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I just found a site offering a redtail/shovelnose hybrid Redtail Cat / Shovelnose (hybrid) regular as cool as the fish is I'm trying to go more natural with the stocking, but if I can't find a regular shovelnose anywhere right away I think I might just have to get one of these!!

That is a pretty sweet looking fish! As for where to find a normal tiger shovelnose they are occasionally available at liveaquaria.com the page is here: Freshwater Aquarium Fish: Tiger Shovelnose Catfish

I love redtails but i've read they get to 4.5 feet. I've also seen the episode of river monsters where he catches a 90lb redtailed catfish, which is way more than I think I would be able to handle. Still an awesome fish though, if i ever have the opportunity to get a REALLY huge tank I would...

Its a long way off but in the future I am planning on getting my first large aquarium. My plan is to start with an arowana and work my stocking list around that, staying within the south american biotope. I will want a large catfish for this tank and I've really fell in love with the...

Mine was about 5 in when I got it and it took maybe 3 or 4 months to reach full size. IME jd's only are dark if the tank has dark substrate or when they are defending territory.

A lot of times it just depends on the personality of the fish. I've had my JD for 6 months now and he's actually become lazier than he was early on. He spends the whole day hiding in one of his caves and only occasionaly will dart accross to the one on the other side. Its only in the evening and...

Thought I'd update on my JD. He and the catfish were starting to compete for space too much and my firemouth was becoming the terror of my other tank, so in a last ditch effort to keep the firemouth I switched him and the catfish around. I wasn't expecting the JD to tolerate the firemouth but...

Parachromis Dovii (Wolf Cichlid) and Parachromis Managuensis (Jaguar Cichlid). I've never owned one (though i'm hoping to get a jag soon) but i've seen many people comment on how vicious some of these guys are. They say you even have to keep an eye on a mated pair because sometimes if there is a...

I've used it before and it turned my water a yellowy-green color for a few days. It faded after a that but it was still noticably colored until i did a pwc

I've tried feeding them at the same time but they are always more interested in my hand than the food, even if they are on opposite sides of the tank. I am going to attempt to feed him at night but I'm not sure if i can get a level of light that will let me see what i'm doing without them...

In one of my tanks i have a striped peacock eel that I have trained to eat from my hand. I did this because he only eats bloodworms and just leaving them sitting on the bottom made it too easy for my 5 swordtails and firemouth cichlid to shove the eel away and take it all for themselves...

There are a lot of different kinds of plecostomas, the common pleco that most places like petco and petsmart sell grow up to 2 feet and need more than a 55 gal. There are species that don't get as big though, like the rubber lip pleco or bristlenose pleco only get about 5 inches long. I made...

It should be fine. What kind of pleco is it?

a 55 is big enough for a JD but not a lot else. you may be able to have a medium sized pleco or catfish as long as you introduce them while the JD is still small but anything other than bottom feeders won't have a chance once the JD gets bigger and more aggressive

I would say its up to you which you want to keep. It is true that male cichlids are generally more aggressive. Female JDs are slightly less colorful than males, but are still very striking fish. I personally prefer male cichlids because they have more color and I enjoy the occasional display of...