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Catfish (order Siluriformes) are a diverse group of fish. Named for their prominent barbels, which give the image of cat-like whiskers, they are found primarily in freshwater environments of all kinds, with species on every continent except Antarctica.
Catfish have no scales. All catfish, except members of Malapteruridae (electric catfish), possess a strong, hollow, bonified leading ray on their dorsal and pectoral fins, through which a stinging protein can be delivered if the fish is irritated.
Catfish are often described as being nocturnal creatures; in other words they are most active at nighttime. In general terms catfish prefer to dwell at the bottom of an aquarium (or at the bottom of rivers, lakes, streams and creeks etc in their natural environments). There are of course exceptions to this general rule, as some species of catfish occupy the mid to surface water areas of an aquarium, such as the Glass Catfishes and the Upside-down Catfish.
Providing hiding places for them is of utmost importance. With careful planning of your aquarium layout you can not only provide your catfish with hiding places, but you will actually have the benefit of seeing them as well. Suitable materials to use for hiding places include wood, rocks, slate, clean plastic pipe and aquatic plants.
Catfish generally are excellent tankmates for a wide variety of other species of fish.
Catfish have no scales. All catfish, except members of Malapteruridae (electric catfish), possess a strong, hollow, bonified leading ray on their dorsal and pectoral fins, through which a stinging protein can be delivered if the fish is irritated.
Catfish are often described as being nocturnal creatures; in other words they are most active at nighttime. In general terms catfish prefer to dwell at the bottom of an aquarium (or at the bottom of rivers, lakes, streams and creeks etc in their natural environments). There are of course exceptions to this general rule, as some species of catfish occupy the mid to surface water areas of an aquarium, such as the Glass Catfishes and the Upside-down Catfish.
Providing hiding places for them is of utmost importance. With careful planning of your aquarium layout you can not only provide your catfish with hiding places, but you will actually have the benefit of seeing them as well. Suitable materials to use for hiding places include wood, rocks, slate, clean plastic pipe and aquatic plants.
Catfish generally are excellent tankmates for a wide variety of other species of fish.
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Customer Reviews
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Gold Spot Pleco Review by Savvy
Customer Rating The Pleco arrived on Thursday, with no complications. The Pleco does look very skinny but this might of been because of the stress of travelling. Has settled in fine, and seems very happy.
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Great service Review by nathan
Customer Rating Fish arrived fit and healthy. Recommend using this site (Posted on 7/03/12)
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Awesome service and a healthy fish Review by Scott
Customer Rating I ordered one of these and received it two and a half days later happy and healthy, no dramas at all. Well worth the buy with mine being 7cms and looking very good, and being very active inside the tank straight away. (Posted on 1/03/12)
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king of the tank Review by Daniel @ Mackay
Customer Rating this is a very beautiful pleco, very easy to keep with the only disadvantage that they can grow up to 21cm. so make sure you have a big enough fish tank.
gold spotted plecos are peaceful and not territorial, but they wont share any food with other catfishes.
i bought this fish 4.5cm long about a year ago and he's now around the 12cm mark. he still has a bit to grow if he wants to end up the king in my 6ft tank.
anyway i love him and a big thank you to livefish (Posted on 18/11/11) -
great fish Review by Jordan
Customer Rating Arived healthy and well, with all its colour like in the picture, a little bit smaller than advertised, but, they are in high demand so understandable. Thanks for the great fish! (Posted on 3/11/11)
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Gold Spot Pleco Review by Jemma
Customer Rating Heyy,
these fish look so cute! been to the pet shop a hundred times but just waiting for spring so i can put them in my fish pond! the only problem is i dont' know if i want a big or small one... or just one or two catfish! O'well soon find out!! goon to look at more now... But if you want my advice GET ONE!!!! They won't disapoint. (Posted on 21/05/11) -
great little guy Review by Evie
Customer Rating He arrived white, then he got better and better, my new pride and joy, i love him. (Posted on 19/05/11)
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Different colour Review by Kerry
Customer Rating Im not sure if they change as they mature, but the two plecos I received are not like what is shown in the two images above. Mine are dark bodied with light markings, basically opposite of what is shown. Could pass for a bristlenosed cat at a glance. Not really what I was expecting for the name or the price. But yes, they are very cute. (Posted on 16/03/11)
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great looking fish Review by William
Customer Rating great looking fish. was shy for the first month, thought i may have lost it. but then saw him and now see him all the time swimming all over the tank eating scraps of food which has been left by the other fish (Posted on 15/01/11)
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Golden Spot Plecos Review by Nico
Customer Rating Hi All,
I got 2 of these guys a few weeks back now. These guys are sharing a tank with my African Cichlids and are going great guns. The Plecos turned up an where a little bigger than what they were listed as. My tank is 6x2x3 and have found it difficult to keep the glass clean, but wow do the guys rip into the algae and since owning them I haven't had to scrub glass.
Thanks again Livefish for another great Fish...... (Posted on 26/12/10) -
Cool fish Review by Cody
Customer Rating Got my fish two weeks ago. Cool fish, eye catcher. Becomes more active as the weeks go. Great cleaner. (Posted on 17/11/10)
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Great fish Review by Julie
Customer Rating I got three of these for my tank 2 months ago and they are growing soo fast! They are very social and are always out - in my 6 food tank with lots of hiding spots i can always see at least one pleco if not all of them. They always come out every morning and evrey night when i feed the other fish to clean up any scraps (Posted on 9/09/10)
