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Ashley - 2012-01-15
I have a full grown Featherfin named Igor that was sold to me as a Pleco, he was in horrible condition at this crappy fish store at our local mall. He was missing all of his barbels, his entire 'feather fin' he was totally blind, and he was missing his hump at the base of his tail. He was in a tank with crayfish that were eating him alive and he was so malnorished I could actually see his bones. I bought him and brought him home and put him in my 20 gal goldfish tank and was thinking I would at least let him die in peace without crayfish eating him......lets just say to make a long story short, a year later he is now the king of my 100 gal fish tank (bought special for him) all of his fins and barbels grew back, he has full vision, and is currently on my bad side for eating my 25 dollar Blue Prong. This species of fish is a remarkable healer if given the proper care, Igor will actually eat bloodworms out of my hand now, cause when he was blind and had no barbels I would have to push the food practically in his mouth, now he sees me coming and will swim to the top of the tank and take his bloodworm snack. He is by far my favorite fish (and the only one with a name actually!) and I would recommend this fish to anyone who is ready to take the step up from goldfish! Just watch your Prongs!

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Charlie Roche - 2012-01-16
I like that. You saved a fish and gained a friend.
Jeff Harma - 2012-09-20
Hi, I recently added a featherfin to my 90 gallon tank with 15 other inhabitants, 8 of which are cichlid, mbuna, jewel, Zebra of equal size which does tend to bother. I actually with appearance the zebra will head to shelter, for she seems to know my dislike of her actions to the newest addition. Aside from the two tankmates, other a male mbuna, which is frequently mating with others. Oh, food for the catfish, I have not witnessed any consumption, ' cept for frozen brine shrimp via tube to mouth of the cat. Will hunger eventually get the featherfin to actually scavenge? She/he does have thickness in the mid-drift battle seem to be subsiding, any opinion with thanks.

marc - 2012-09-12
I have 4 of these monster beauty's, and aldo my tank is a bit to small. Can't dare to get rid of them. (bought them as diffrent ones, I mean they said they where diffrent ones in the aquarium shop, which apparently was a lie) But the problem I have is that they like to eat plants.... ooh yeah and not just the ones that every plant eater likes no no even the ones seen as disgusting (java,anubias,crypto etc). And there is no information what so ever about them eating plants, but be warned, they MAY eat plants.

Specter99 - 2012-09-03
A must have on my wish list because i want to own a aquarium

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Jeremy Roche - 2012-09-04
This fish is not for the average home aquarium. Gets very large and expensive to care for.
Jeremy Roche - 2012-09-04
This fish is not for the average home aquarium. Gets very large and expensive to care for.

Anonymous - 2012-08-23
I have one of these sharks, my son bought him 18 years ago when he was only 3' long, in a 10 gallon tank. Now he went from a 10 gal, to a 20 gal, to a 55 gal and now he is in a 75 gal. tank. From 3' to 24 plus' now. No other fish can be with him, can't have anything in the tank with him ( plants, rocks, etc. ). Have pumps that pump 160 gallons a hour, change 5 gallons of water every other day. Change 6 filters every week. Great fish but one problem, every so often he gets frightened and goes crazy in the tank, water goes every where. Thinking about letting him go in a river, getting tried mopping water up.

Scott - 2012-08-23
These fish may not be venomous but their spines have some toxin. I got stung yesterday by one and it was very unpleasant. Handle with care.

Rodney Clark - 2012-08-22
I just picked up a red tail cat and he is in the tank with 10 other fish now I'm missing 2 fish and his belly is large :(

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Jeremy Roche - 2012-08-23
If it can fit into its mouth it will eat it!!

marigold - 2012-08-21
Albino corys sure are durable. We had a tank full of a variety of fish, then we moved a few hundred miles away and brought them with us. Most survived the move. But a month after the move we had to be out of town for a few days and our air conditioner broke. It was in hot June in Florida with a west facing window. This just cooked the rest of the fish *except* for the albino corys. It was awful seeing such a mass die-off. They were more lethargic, but survived, and now a couple of months later are still doing fine. We had some julii corys, but they died in the heat. So it's something about these albinos, fishy superpowers or something. And they are so darned cute!

Flerida Javier Ambion - 2011-11-24
I love Albino cory. I named them Teapot and Pirate. Teapot, because its stout and short. It was alone, so I had to buy more, but there was only one available in the shop and it has only one eye. So I named it Pirate. I wish there are more in the shop. I want to have 4-6 of the same kind. They behave like a puppy. so cuuuutte!

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Charlie Roche - 2011-11-24
Glad you like. Many don't realize that these guys have distinct personalities and get attached to their owners.
Donna - 2011-11-25
Yeah, my albino is the same way, very lithargic but seems to come to life if there's activity in the room

alexa - 2010-08-07
I just got a featherfin squeaker he's in a 40 liter tank with 2 pearl gouramis 7 sword tails. Hes/she is still small only 7cm I want to add some black neon tetras the ones in the store are still really small 2-3 cm do you think they will be eaten?

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Lisa - 2012-08-05
40 liters is far, far too small for a featherfin. My advice would be to return him ASAP or get a bigger tank. 50g at least.
hope - 2012-08-12
I think they will be. I had 15 neons in my tank. I now have 1 my catfish eats every small fish I put in the tank

hope - 2012-08-12
I have an african Featherfin Synodontis Catfish. Well at least that's what we think it is. We are looking at selling it but don't know how much to charge for it. It is about 20 years old maybe even older and it is a big fish. we don't have the room in the tank for him any more he is not good with little fish

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Charlie Roche - 2012-08-13
Somehing is only worth what someone is willing to pay for it. I'd go to a specialized fish store (not your petsmart or walmart) but true fish store and ask them. They might be willing to pay for it. They might let you put a notice on their bullentine board. I'd try Craigslist.

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