Everything You've Ever Wanted To Know About Keeping Gulper Catfish

[FISHSTICKS89]

gulpers love eating bichirs he tried my ornate he swallowed my 11inch endli. hes.only.5 inches max him self. aiyaaaaa!
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[basslover34]

Nothing better than a fat little gulper... I miss mine :S

 

[necrocanis]

Nothing better than a fat little gulper... I miss mine :S

Dude I thought you were dead or something!!!

 

[basslover34]

Dude I thought you were dead or something!!!

Yeah Man!!! I felt like it a few times but I keep pullin through!

 

[Tanzil]

@FISHSTICKS89

wow....so gulpers love *****irs right? ^^

 

[bezza83]

Ive had gulpers pick up that disease. I couldn't cure them and they died. Twice I had it happen its highly contagious and they seem very susceptable to it. How did yours get on? Did you cure it or find out what it was? I'm 99% sure its from introducing new fish into the tank as i used to pick up live food from shops and private sales. I kept other fish and it seems that only the gulpers were effected. It starts of as white/red spots and develops into a fungus. Its seemed to affect the gills and they were suface hanging in the current.

 

[festaedan]

This wright-up is great! Gave me all the necessary information for my gulper.

 

[ericmagnus]

this by far is my favorite gulper thread. Im keeping my 5inch gulper with a 6inch striped raphael, no problems........yet

my gulper doesnt seem to mind the raphael or other bottom dwellers for that matter. They usually hang on top of each other huddled together. Now, when a red jewel feeder comes close, that's when my gulper goes nuts with excitement. I was wondering though, would a giant bumblebee cat (pseudopimelodus bufonius) and/or a bumblebee jelly cat (batrochoglanis raninus) now housed temporarily in separate tanks, be safe with the gulper? Considering that both hide as much as the raphael and can get bigger than the raphael which my gulper seems to be friends with. (the giant bbcat is currently 5 inches, the bb jelly is 4)

a tank with these 3 catfishes would look awesome i bet. and that was my original plan since i now have them all. im just afraid of the....you know......"gulper catfish owner's risk" HAHAHAHA

 

[bezza83]

I've been keeping gulpers the last few years but have given up as they all stop feeding. I find because my water is hard with a high ph of up to 9 that the gulpers go off their food after a month or two either all together or for long periods and when they do eventually eat it's very small quantities

 

[ThomasL]

Anyone know where I can find one?