albino asian red tail catfish

[SumoNinja]

thanks wayne the pain,............. they definately don't look alike, similar but not enough to mistaken,........... I've fished channel cats locally for years and I know what they look like, I've seen pictures of artc but not albino, but still, artc don't look like channels to me.

 

[aeri]

these are pictures i found on the net that look similar to teh albino asian red tail catfish at the lfs...

http://www.n-ecichlids.com/images/ARTC.JPG
http://www.scotcat.com/images/hemibagrus_nemurus_albino.jpg

and an albino channel catfish that i once had
http://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/showpost.php?p=1350511&postcount=410

they look fairly similar

but from what it sounds like. the artc is really aggressive and i guess i shouldn't bother with them

 

[Mystus Redtail]

Someone on here has had one for ten years in a 15,000g tank, and its only a foot long. doubt it ever gets to 24", but you never know.

I can't say for the albino's for sure, but minizookeeper here has a regular ARTC that is almost 24", I know that it's over 20".

here's one wild caught

from scotcat.com

 

[wayne the pain]

I can't say for the albino's for sure, but minizookeeper here has a regular ARTC that is almost 24", I know that it's over 20".

here's one wild caught

from scotcat.com

Think your getting things messed up a bit Mystus

Artc = Hemibagrus wyckioides Size easy 36

H nemurus = sometimes sold as artc, but not. size barely 18" if ever.

Not disputing size of H wyckioides, the confusion comes from people thinking H nemurus is anything like H wyckioides, size wise and being a Artc, not even got a red tail. Picture from the wild.

 

[Mystus Redtail]

right on, I see what you mean, the name ARTC gets thrown around a lot, and since most dealer/distributors don't know a lot about them I can see why.

 

[wayne the pain]

Glad you said that, was going to give up trying to explain it

That's why i try and stick with scientific names, no mix ups then

 

[Mystus Redtail]

my user name is proof of the confusion. I thought for a long time that the ARTC was Mystus Nemurus (per my copy of the book The World of Catfishes), then they changed the name to Hemibagrus Nemurus, then I found out that the fish is actually hemibagrus Wyckioides. Hence, my name was Mystus Redail, and as it turns out there is no such fish.

 

[wayne the pain]

Yeh even keeping up with the scientific names is bad enough.
Now post some pix of your Artc, and if you already have, point me in the right direction.

 

[Mystus Redtail]

Here's some from Early Nov. I'll try to get some new ones when I get home from work. He's 11" now and definitely waiting for the 150 that should be here by the end of the week.

 

[Mystus Redtail]

I should mention that he's eating 6 Massivores at a time twice per day, plus tons of rosies and comets that I put in for the scombs and rocket gars.