So quick fish update.
I just recently got some Hyalobagrus flavus (#2 on my wishlist!). The plan was to eventually get them into a 55g or 75g and do the Catfish-Only tank I’ve been dreaming of, but I don’t think that’s going to happen any time soon. Realistically, the fewer and smaller the tanks I have to move (about 1 yr away), the easier that will be.
So they are in a 30g currently, which was originally going to just be a holding tank, but now I’m thinking I’ll just make it a species tank display. A Borneo biotope species tank. (Borneo is gorgeous, they have the best plants!)
I’m really excited about the idea, hopefully I manage to make it happen soon.
Right now I have 11 H. flavus and have requested that my LFS get in 9 more to bring them up to 20, if they’re still available. Then the tank will be planted with rare crypts and a bunch of buces and maybe some other cool plants, depending on what I can find for sale. Might have a bit of a riparium thing going on, we’ll see.
In other fish news, I am very seriously looking at the logistics of maybe making it to CatCon this year? Which is very exciting, I’d really love to go. There’s bound to be tons of cool catfish for sale, so if I make it we’ll see what I bring home. I doubt I’d be able to stand going and NOT bringing any fish back with me. Pipe dream is Nanobagrus, especially N. armatus, which could live with the H. flavus. (Same biotope even!) But they aren’t traded, and I’m sure plenty of other enthusiasts would be quick to pick them up before I got the chance if someone somehow got ahold of them. (Anyone that’s been around through my fish blogging days is probably sick of reading about my pining after N. armatus, but I can’t help it. They are the best, cutest little cats!)
