This is for information only this is not to discourage you from getting one, you do you this is information to help you care for your gulper or if you just want to learn a bit today!
Size: Gulpers can reach around 10-12 inches
Diet: Gulper catfish pretty much eat anything, but your best bet is to try to feed you gulpers pellets. if your gulper is refusing to eat pellets you can stuff frozen fish with pellets so your gulpers gets the nutrition he/she needs. Gulpers CAN eat feeder fish but some people will tell you not to do it, Only feed feeders if they are healthy, home bred and your gulper won't take anything else. you can also do frozen food such as shrimp,tilapia and smelt.
Tank mates: well.... none really, unless they are at least 2 times the gulpers size and can get along with the gulper. But realistically none. I've seen videos of gulpers eating a 12 inch TSN and an arowana... that's any expensive meal!
Temperament: Very lazy, no no no, you've heard they are lazy and believe me they are. Do not expect much from them during the day as they are nocturnal. unless you want to sit there in the middle of the night or early in the morning watching them. mine will circle the side of the tank for "exercise" when I wake up very goofy fish they are.
Tank decorations: now, gulpers have very fragile skin unlike most catfish like the Platydoras armatulus or the Megalechis thoracata, so the decorations should not be sharp or have corners or honestly just don't have them. It is pretty much a have to, to have a cave for a gulper because like stated before they are nocturnal and like to hide during day and sometime night. I have 2 java fern with my gulper and they have grown onto the slate rock I use as his cave along with his PVC pipe. but limit your decor to keep your gulper safe. also another reminder that because they have such fragile skin refrain from using a gravel substrate, sand is ok as ive had no problems with it but people tend to have a bare bottom to their gulper tank
Tank size: this is sometimes an argument between fish keepers, because people say that they are so lazy that they can live in a 40 gallon tank or you'll see a youtube video and someone has a gulper in a 10 gallon tank. then there's the people who say that they should have bigger tanks like 75 gallons and up. ideally you should have a 50-65 gallon tank for a single gulper. if you where to have multiple you will need a 75-180 gallon tank.
where are gulpers from? Gulpers are found in Rio Negro and Orinoco basins is Brazil.
Hope this finds you well.
Size: Gulpers can reach around 10-12 inches
Diet: Gulper catfish pretty much eat anything, but your best bet is to try to feed you gulpers pellets. if your gulper is refusing to eat pellets you can stuff frozen fish with pellets so your gulpers gets the nutrition he/she needs. Gulpers CAN eat feeder fish but some people will tell you not to do it, Only feed feeders if they are healthy, home bred and your gulper won't take anything else. you can also do frozen food such as shrimp,tilapia and smelt.
Tank mates: well.... none really, unless they are at least 2 times the gulpers size and can get along with the gulper. But realistically none. I've seen videos of gulpers eating a 12 inch TSN and an arowana... that's any expensive meal!
Temperament: Very lazy, no no no, you've heard they are lazy and believe me they are. Do not expect much from them during the day as they are nocturnal. unless you want to sit there in the middle of the night or early in the morning watching them. mine will circle the side of the tank for "exercise" when I wake up very goofy fish they are.
Tank decorations: now, gulpers have very fragile skin unlike most catfish like the Platydoras armatulus or the Megalechis thoracata, so the decorations should not be sharp or have corners or honestly just don't have them. It is pretty much a have to, to have a cave for a gulper because like stated before they are nocturnal and like to hide during day and sometime night. I have 2 java fern with my gulper and they have grown onto the slate rock I use as his cave along with his PVC pipe. but limit your decor to keep your gulper safe. also another reminder that because they have such fragile skin refrain from using a gravel substrate, sand is ok as ive had no problems with it but people tend to have a bare bottom to their gulper tank
Tank size: this is sometimes an argument between fish keepers, because people say that they are so lazy that they can live in a 40 gallon tank or you'll see a youtube video and someone has a gulper in a 10 gallon tank. then there's the people who say that they should have bigger tanks like 75 gallons and up. ideally you should have a 50-65 gallon tank for a single gulper. if you where to have multiple you will need a 75-180 gallon tank.
where are gulpers from? Gulpers are found in Rio Negro and Orinoco basins is Brazil.
Hope this finds you well.
