Marble Clarias Catfish

Clarias catfish are a hard bunch and from an aquarium point of view probably one of the hardest fish to get wrong.

Marble clarias catfish.

Yellow guppy being attacked by other guppies. Adult length 50 60cm in captivity. While truly it does not walk as most bipeds or quadrupeds do it has the ability to use its pectoral fins to keep it upright as it makes a wiggling motion with snakelike. Any tankmates must be able to take good care of themselves and should be introduced at a larger size than the clarias as the growth rate of young fish is phenomenal.

Both animals a female albino and a male semi albino are nearly the same length with the female 41cm and male 42 cm. The walking catfish clarias batrachus is a species of freshwater airbreathing catfish native to southeast asia it is named for its ability to walk and wiggle across dry land to find food or suitable environments. Members aquarium and fish pictures. Today at 3 11 pm.

Or about three years now i have kept a pair of clarias batrachus in a 700 liters aquarium. Ph range 5 5 8 0. Pair behaviour of the walking catfish clarias batrachus by wolfgang ros. Walking catfish clarias batrachus walking catfish.

Big marble clarias catfish clarias catfish tank mates marble catfish marble cat fish marbled clarias catfish click here. Current size 25cm. 28 gallon rescape no adhesives. The wild fish is brown with a white belly and is encountered.

Of which the marbled variety is particularly popular. Prefers a soft substrate. They re bulky lumps too which is why they re so popular in aquaculture. They fatten up fast gorging on everything you offer and quite a lot of what you don t and in next to no time they re plumped up and ready.