Firewood catfish

[Rtc/tsn]

Ok so the firewood catfish has always been a bucket list fish for me but if you’ve kept up with my threads you know I don’t have that kind of room so I was wondering if when I do get the space to house bullseye (rtc/tsn) when he’s bigger if anyone knows any places that commonly have firewood catfish in stock or if anyone’s ever kept one before and hot to care for them again I’m not planning on buying this fish anytime this year unless things go perfectly with my other fish

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

Aquaimports seems to be a good source

Firewood / Planiceps Catfish (Sorubimichthys planiceps)

A uniquely shaped, large-growing predatory catfish, the Planiceps or Firewood Catfish is found throughout the middle Amazon in Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador where it is a prized food fish. Juvenile fish have impressive butterfly-like pectoral fins which develop into more traditional fins as they...

www.aqua-imports.com

 

[Rtc/tsn]

Aquaimports seems to be a good source

Firewood / Planiceps Catfish (Sorubimichthys planiceps)

A uniquely shaped, large-growing predatory catfish, the Planiceps or Firewood Catfish is found throughout the middle Amazon in Brazil, Peru, and Ecuador where it is a prized food fish. Juvenile fish have impressive butterfly-like pectoral fins which develop into more traditional fins as they...

www.aqua-imports.com

Thank you this catfish has always been a personal favorite only because of how natives use it. The fish is very low in eating value but they still didn’t waste anything so they dry it out and use it as firewood giving it the name firewood catfish but that history is amazing I love the creativity

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

Rtc/tsn pretty horrific lol but it is definitely creative. They are really cool fish although be careful. if I remember correctly a member here was very seriously injured by one.

 

[Rtc/tsn]

Rtc/tsn pretty horrific lol but it is definitely creative. They are really cool fish although be careful. if I remember correctly a member here was very seriously injured by one.

Really? I hope they’re okay and don’t they have a toxin in their spines I’m pretty sure they do like how a pictus catfish does and I’ve been finned by a pictus before and dude I wanted to cut my finger off to stop the pain it was small pictus but it packs a punch

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

I have a pictus and make sure to stay out of his way during water changes lol. I will try to find the thread where it happened im pretty sure he was spined in the wrist.

 

[Kelly_Aquatics]

https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/he’s-back.734751/page-2 Thats the thread

 

[Rtc/tsn]

https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/he’s-back.734751/page-2 Thats the thread

Omg that’s insane and he’s insanely lucky it wasn’t a little bit deeper he’d be done for

 

[FuriousFish]

https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/he’s-back.734751/page-2 Thats the thread

That's crazy, I don't ever take any chances with catfish while I'm fishing.

 

[Rtc/tsn]

That's crazy, I don't ever take any chances with catfish while I'm fishing.

I have an extremely high pain tolerance but I’ve been messed up by catfish a lot I’ll post some pics of my crazy times fishing any that I have anyway they’ll be old pictures but here you go