would be good to go with them?
Whatever they are selling is not a baby whale.
What would go good with a baby whale? A mama whale in an ocean.
What would go good with what they are selling? A lot of study. First find out what it really is, than what is requires.
smaug
03-07-2010, 08:20 PM
Whatever they are selling is not a baby whale.
What would go good with a baby whale? A mama whale in an ocean.
What would go good with what they are selling? A lot of study. First find out what it really is, than what is requires.
Nobody is suggesting it is an actual baby whale.They are called that due to there whale like shape.They are a very sensitive fish and require very good water keeping.
btw,thats not it aeon.
tanks4thememories
03-07-2010, 08:55 PM
I seen at a LFS they had Baby Whales $8 or something around that price but they didnt have any more but can get them. Has any one ever had one?
What would be good to go with them?
Umm the only thing goes good with Cetopsis coecutiens (Baby Whale) are feeder fish :hmm3grin2orange:
frank_zappa
03-07-2010, 10:56 PM
oh, those are those 'great white catfish' and ive also heard them called 'blue whale cats'. i remember reading a thread on here about them and how nasty they are to any other fish it is with...
Oscar_freak12321
03-08-2010, 12:15 AM
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Zilla
03-08-2010, 12:19 AM
How big do they get?
I don't want one, I'm just being nosey.
Oscar_freak12321
03-08-2010, 12:20 AM
I've heard to like eight inches on rare occasion, but they usually stay around four to five inches.
Zilla
03-08-2010, 12:28 AM
Thanks
Learn something new everyday and I would have had no clue what a person meant when they said that they owned a baby whale.
korith
03-08-2010, 01:03 AM
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Zilla
03-08-2010, 01:18 AM
^ That's just wrong! :hmm3grin2orange:
tanks4thememories
03-08-2010, 01:21 AM
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OMG!!!!!! ROTFL!!! MY SIDES HURT FROM LAUGHING!!!
And you are very smart I see you left the top off to allow him to breach...lol
korith
03-08-2010, 01:23 AM
^ That's just wrong! :hmm3grin2orange:
You should see the 55g, I've got a whole pod of them in there!
(made that pic a year or two ago as a joke, this was too good an opportunity not to use it again)
tanks4thememories
03-08-2010, 01:24 AM
You should see the 55g, I've got a whole pod of them in there!
(made that pic a year or two ago as a joke, this was too good an opportunity not to use it again)
Im still laughing...lol
It needs its 40gal by itself, its a mean fish and eats it fish scales and slime coat.
I can't speak of the baby whale in which you speak, but personally on a few occations I've had a small group of people try and roll me back into the ocean while I was sunbathing on the beach....sigh
thatcichlidguy
03-08-2010, 02:34 AM
Actually they'll eat whatever you put in with them. They are nasty little buggers and will litteraly take chunks out of other fish. Might not look like it but they are known to burrow into large fish while they sleep and devour them from the inside. In South America (where they are from, Amazon and it's feeder rivers) they are often found in the body cavities of drowning victims. Quite the little monster really.
Dave66
03-08-2010, 03:13 AM
Ah the joy of common name confusion. The term 'baby whale' most usually refers to a type of Mormyrid, family Mormyridae. All are native to African black water and small streams in western Africa, with a few species in the rift lake system. If you look up my oddball primer, you'll see information on Morymids.
Dave
tanks4thememories
03-08-2010, 03:25 AM
Actually they'll eat whatever you put in with them. They are nasty little buggers and will litteraly take chunks out of other fish. Might not look like it but they are known to burrow into large fish while they sleep and devour them from the inside. In South America (where they are from, Amazon and it's feeder rivers) they are often found in the body cavities of drowning victims. Quite the little monster really.
WOW I didn't know that. That's pretty kewl!!
tanks4thememories
03-08-2010, 03:29 AM
Ah the joy of common name confusion. The term 'baby whale' most usually refers to a type of Mormyrid, family Mormyridae. All are native to African black water and small streams in western Africa, with a few species in the rift lake system. If you look up my oddball primer, you'll see information on Morymids.
Dave
Hey dave link your primer please?
Dave66
03-08-2010, 03:34 AM
It's stickied in the 'other species' forum, under the Rasbora and Danio primers. Here it is ([Only Registered Users Can See Links.]).
Dave
tanks4thememories
03-08-2010, 03:38 AM
Ah the joy of common name confusion. The term 'baby whale' most usually refers to a type of Mormyrid, family Mormyridae. All are native to African black water and small streams in western Africa, with a few species in the rift lake system. If you look up my oddball primer, you'll see information on Morymids.
Dave
Ahh AKA elephant nose in pet stores. Yeah this sounds more likely to be going for 8.00 ...lol Ive never seen these called baby whales though. They are interesting fish.
tanks4thememories
03-08-2010, 03:40 AM
It's stickied in the 'other species' forum, under the Rasbora and Danio primers. Here it is ([Only Registered Users Can See Links.]).
Dave
TY I read it once before but I stumbled on to it. I couldnt find it when you referenced it above..:)
tanks4thememories
03-08-2010, 03:44 AM
TY I read it once before but I stumbled on to it. I couldnt find it when you referenced it above..:)
Hmm am I confused or didnt we used to have an oddball section on the left hand link panel?
Awesome primer BTW dave:19:
PS did anyone else notice the part about "Elephant Nose" emmitting electrical charges?!? How kewl is that!!
tanks4thememories
03-08-2010, 03:54 AM
Geez Cetopsis coecutiens is like the catfish version of a piranha...lol I wonder if you put them both in a tank which one would be left standing? Not that I would cause I think they are both kewl fish in their own right.
i_am_511
03-08-2010, 05:55 AM
No baby whale isnt a killer whale"too soon",No a baby whale isnt from South America. No its not an elephant nose fish but it is from the same family. And its not a catfish. And no you cant go to seaworld to see one lol.
They arent that common so i can understand how people got lost on what a baby whale was. I can assume no one has owned one tho. Ive had an elephant nose fish. Neat fish and will get one again one day. Those are around $15. But i seen baby whale wrote on the glass and was just wondering if anyone had ever kept one.
By the way erase any memory of the baby whale in your head expect for what Dave66 said cause anything else wasnt the same baby whale
tanks4thememories
03-08-2010, 10:56 AM
By the way erase any memory of the baby whale in your head expect for what Dave66 said cause anything else wasnt the same baby whale
The other stuff is true also just not the fish you were thinking of when you used the common name you used:hmm3grin2orange: As dave kinda pointed out its best to use the scientific name whenever you can. Finding out the scientific name is usually just a "google" away...lol
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