Question by cherryfox22: What type of fish is this? Video!
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Excluding the fact that these fish are overstocked, incompatible for the most part, and the tank is far too small, I ran across this video and was wondering what species is the whitish “shark” (there are also two silver ones of the same species) in the tank?
Not the bala sharks
Don’t worry, I’m not going to go buy a 20 gallon and stick ten of them in there or anything like that, I just want to see if they are even a possibility to keep in my 100 gallon or so future tank (I really wanted silver shark catfish, but I still think 100 gallons is too small for them) Worst case scenario, I’ll just do lots of pictus :0)
(For some reason though, I keep think Pang/Pangeo is the start of the species name? )
Thanks rush! I love the link as well, I saw the black catfish at walmart before, I couldn’t believe that they were selling them!!!!
They really should stop selling all those fish commonly, it’s just sad. And dam can they get huge, that one the guy is holding resembles nothing of the cute fishy in the tank. Yep, looks like a large school of pictus it is
Best answer:
Answer by ~Rush~
The white sharks are Albino Iridescent sharks, or (Pangasius hypophthalmus) so you were right on the money.
Definitely not a candidate even for a 125g, these guys get huge. Check out this article about oversized fish sold in pet stores – http://www.oscarfish.com/article-home/fish/92-giants-part1.html
I’d stick with the pictus cats. Definitely more manageable size wise.
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