Traded my horned frog

[braaandooon]

I wanted to get a few because I hear they are a nice fish to own:
1)Active
2)Hardy(generally)
3)Strong appetite
4)Awesome shape and size(it doesnt grow past 6inches -USSUALLY-)

Only downsides its a risk. You MUST already have the tank cylced. You MUST have a quarantine tank. You must have knowledge about them. You cant feed them nilly willy. Like they tend to beg sometimes. You cannot give into that. Also you have to keep an eye on them since they live a long time. But again you dont want the money to go down the drain(seriously). You know it sounds wrong to say it like that. But their prices. Ived been trying to get a trio cheap. But its hard. Also I dont know much about them except the basics. So I dont want to enter a territory where I have no clue where Iam going. You know? But honestly dude. Thats a good find and congrats on that. Sure one fish death is bad. But its better than loosing a 200-500dollar fish. Lol. Also atleast you still have two alive.

One thing I must mention. Gulper catfish have no scales; therefore they are more sensitive to water quality. Scaleless fish tend to be more sensitive this means; catfish, puffers, and a few others. Only thing is you have to cycle the tank fishless. Also you have to be very careful with medicines. You should use low dosage. Since it not only will harm anything inside it but whatevers outside it as well. For tanks you NORMALLY dont need carbon. But for fish like these you actually need it. Carbon eats up any bad chems in the water. But you cant over use it otherwise it will also take the good stuff out of the water furthering harm on your fish. :P Id love to see some pictures sometime! As for your cornuta I hope its alright! Generally Iam wary about what I buy. I like buying hardy things JUST in case if I mess up somehow itll still leave me some elbow room to make it better.

well the main thing with gulper catfish is keeping there water very soft, they inhabit blackwater rivers with some current, a powerhead is definatly recommended as the added current brings these guys to life, otherwise they just hide behind driftwood , and driftwood is a must as they are driftwood catfishes and hide in driftwood to ambush there prey, they are pretty much like a fish version of a pacman frog, lol, they also grow larger than 6 inches, i keep both of mine in a 55g and they are both pushing a foot long, but havent grown noticeably in the last year, theres a place in ohio that has 13 incher for sale at 250, its been on aquabid for quite awhile, you could actually keep one of these in a 20 long as they are not quick, hell the only time mine are out swimming is during night hours and they swim directly into the current of my powerhead, kinda like a person running on a treadmill, the only real problem i have with them is keeping my ph below 7.0, i have to buy reverse osmosis water to do water changes, outside of that they are awesome fish and i mainly feed worms, and prawns, i also keep blue cetopsis catfish, these things are vicious and once through a rat into my tank and my school of five ate this rat from the inside out in a matter of minutes, i do not recommend this though as mammalian meat is bad for aquaria, anyways heres a pic of my gulpers, and one of my blue cetopsis(these were recently on an episode of river monsters)i may also want to start a new thread on this also as we are kinda getting away from the original topic but i just love talking about and showing off my animals, sorry about pic quality these were taken on a palm centro a few years back