My Chaca Chaca catfish
- Thread starter Caveden
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Here’s what I’ve done with the twigs, boiled for 1.5hrs after. Not the best scape now, looks messy imo. Will touch up and place the twigs to be more natural looking tomorrow. It’s 2.30am here and I’m tired out.
I’ll add new hornwort and floating plants (duckweed, red root floaters) tomorrow when I visit the aquarium.
I mean it doesn’t look terrible, I think it looks pretty good. I like the contrasting sizes of the driftwood. However, I think the two larger pieces on the right look kind of wonky, I think they should be repositioned to hide the thick stem part. Idk if that makes sense or not lol. Perhaps you can add some smaller red plants, it could look cool (that aren‘t floating). Green plants (to me) would look funky with the black water look but I think red plants could possibly work.Here’s what I’ve done with the twigs, boiled for 1.5hrs after. Not the best scape now, looks messy imo. Will touch up and place the twigs to be more natural looking tomorrow. It’s 2.30am here and I’m tired out.
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Here is a video by MDFishTanks about a Red Devil Angelfish aquascape that to me reminds me of yours (despite the size difference):
I hope this helps, good luck!
Finally managed to hear the famous “croaking” sound coming from the catfish. Went to adjust the hardscape tdy so took it out to avoid injuring it. Thought to myself, why not try to take it out of water? Sure enough, I managed to see it open its huge mouth and produce the frog like sound. Took some pictures of it. Cool to see its mouth has an inner red lining to it.
cleanup crew is here!
4x kuhli loach and many ghost shrimp (meant to be feeders). Had the kuhli loaches for 2 weeks without any issues. Guess the chaca isn’t interested in them.
4x kuhli loach and many ghost shrimp (meant to be feeders). Had the kuhli loaches for 2 weeks without any issues. Guess the chaca isn’t interested in them.
I would worry about the spines of the khuli loaches.
How long has the Otto catfish been in the aquarium?
Thats incredible! Such a huge mouth for a smaller fish, I didn't realize how big of a mouth they had. I want one now!
Ottos have been around since day 1. Chaca shows no interest in them too. Had 4 of them for months now and none of them eaten, they were the very first fishes I’m the tank. Same for the kuhlis as well, the chaca shows zero interest in them.
funny thing is, the kuhli loaches like to hide UNDERNEATH and beside the chaca catfish, burrowing beside him. I see them going over the mouth of the chaca with no interest from him as well.
Interesting update:
From the start of the thread I’ve mentioned how I’ve got 2 chaca chaca catfish, but I’ve mostly been posting one of them only ( the larger one ). This is because I thought the 2nd one died a few months back. Never saw it again until today, where it suddenly made an appearance at the front of the tank. Shocked to see it still alive, and apparently doing well. From the last time I saw it, it has grown an inch or two more and definitely put on some size. They really are master camouflagers, or I’m just straight up a blind bat
2nd pic: two of the chacas in the same photo. Can you spot them?
From the start of the thread I’ve mentioned how I’ve got 2 chaca chaca catfish, but I’ve mostly been posting one of them only ( the larger one ). This is because I thought the 2nd one died a few months back. Never saw it again until today, where it suddenly made an appearance at the front of the tank. Shocked to see it still alive, and apparently doing well. From the last time I saw it, it has grown an inch or two more and definitely put on some size. They really are master camouflagers, or I’m just straight up a blind bat
2nd pic: two of the chacas in the same photo. Can you spot them?
