As the title says this is about a Striped Raphael Catfish.
Ok, first the good news. We were in Walmart the other day and as always checked the fish. Now we have got a few fish from there that survived but alot that didn't and judging by the dead fish in their tanks and the excellent params in ours I assume it wasn't our fault. Anyway we were looking and I saw a very cool looking catfish that I had never seen before. I couldn't find the info for him there so checked our phone (has internet access) and saw he was a talking catfish that maxed out at 15cm. So there was no way we were leaving without him.
Now the bad news. On the way home we noticed his eyes were cloudy. I decided to test the water from the store to see what I came up with. Well I didn't like what I read on the results! Here they are: ph 7.6, ammonia 0.25 or greater, nitrite 0, nitrate 80. Now you can see why I was concerned! The fish is still alive, he's in our 30g planted and at night I've been putting pellets in for him and our other cleaner crew. I really want him to live and would love any experience with these guys or advice. He's always hiding so I haven't got a chance to see if his eyes have gotten any better. We've had him for about 4 days now.
Ok, first the good news. We were in Walmart the other day and as always checked the fish. Now we have got a few fish from there that survived but alot that didn't and judging by the dead fish in their tanks and the excellent params in ours I assume it wasn't our fault. Anyway we were looking and I saw a very cool looking catfish that I had never seen before. I couldn't find the info for him there so checked our phone (has internet access) and saw he was a talking catfish that maxed out at 15cm. So there was no way we were leaving without him.
Now the bad news. On the way home we noticed his eyes were cloudy. I decided to test the water from the store to see what I came up with. Well I didn't like what I read on the results! Here they are: ph 7.6, ammonia 0.25 or greater, nitrite 0, nitrate 80. Now you can see why I was concerned! The fish is still alive, he's in our 30g planted and at night I've been putting pellets in for him and our other cleaner crew. I really want him to live and would love any experience with these guys or advice. He's always hiding so I haven't got a chance to see if his eyes have gotten any better. We've had him for about 4 days now.