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bmxboy119
12-19-2003, 09:42 PM
WoW! yea while taking my former peacock bass's tank apart (R.I.P. hector) I came across a a catfish and remembered putting it in there a bout 2-3 years ago. Didnt have the heart to kill it so i put it in my cichlid tank. Be fore I put it in the tank it started meowing. And its wiscors were like zapping me. Only about an inch long. I observed it in my cichlid tank and every time a cichlid would come top it they would scurryoff as afraid. Any light on my meowing catfish (sounds like a joke).Like what it is. :confused:
Cichlid_Fan
12-20-2003, 06:00 PM
Does it look like this?
http://www.planetcatfish.com/cotm/2003-02.htm

If not you can got here for useful info on your catfish.

www.planetcatfish.com
bmxboy119
12-20-2003, 10:07 PM
Cichlid_Fan: Greatly appreciate the effort and links but still no results on what this catfish is.
ander
12-29-2003, 03:50 PM
could u describe what it looks like?
i might have the same one and if it is... well yeah a pic would be good too
the209jungalist
01-21-2004, 10:38 PM
Another website that you might want to try is:

http://www.scotcat.com

This is one of my favorite sites, I have a soft spot for plecos and catfish. They're just so darn cute!
Fishhead
01-23-2004, 04:17 PM
Could be one of these. I have one and it made noise when I first got it. Now I never see it, maybe once a week. It hides under some driftwood all the time. Striped raphael catfish.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/cotm/1999-07.htm
seered247
05-20-2004, 05:00 AM
YEA i have that one also refered to as a striped talking cat.yea i made him socialable by wrecking 3 diferent homes before he started kinda swimin laps and being out and about.
Seedy
05-20-2004, 02:16 PM
Originally posted by bmxboy119
And its wiscors were like zapping me. Only about an inch long. I observed it in my cichlid tank and every time a cichlid would come top it they would scurryoff as afraid. :confused:

HUh...What do you mean by "zapping"? Like electricity? It almost sounds like this is a vareity of electric catfish...

BTW...tons of catfish "meow"...and most species can produce some kind of audible noise...
aharris
05-20-2004, 03:51 PM
Even the common bullhead can croak.