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I have an Albino ID Shark (at least thats what the LFS said it was), the problem is that I can't find any info anywhere on it....

Can anyone help me:confused:

Thanks.....

That's an Iridescent Shark. Really a catfish native to SE Asia. Grown there for food on fish farms -- probably here too now as well. I've kept them for years, though they're rather iffy as aquarium fish. They can grow rather large -- around 3 feet -- and are usually shy and easily panicked. You see a lot of them with damaged noses from crashing into the glass. I try to mitigate that by having plants -- either real or plastic -- at the ends of the tank so they'll see they're approaching a barrier. They're also highly susceptible to ich. Will die of it quite quickly. On the other hand, they're not agressive at all, are easy to feed, and if you take their shyness into account (approach the tank slowly), quite people friendly. You can find more info on Planet Catfish, but those are the basics.

It's a good thing that I have 2 tanks set up because we decided to see if he could get along in the Oscar tank (he is about the same length as they are), they have never accepted anyone new, evan another of the same species that they already live with.... things looked pretty good at first, a little chasing but not too bad, when we came back home a couple of hours later and his fins were mangled pretty bad, he had a big sore on his side and one twice that under his belly. I moved him back and put some melafix in. The next day I was sure he was a gonner because his injuries developed this kind of fuzzy rot..... luckally after a couple of days the rot fell off and he is now totally healed up.

Thanks for the info

I too had a Catfish passed off on me as a Shark. I didn't know it until he was way too big for my tank.

There should be something that can be done when these fish stores sell fish under wrong names.

I also got 2 Firemouth Cichlids from another place only to find out that they are actually called False Firemouths...... I really like them, when they get bigger the bluish spots on them really stand out nice. Unfortunately I have to get rid of them because they are too agressive. The one pickes on the other really bad (and it's tank mates)so I threw him in a smaller tank by him self, (now he's really miserable), and now the other is picking on everyone in the tank, so enough is enough.