Sorry, couldnt help myself.... lol

Saw this in my LFS the other day, hes beautiful, not a pleco as such but still i thought u would like the look of him Noddy...

he is a Platydoris Costatus

this is the one in the shop:



and here is a bit better piccie of them that i found on the net.



Pretty cool huh? the one in the shop was going for $120 they have 3 crazy sharp fins on them and hard as buggery back on them, he actually got him out of the tank and his back feels like armor plating. he has like razors going up his side as well. very well defensed fish

Not a good combo with an oscar tho i think, Fish shop guy said he saw one of these in another fishes mouth that tried to eat it and the top fin was coming out of the other fishes head and the 2 side fins were coming out the side of its mouth.

that is a cool looking catfish.

i know ay, im seriously considering to ask whether my lfs wants to take my pleco back and swap with cash adjust for him, lol coz this guy wont get to big and my guy can grow to his full potential in a good tank

LOL the prices you Yanks pay for fish are just hilarious

Aussie? spose 120 is about 70pounds for u?

and we dont really have any other choice

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You can get raphael catfish for like 8-12 bucks in the states.

Anyways Shinc if I'm not mistaken those are 'talking' catfish, too...

yer they are im pretty sure, if u take them out of water u can hear them groaning or something. he looks cool and for the fact he wont get uber huge like the pleco i have now is making me think it may be a better choice?

they're pretty cool little buggers...we were talking about them on another thread (of course Noddy was involved since a catfish was being discussed). Other than being careful about making sure they dont get lodged in the Oscars throat I heard they make vry good tank mates.

Might go and see whether he fish shop wants to possibly to some sort of trade this arvo for my 20cm Pleco.

@JP, Nice finds on the vids. The Catfish in the first vid sure is chubby. are they all like that? I think they look pretty cool. It sounds like you just need to make sure you get a good sized one so your Oscar won't be tempted in trying to swallow it.

@shinc, It never hurts to try and ask for a trade. Go for it! Good luck

He said he will do a clean swap if I want it.

Its a cool looking fish dont get me wrong....but way overpriced.
I know you have no choice apparently...

Most iv payed for a fish was my Blue phantom pleco...£35 RIP OFF!!!