Marble Clarias Catfish

Adult length 50 60cm in captivity.

Marble clarias catfish.

Yellow guppy being attacked by other guppies. Temperature range 18 27 c. Clarias catfish are a hard bunch and from an aquarium point of view probably one of the hardest fish to get wrong. Of which the marbled variety is particularly popular.

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. Ph range 5 5 8 0. Walking catfish clarias batrachus walking catfish. 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.

Today at 3 11 pm. 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. Pair behaviour of the walking catfish clarias batrachus by wolfgang ros. Or about three years now i have kept a pair of clarias batrachus in a 700 liters aquarium.

Both animals a female albino and a male semi albino are nearly the same length with the female 41cm and male 42 cm. Current size 25cm. They re bulky lumps too which is why they re so popular in aquaculture. The wild fish is brown with a white belly and is encountered.

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