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Well I googled catfish and scales and came up with this quote on AnswersYahoo. I will not link it because it will not show up. "The armored catfishes, which include the doradids (corydoras and others) and the loracariids (all the "plecos," otos, and twig catfishes) have "scutes," which are bony...

I created a post with links, since I am new, it is being moderated before posting (or so says the message I got when I clicked 'submit'). I'm assuming my reply might show up sometime within the next few minutes/hours, unless it is tagged 'problematic.'

Idk about other catfish. I read this article: The Pictus Catfish: The Fish That Needs A Shave?! (TROPICAL FISH ARTICLES) It says "since they are a scaleless catfish" which I guess implies there are some species that are, indeed, scaled, but it doesn't go on to say what those species are. And...

I'm assuming YMMV, and idk how strict they are about links to other sites on this forum, but if you google Pictus and ich, it's a commonly held opinion that because they don't have scales they are more susceptible to the disease. It's not something I want to deal with, and so even though some...

Unfortunately, Petsmart is my local LFS, and they are disco. I tried PetCo and they don't sell them. There is only one mom and pop fish place in my city, but it's seriously gone downhill in the last few years with deads in the tanks, dirty floors, etc. I'm wary of buying from them.

Good to know as it opens up more possibilities with regard to what other kinds of fish I could keep with him. They don't have an Asian Bumblebee though, but the photo did look really cool.

My LFS definitely has an African Featherfin. It's listed as "Aggressive". How accurate is that?

No the link didn't work. It's an interesting site, but it already assumes you know the family and genus of the fish, which I don't. I clicked on a few but none of them looked like a fish that my LFS would have heard of.

I really wanted a striped raphael for my empty 55 gallon, but my LFS has discontinued them. Now I'm back to researching for a suitable alternative. Pictus is out because I don't want to have to constantly treat for ich. Are there any other catfish that get 6-8 inches? I'm wracking my brain to...