platydoras costatus aka raphael catfish

[solarcoaster]

any bro in here ever have raphael catfish? i just acquaried 20 of them ,
and my question is is this catfish hard to rear and what does it feed ? nowthe whole school of it often hide inside the drifft woods dunno they eat or :not:thinking2: :thinking2: :thinking2: :thinking2:

[GrandePunto]

Bro...do u have picture of this raphael catfish

[rahimi]

Yeah.....:camera:

[solarcoaster]

raphael "talking" catfish platydoras costatus
so called talking catfish cause they produce croaking sound when they are out of water and in the tank they always produce same kind of sound . do they communicate to each other ???

[ryan]

raphael "talking" catfish platydoras costatus
so called talking catfish cause they produce croaking sound when they are out of water and in the tank they always produce same kind of sound . do they communicate to each other ???

Woowh that's new to me:teeth_smile: nice fish u have bro

[rahimi]

raphael "talking" catfish platydoras costatus
so called talking catfish cause they produce croaking sound when they are out of water and in the tank they always produce same kind of sound . do they communicate to each other ???

New species haaaa:thinking:

[GrandePunto]

raphael "talking" catfish platydoras costatus
so called talking catfish cause they produce croaking sound when they are out of water and in the tank they always produce same kind of sound . do they communicate to each other ???Nice pix...........

[cactus]

raphael "talking" catfish platydoras costatus
so called talking catfish cause they produce croaking sound when they are out of water and in the tank they always produce same kind of sound . do they communicate to each other ???Thanks for showing the picture.This is new to me.:teeth_smile:

[FishyFishy]

raphael "talking" catfish platydoras costatus
so called talking catfish cause they produce croaking sound when they are out of water and in the tank they always produce same kind of sound . do they communicate to each other ???
do they eat alot?

[solarcoaster]

saw the school came out last night , i think they are nocturnal .. throw in 5 cubes of frozen worm last night and after around 10 minutes already gone...

[Kaix]

raphael "talking" catfish platydoras costatus
so called talking catfish cause they produce croaking sound when they are out of water and in the tank they always produce same kind of sound . do they communicate to each other ???

Thanks bro for the info look veri nice:thumbs_up:

[GrandePunto]

saw the school came out last night , i think they are nocturnal .. throw in 5 cubes of frozen worm last night and after around 10 minutes already gone...wat eat so much:thumbs_up: :thumbs_up:

[weeyang19]

oh new to me too, thanks for the info

[ryan]

raphael "talking" catfish platydoras costatus
so called talking catfish cause they produce croaking sound when they are out of water and in the tank they always produce same kind of sound . do they communicate to each other ???


cute :tounge_smile: bro u try lift some small fish n prawn in com lah maybe they feel hungry than will eat. they might still new in com feel:embaressed_smile: mah

[hawaiian]

I had a few of these before. grow to about 7".likes to hide. if can watch out for spines on side of body.(can see in picture). might get stuck in fine mesh net also. feeds on bottom, get sinking catfish pellets. hardy fish. nice. you get good school there!! good luck!!!

aloha!

[SWLee]

I had a few of these before. grow to about 7".likes to hide. if can watch out for spines on side of body.(can see in picture). might get stuck in fine mesh net also. feeds on bottom, get sinking catfish pellets. hardy fish. nice. you get good school there!! good luck!!!

aloha!

Bro, you have pics about them?

[hawaiian]

Sorry, no more pics.

Aloha

[GrandePunto]

raphael "talking" catfish platydoras costatus
so called talking catfish cause they produce croaking sound when they are out of water and in the tank they always produce same kind of sound . do they communicate to each other ???bro...thanks for sharing

[ratel]

wow...nice catfish...never seen it b4:thumbs_up: