Banjo Catfish - Aquarium Advice

mr86mister · 06-30-2005, 10:44 PM

so today i was at the [acronym:07f3928772="Local Fish Store"]lfs[/acronym:07f3928772] and i had a sudden impulse when i saw the most coolest looking fish ever, it is a banjo catfish which i have never seen or heard of and she told me it only comes about once a year....so i took the opportunity and got it for 3.99....as i have already read it gets up to 6" and is good for a community tank...now anyone have experience with them and please tell me alll about them

*mike*

Blazeherd2306 · 06-30-2005, 10:50 PM

What size tank are you keeping it in? I hope its not the 10 [acronym:dabdd2a78d="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:dabdd2a78d].

frenchpea2002 · 06-30-2005, 11:02 PM

here are a few websites:

http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fres...h/banjocat.php

http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Dys...racoideus.html

http://www.petresources.net/fish/catfish/bun_cor.html

sounds interesting! good buy!

mr86mister · 06-30-2005, 11:04 PM

yeah that was my thing blazeherd.... 6" fish in my 10 gallon....eeeek...so i am working around that right at the moment...i have an uncle with a 125 gallon, so it becomes intolerable it will just move over to him...like i said it was an impulse....but probably not the best...we'll see what happens

THANX frenchpea....those are awesome

Blazeherd2306 · 06-30-2005, 11:16 PM

A very interesting catfish though. Planetcatfish says they are peaceful and says they are happy under a flat rock elevated 1/2" above the substrate. [acronym:1da80699a1="Hope this helps (or) Happy to help"]HTH[/acronym:1da80699a1]

mr86mister · 07-01-2005, 12:37 AM

anything will help.....i will do my best to make this guy comfy....i have some shopping to do for my tank this weekend anyways so i will definetly try to make him at home.....anybody else have any more info on this guy?

bussardnr · 07-01-2005, 02:38 AM

i have 2, they like to burry themselfs in the sand. its pretty cool to watch

gheitman · 07-02-2005, 01:45 AM

Here is a link with some more info.

http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/pr...njocatfish.xml

mr86mister · 07-04-2005, 01:44 PM

well my banjo catfish is doing great, during the day he is totally dead and at night he swims all over the place, he eats well and seems really happy and he is very docile....thanks everyone for your help and advice....things are turning out great

06-30-2005, 10:44 PM	#1
mr86mister Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: May 2005 Location: East Syracuse, NY Posts: 779 Images: 27	Banjo Catfish so today i was at the [acronym:07f3928772="Local Fish Store"]lfs[/acronym:07f3928772] and i had a sudden impulse when i saw the most coolest looking fish ever, it is a banjo catfish which i have never seen or heard of and she told me it only comes about once a year....so i took the opportunity and got it for 3.99....as i have already read it gets up to 6" and is good for a community tank...now anyone have experience with them and please tell me alll about them mike __________________ 20G High Semi-Aggressive, 5G Community 46 Bowfront Reef Tank, 2.5 Salwater Picotope 1.1 Normal Ball Pythons 3 Cats, 1 Choc. Lab, 1 Lop-Eared Bunny

06-30-2005, 11:04 PM	#4
mr86mister Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: May 2005 Location: East Syracuse, NY Posts: 779 Images: 27	yeah that was my thing blazeherd.... 6" fish in my 10 gallon....eeeek...so i am working around that right at the moment...i have an uncle with a 125 gallon, so it becomes intolerable it will just move over to him...like i said it was an impulse....but probably not the best...we'll see what happens THANX frenchpea....those are awesome __________________ 20G High Semi-Aggressive, 5G Community 46 Bowfront Reef Tank, 2.5 Salwater Picotope 1.1 Normal Ball Pythons 3 Cats, 1 Choc. Lab, 1 Lop-Eared Bunny

07-01-2005, 12:37 AM	#6
mr86mister Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: May 2005 Location: East Syracuse, NY Posts: 779 Images: 27	anything will help.....i will do my best to make this guy comfy....i have some shopping to do for my tank this weekend anyways so i will definetly try to make him at home.....anybody else have any more info on this guy? __________________ 20G High Semi-Aggressive, 5G Community 46 Bowfront Reef Tank, 2.5 Salwater Picotope 1.1 Normal Ball Pythons 3 Cats, 1 Choc. Lab, 1 Lop-Eared Bunny

07-02-2005, 01:45 AM	#8
gheitman Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Champaign, Illinois Posts: 1,199 Images: 4	Here is a link with some more info. http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/pr...njocatfish.xml __________________ Gene Heitman - 10 tanks, 178 gallons, 20+ species of fish/shrimp/snails, 52+ species of plants ... 8 years ago I just wanted 1 tank with some fish - what was I thinking

07-04-2005, 01:44 PM	#9
mr86mister Aquarium Advice FINatic Join Date: May 2005 Location: East Syracuse, NY Posts: 779 Images: 27	well my banjo catfish is doing great, during the day he is totally dead and at night he swims all over the place, he eats well and seems really happy and he is very docile....thanks everyone for your help and advice....things are turning out great __________________ 20G High Semi-Aggressive, 5G Community 46 Bowfront Reef Tank, 2.5 Salwater Picotope 1.1 Normal Ball Pythons 3 Cats, 1 Choc. Lab, 1 Lop-Eared Bunny

06-30-2005, 10:50 PM	#2
Blazeherd2306 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2004 Location: U.S. Posts: 1,723 Images: 5	What size tank are you keeping it in? I hope its not the 10 [acronym:dabdd2a78d="Gallon"]gal[/acronym:dabdd2a78d].

06-30-2005, 11:02 PM	#3
frenchpea2002 Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Jun 2005 Location: Garden Grove, CA Posts: 110 Images: 5	here are a few websites: http://animal-world.com/encyclo/fres...h/banjocat.php http://fish.mongabay.com/species/Dys...racoideus.html http://www.petresources.net/fish/catfish/bun_cor.html sounds interesting! good buy!

06-30-2005, 11:16 PM	#5
Blazeherd2306 Aquarium Advice Addict Join Date: May 2004 Location: U.S. Posts: 1,723 Images: 5	A very interesting catfish though. Planetcatfish says they are peaceful and says they are happy under a flat rock elevated 1/2" above the substrate. [acronym:1da80699a1="Hope this helps (or) Happy to help"]HTH[/acronym:1da80699a1]

07-01-2005, 02:38 AM	#7
bussardnr Aquarium Advice Activist Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: Thurmont MD Posts: 157	i have 2, they like to burry themselfs in the sand. its pretty cool to watch

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