Hi i'm new here. Like a week ago my friend and I were fishing in a lake and this weird fish got caught in his net.
it dwells in the bottom of his pond. Its all black and its skin is pretty hard especially the middle part. Its like its layerd with hard armour skin. oh and its missing an eye. I've tried searching online for it but didn't find anything thing. so anynody know?
hey guys I also caught a small eel-tailed cat fish and put it in my fish tank. But i read on the link below that they have strong poisenous fins which worries me when I stick my hand in my fish tank. Its nocturnal since it only comes out of hiding at night. Man my lake is full of different fishes. http://www2.dpi.qld.gov.au/fishweb/2171.html
below is a bass we caught in the lake
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i'll post some pics of the eel-tailed catfish as soon as it comes out from hiding
I looked up the name you gave me and it turns out you were right Gump, thanks. You guys are good I'm still waiting waiting for the other mystery fish I spoke off to come out from hiding so i can take a picture of it.
We can't release the fish once it has been kept under captive conditions. Too many risks are present which can seriously endanger the lives of the feral population.
Joel, where are you located? I heard Florida has several aquarium fish already invading the lakes and other water systems.
We can't release the fish once it has been kept under captive conditions. Too many risks are present which can seriously endanger the lives of the feral population.
Joel, where are you located? I heard Florida has several aquarium fish already invading the lakes and other water systems.
Just a comment or more of a question I guess about releasing the fish. Wouln't it be ok to release the fish in a private pond because it sounds like all the fish that are in there are from the hobby and it also sounds like it might be a private, "contained" pond? If it is I would think it would be fine to release the fish into the pond.
I will agree however that a fish kept in an aquarium should NEVER be released into a natural non-contained waterway or even one that might flood and allow the fish to escape into an adjacent river, stream, pond or any other body of water.
While they are both ugly cusses, not a sturgeon. I do think that I would eat either one if they were big enough though. I wonder just how big a common pleco can get in the wild. [/url]
Common plecs have invaded some of our waterways here.:roll: The largest caught so far was 16 inches. A lot of fishermen here have complained that their nets ended up torn by the massive load of common plecs caught.:shock: They caught only a small number of native fish for food, thanks to the plec invasion.:shake: They don't have natural predators here unfortunately.
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