Hannibal the cannibal Clarias and her potential tank mate ??

[NICKO]

I posted this thread on monsterfishkeepers about a week ago but i thought i may aswell post it on here aswell (it would proberly get more interest on here cos there banned in the us) anyway heres a link to the thread with vids and photos of my Clarias batrachus (theres also photos on the second page) My Clarias catfish - MonsterFishKeepers.com

[Cleopatra the Royal]

Hi,

Please could you put pictures directly up here as you need to be a member of monster fish forums to see the pics.

Thanks

Harry

[NICKO]

soz i didnt realise so i may aswell add extra pics of her to this thread that i didnt add to the other. here is the lovely lady

a pic of her viewed from above

the male

here a link to the video of her (ive added pics on here cos its a dark vid as its filmed at when the tank lights were off)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P7RwuNbiFGU
and the male
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJzgq...eature=channel

heres a pic of what the females tank used to look like

her in her fav spot

and the male in his


i gave more info on monsterfishkeepers about the fish there sizes and temp etc and i descussed wat i feed um and explain the set up and wat i plan on doing with it and wat tankmates the female has been in with before and wat are my futur plans with tankmates (i will add all that gibber gabber later if anyone is intrested)

[NICKO]

ok im guessing walking catfish just arnt that popular i really cant see why tho

[Mujician]

I think they're awesome! How do you sex them?

[mariekni]

you sex them by the genitals just in front of the long anul fin the males have a pointy (penis) and the females have a little roundish bit (like an outy belly button lol)
this is ours its a male you should be able to see what i mean on the secong pic

[NICKO]

lol mariekni you beat me to it but i got pics

the most common way ppl guess the sexes is by getting two of simlar size and the female will have a heavyer build and a thicker head. but the second way and the only way to 100% sex them is to look at the shape of their genitalea but this will only become distingused when they reach a certain size. mariekni pretty much explained the differances between the genitalea (but the females also tend to be more pink)

here is a pic of my girl

(tbh this is a hard one to get)

and heres a pic of my male

this was a pic of him at the shop i got him. beleive it or not they actually didnt know how to sex them

for better picture of the genitalea check this breeding report out Triggering reproduction with the Walking Catfish (Clarias batrachus) • Catfishology • Shane's World • PlanetCatfish tbh its a pretty good read anyway

[NICKO]

mariekni nice cat btw, wat you feeding him on ?

[mariekni]

prawns, mussels, sprats, squid, whitebait, he has the odd munch on the pleco's cucumber, sinking pellets. also has a munch on my finger so pretty much anything

[ermgravy]

ez boss good to see another mfker about.... nice clarias!