brachyplatystoma

Good Afternoon Fam! Can someone help me identify if this is a Capa/Fila Brachyplatystoma? true? false? Peru? Brazil? Suriname? also, can someone tell me the estimated growth&growth rate for this particular specimen? Thanks in adv.

When you look at Catfish you find endless people collecting Tiger Shovel Nose, Red Tail Catfish, Hybrids of the two, Iridescent sharks, etc. Albeit beautiful catfish in their own right we still see a very limited range of larger Catfish species in the hobby outside of the few I listed & a few...

Hi, I am selling a true piraiba (Brachyplatystoma filamentosum) That is feeding on pellets, tilapia, etc... Usually goes for $200-400, but want it gone ASAP cause I bought another one and want to make room also open to trades, name it and ill consider it Here’s a pic of him: This is...

So I purchased this guy about a month ago online and at the time it was listed as a B. Vaillantii. Even the picture online was a true Vaillantii I believe. But since then this catfish has been hiding so I couldn’t really look at him much. Well he’s gotten a bit bolder and now that I’ve had some...

Acquired about 2 weeks ago, 4" not including caudal fin, in 55g QT, temp 82-83° on average on calibrated IR temp gun, cycled emperor 400, 4" aquaculture stone, koralia 600gph wave pump(good amount of circulation and oxygenation), heavily decorated with large driftwood and plants, near Blackwater...

I'm planning to head back to Suriname in late July/early August 2019 and was going to see if any fellow members would have interest in tagging along. I will be fishing with the same company as last trip, Andree's Expeditions and the price is 2,199 Euro or about $2,550 USD for the trip at...

I'm back! And trying my best to pick up where I left off. :) In keeping with my tradition of naming my fish after Game of Thrones characters, and in honor of how much yellow this fish is beginning to display, I decided to name him after the fabled leader of the Golden Company: Maelys the...

So if some of you remember from my post months ago, im trying to find and keep all brachyplatystoma species, so far, i got all except the B.vaillanti, which somehow never showed up in my country (importer oredered vaillantis a couple of times but different species show up. Even a filamentosum...

Guys can you confirmthis cat's species? He was labeled as vaillanti at the lfs.... Thanks