Catfish Id Ideas Please

[chrisd90]

Hello all, I am new to this forum and would like a bit of help on a catfish ID.

I am possibly picking up a 2nd hand tank tonight for my coldwater fish.The tank at the moment is tropical and it comes complete with a catfish. I have asked the owner to describe it and the description was I quote

"about the size of a pen maybe a bit smaller and is orange and white and black spotty looking pointy nose"

i am going to put it in my hospital tank with the filter the tank comes with (should be mature ) and some substrate and monitor him before putting him in my tropical tank, but can anyone hazard a guess at what type he is? Maybe a panaque but i am not so familiar with catfish.


Thanks Chris

 

[jayjay]

any chance of a picture for a positive ID.

 

[chrisd90]

any chance of a picture for a positive ID.

Unfortunately that is the only description i have. I know its a bit of a long shot. I will try and get a picture if i get the tank.

Thanks

 

[OohFeeshy]

Some sort of L number perhaps, but without a picture, theres not a lot of a chance of a proper ID. Do you have any pictures of the tank (that the seller took)?

 

[Ferris]

Sounds like a loach to me due to the pointy nose, maybe a Clown loach?

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

If you can describe the general shape of the fish, that would help a lot- is long like an eel, short like a cory, shark-like looking etc?

Is the body shape like this for example;

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/loric...aque/1685_F.PHP

?

 

[Tokis-Phoenix]

"about the size of a pen maybe a bit smaller and is orange and white and black spotty looking pointy nose"
"Maybe a panaque"

Anything like this;

http/www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/loric...udaca/208_F.PHP

?

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I hate working from descriptions. If it looks anything like the fish below, then it is a farlowella of some kind:

 

[chrisd90]

I hate working from descriptions. If it looks anything like the fish below, then it is a farlowella of some kind:

When i got there to picck the tank up I saw the fish, it was a ...........................


Shubunkin Doh

poor thing was in the tank that hadnt been cleaned out for 6 months i dont know how he survived. He is now swimming around happily in my pond

Thanks for all your ideas anyway

 

[Miss Wiggle]

I hate working from descriptions. If it looks anything like the fish below, then it is a farlowella of some kind:

When i got there to picck the tank up I saw the fish, it was a ...........................


Shubunkin Doh

poor thing was in the tank that hadnt been cleaned out for 6 months i dont know how he survived. He is now swimming around happily in my pond

Thanks for all your ideas anyway

hmmm the lesser spotted shubunkin catfish!