Hi everyone. It has been a while since I did a blog on my fish keeping. Seems life is always getting in the way of such things. You should be happy to know that some of the reason I haven't been able to blog is because I have been so busy with my fish keeping endeavors.
As you well know I am highly addicted to keeping catfish as my main pets. I am happy to report that I now keep 3 new species of catfish that I have never kept before. :) This has brought new enthusiasm to me about keeping these wonderful creatures. This has inspired me to build something rather unique. lol. A pond that doubles as a bed stand as well. There is several reasons for this. I had several needs for myself and my fish. Some of my fish were starting to rather large for the 100 gal glass aquarium that I own. So I needed something more substantial for them to live in. Also I have been sleeping on a mattress on the floor for several years now. I am very limited currently on space for keeping
fish. So when push came to shove I decided to solve both problems in one swoop!
The construction of the pond was documented on monsterfishkeepers.com. You can go there and go to the DIY tank build section and I have a thread titled "Cheap/Easy/Fast Pond/Bed-stand build". You can get all the details you like there. There is even a thread in the DIY filter section titled "DIY drop in bucket filters", that showcases how I made the filtration for this pond. I am no expert by any means, but I try to do things economically and with a purpose in mind. Now I have solved both issues for the time being. The tank has been up and running for over 2 weeks now with no issues.
I plan to do a short summary of the fish that I am now keeping to give an update for those who are interested. I will write a blog entry on each species and detail when it was obtained, growth rates, food intake, temperament etc.
These are the species I am currently keeping.
Flathead Catfish (Pylodictis olivaris)
Vulture Catfish (Calophysus macropterus)
Bacu Catfish (Pterodoras granulosus)
Raphael Catfish (Platydoras armulatus)
Sun Catfish (Horabagrus brachysoma)
Iridescent Shark (Pangasianodon hypopthalmus)
Banjo Catfish (Bunocephalus caracoideus)
Bristle nose pleco (Ancistrus cirrhosus)
I will try to get into the habit of doing an ongoing journal detailing things that are happening with each species. For those wondering, the answer is "yes" I am only keeping catfish species currently. They are my main interest. I study them almost exclusively. Catfish are such a massive group of fish that one could study them for a lifetime and barely scratch the surface.
Happy New Year from Necrocanis, and hope you stay tunned for my next entry!
