Fish identification

[abrinn23]

An anyone tell me what kind of pleco this is? Guy at petland said he was a rubber nose but I'm not so sure...

Sorry it's not the best picture...he mostly just stays there until super late at night when he swims around.

 

[tarpon]

...looks more like a Raphael catfish to me. Which actually isnt a pleco at all.
The mainly nocturnal behavior sounds right too.

 

[Jason7894561230]

I agree

 

[bettaowner]

Yeah I'm seeing a raphael catfish. Feed him sinking pellets.

 

[tarpon]

That's a bad employee

 

[abrinn23]

Haha thanks guys I appreciate it! I wasn't sure if he was a catfish or some rare pleco I had never seen so he's been eating pellets. Thanks again everyone for the quick response!

 

[foster53]

That's a bad employee

Not necessarily bad just uneducated about fish. Should have been self taught before he was allowed to work with customers. Unfortunately this is very common in LFS.

 

[hellaasian]

Yep its a raphel i have one once he gets use to his surroundings he will come out of hiding and swim around

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

Striped Raphael Catfish. No. Doubt.

 

[abrinn23]

Any idea on if I should feed him shrimp pellets?

 

[Aquatic_Adam]

Yeah you can and should feed them shrimp pellets. They're omnivores. What size tank do you have?

 

[Mayanearth]

I have had my SRC for 5 months, and he/she doesn't even come out of "his" decoration at night. You might try putting shrimp pellets in the tank right as you so to bed.

 

[abrinn23]

I have a 40 gallon and I only see him out for about five minutes and then the rest of the time he's just poking his head out of his cave. Kinda funny

 

[Tetra1990]

Strangest looking pleco I've ever seen. Neat looking catfish.

 

[Shane87]

Is you tank big enough? They get to about 8 inches, and for food probably any stuff that hits the bottom lol catfish are not usually fussy eaters

 

[abrinn23]

Well the plan I've already worked out is if he gets too big I'm going to give it to my buddy who has a 90 gallon...so we'll see what happens

 

[Shane87]

Good to hear responsible fish keeping hopefully he will be ok in your set up. Good luck

 

[abrinn23]

But just out of curiosity what do you think the minimum tank size is for him?

 

[Shane87]

A lot of factors come into it but I have just had a quick search on google and a lot of people say 55g minimum.

 

[abrinn23]

Okay cuz I'm looking to upgrade soon and I like the little guy I think he looks cool so I'll try to get a 60 gallon or something close