Where to buy bullheads? - Aquarium Advice

LydiaGreen · 10-01-2005, 03:31 PM

I was thinking about bullheads for a scavenger/catfish for my 375 - to clean up after the bichirs. Does anyone know where they could be purchased in Canada? I did google it a few different ways and 99% of the information out there is about eating them

! I just want pets!

Toirtis · 10-01-2005, 11:27 PM

I would not...they are a cool-water fish (not very bichir-compatible), and probably illegal to keep in Ontario, as I believe that they are native there.

Raphael/Talking/Humbug catfish are the ultimate bichir clean-up crew!

LydiaGreen · 10-02-2005, 12:07 AM

Thank you again Toirtis! Someday I hope to have a tenth of the knowledge you possess and then MAYBE I'll be a worthy fishkeeper.

Toirtis · 10-02-2005, 12:27 AM

Awr, shucks...

10-01-2005, 03:31 PM	#1 (permalink)
LydiaGreen Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 91 Images: 6	Where to buy bullheads? I was thinking about bullheads for a scavenger/catfish for my 375 - to clean up after the bichirs. Does anyone know where they could be purchased in Canada? I did google it a few different ways and 99% of the information out there is about eating them ! I just want pets! __________________ "Fish are friends - not food" Bruce in A Shark's Tale (except for pickerel of course!) 375 cutsom - on hold indefinitely 55 [acronym="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym] - cycling 44 bowfront [acronym="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym] - 3 red cap orandas, 3 fantails, 3 golden dojo loachesone sailfin pleco 40L #1 [acronym="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym] - empty 40L #2 [acronym="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym] - empty 20 tall [acronym="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym] - adopted from my mother - 3 golden dojo loaches, 1 sailfin pleco, 4 assorted tetras and one mystery fish 10 long #1 [acronym="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym] - male betta, 4 peppered cories, 4 bronze cories, sailfin pleco, and some snails 10 long #2 [acronym="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym] - male betta, 1 praecox rainbow, 7 albino cories, sailfin pleco, and some snails 5.5 bowfront [acronym="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym] - 3 [acronym="African Dwarf Frog"]ADF[/acronym]'s 8 year old flat-coated retriever, 3 year old mutt (looks like a small brindle lab) and a 6 month old miniature poodle (they're pets too, right?)

10-01-2005, 11:27 PM	#2 (permalink)
Toirtis Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,769	I would not...they are a cool-water fish (not very bichir-compatible), and probably illegal to keep in Ontario, as I believe that they are native there. Raphael/Talking/Humbug catfish are the ultimate bichir clean-up crew! __________________ G. A. Christian Bilou, Zoologist/Writer Founder/Director, Reptile Rescue Alberta Vice-President, Calgary Aquarium Society www.calgaryaquariumsociety.com Polypterid/Primitive Fish/Ctenopoma/Catfish Fanatic 62 Aquariums, 2200+ total gallons, Aquarist since 1971.

10-02-2005, 12:07 AM	#3 (permalink)
LydiaGreen Aquarium Advice Regular Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: Ontario, Canada Posts: 91 Images: 6	Thank you again Toirtis! Someday I hope to have a tenth of the knowledge you possess and then MAYBE I'll be a worthy fishkeeper. __________________ "Fish are friends - not food" Bruce in A Shark's Tale (except for pickerel of course!) 375 cutsom - on hold indefinitely 55 [acronym="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym] - cycling 44 bowfront [acronym="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym] - 3 red cap orandas, 3 fantails, 3 golden dojo loachesone sailfin pleco 40L #1 [acronym="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym] - empty 40L #2 [acronym="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym] - empty 20 tall [acronym="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym] - adopted from my mother - 3 golden dojo loaches, 1 sailfin pleco, 4 assorted tetras and one mystery fish 10 long #1 [acronym="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym] - male betta, 4 peppered cories, 4 bronze cories, sailfin pleco, and some snails 10 long #2 [acronym="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym] - male betta, 1 praecox rainbow, 7 albino cories, sailfin pleco, and some snails 5.5 bowfront [acronym="Freshwater"]FW[/acronym] - 3 [acronym="African Dwarf Frog"]ADF[/acronym]'s 8 year old flat-coated retriever, 3 year old mutt (looks like a small brindle lab) and a 6 month old miniature poodle (they're pets too, right?)

10-02-2005, 12:27 AM	#4 (permalink)
Toirtis Aquarium Advice Addict Moderator Emeritus Join Date: Dec 2003 Location: Calgary, Alberta, Canada Posts: 6,769	Awr, shucks... __________________ G. A. Christian Bilou, Zoologist/Writer Founder/Director, Reptile Rescue Alberta Vice-President, Calgary Aquarium Society www.calgaryaquariumsociety.com Polypterid/Primitive Fish/Ctenopoma/Catfish Fanatic 62 Aquariums, 2200+ total gallons, Aquarist since 1971.

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