Sailfin marble pictus catfish

[Dgmannn412]

So I got this catfish and after purchasing it realized what I had was not common I want to know how rare it really is. How many have had/have one. What do you know about it. Nothing I have found tells me anything past 30inch semi aggressive Amazon catfish.
What do we actually know.
I keep it in a 4ft square 275gallon tank. Ph is 6.5 temp is 79
It growing about 3 inches a month.

 

[dr exum]

hows this going? trying to procure one of these

 

[tlindsey]

So I got this catfish and after purchasing it realized what I had was not common I want to know how rare it really is. How many have had/have one. What do you know about it. Nothing I have found tells me anything past 30inch semi aggressive Amazon catfish.
What do we actually know.
I keep it in a 4ft square 275gallon tank. Ph is 6.5 temp is 79
It growing about 3 inches a month.

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Nice pickup.
kno4te
thebiggerthebetter
Fishman Dave

 

[kno4te]

I don’t keep marble sailfins. Need space for the fish and whiskers. Nice fish. Don’t have the space but not a rarity. See it offered several times throughout the year.

 

[Fishman Dave]

Harder to find small ones (4" ) when they really look stunning. Also find that marble achara are slightly more common small than sailfin achara. Have been a few larger ones (14" ) for sale on Aquaristclassified recently but thats because they stop looking quite so cute and folks start realizing that with them whiskers and growing to 30" you will need an 8 * 3 tank ideally or a pond so his whiskers are not always touching the sides. (Never seen it done but that 4ft cube could house him alone until over 2ft mark).
I have a marble and would get a sailfin if I saw small ones available. Pier aquatic s tend to get them in a couple of times a year, but only in small qtys. Probably see less of these now here in the uk than piraiba which is wierd, considering the final size of piraiba.
Have seen sailfins kept with neons and community fish, although I would not try it, they are said to be much less predatory than marbled.
PH of 7.5 and under, temp late 70's should be fine.
Unfortunately you may see his marbled and lightening pattern fade somewhat with size and age.
Great personality fish which you will be able to train to hand feed as a pet.

 

[FINWIN]

LOL those whiskers could sweep a tank clean in no time! They must snag on everything.

 

[dr exum]

good info! a vendor has another fish i’ve been looking / waiting for and came across this marbled sailfin pictus - states he hand feeds...

seems a more reasonable size to keep than the RTC/TSN - Sizes...

like the personality /hand feeding bit!

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

My thread needs to be updated badly, still have the trio in the same 4500 gal, here it is https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/...-6-years-old-in-4500-gal.681640/#post-7668695

I believe the first pic is the IBC tote with a window installed?? If so, this is a first for me. I've been toying with this exact and other similar ideas for years, never had the time to try.