Marble Clarias Catfish Care

Temperature range 18 27 c.

Marble clarias catfish care.

Prefers a soft substrate. It seems the younger cats prefer insect food while adults have a thing for smaller fish fry and eggs. Walking catfish clarias batrachus walking catfish. Part of the problem is keeping the things in one.

Google is your best friend and it will give you loads of care sheets. The trio of marbled clarias batrachus that lived in my care liked to sit upon patches of bare gravel and perch inside the fronds of large fern like plastic plants. It s almost as though they lack the sense to tell the difference. Adult length 50 60cm in captivity.

Nevertheless clarias can become nice pets and real members of the household. Although their aquarium contained a number of cave like constructions none of these were ever occupied as permanent territories. The male remains at the nest. One must clearly say that these catfish grow up to 50 cm in length and eat any tankmate that fits the large mouth.

Carrion or fresh they ll take the lot. Clarias gariepinus could be easily crossed with heterobranchus longifillis to get the so. The become tame and show same personality. The eggs hatch in 24 36 hours at which point the female again begins to assist in brood care assuming responsibility for guarding the perimeters of the territory.

And then a food fish has become finally an ornamental fish. Of which the marbled variety is particularly popular. I keep this species they are easy to look after they live in low oxygenated dirty murky waters in the wild that should tell you alot. The wild fish is brown with a white.

This is a fast growing catfish that needs space. This video shows how to feed a walking catfish in aquarium and albino waking catfish care. Current size 25cm. Clarias gariepinus or african sharptooth catfish is a species of catfish of the family clariidae the airbreathing catfishes.

Feeding catfish in tank clarias batrachus duration. Species marbled clarias catfish clarias batrachus. Aim for a ph of 7 and a temperature of 26 c. Parental care for ensuring the survival of the catfish offspring is absent except by the careful choice of a suitable site.

They are air breathers so you don t need a air pump will do fine in low oxygenated water. Yeah just the biggies 2ft arowana 8 9 giant gourami clarias and a couple of bn plecs and a pictus left in there now all the rest are in new tanks dotted around the house lol its all been rescaped too so a nice big cave for her now i had to get my speedos on to get to the bottom of the tank lol. Mine decimated anything that was in with it including a alarge oscar. Wild clarias like insects and fish but don t care whether food is dead or alive.