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Four-lined PimodellaFlat-nosed Catfish - Antenna Catfish Family: Pimelodidae
What's in a name?... Pimelodus means "fat tooth"! The Four-lined Pimodella is a very handsome and hardy fish! It is also a peaceful fish as long as it is kept with tankmates too big for it to eat!This catfish locates its' food by smell and by feeling it with its antennae. The Four-lined Pimodella especially likes worms of all kinds and some of its favorites are bloodworms and earthworms. The spine on the dorsal fin has a saw-edged tip that acts like a barbed hook. It used to be said that the dorsal spine of the Four-lined Pimodella is poisonous and should be avoided. Recently though several authors have said this is probably not true. The Four-lined Pimodella swims in the lower portion or bottom of the aquarium and should be provided places to hide during the day. Only occasionally will it go to the surface to breath air through its intestinal respiratory system. These fish can also be kept in brackish water. In oxygen depleted waters, the Four-lined Pimodella can change almost entirely to surface breathing!For more Information on keeping this fish see:
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Four-lined Pimodella are omnivorous but prefer meaty foods, especially worms. As juveniles, they will generally eat all kinds of live, fresh, and flake foods. To keep a good balance give them a high quality flake food or pellet everyday. They like opaque, blackwater such as is found in slow moving parts of the Amazon.
Distribution:
The Four-lined Pimodella are found in South America in most
larger rivers from Panama to Brazil.
Size - Weight:
They will grow to a length of 12 inches (30 cm).
Social Behaviors:
The Four-lined Pimodella are generally a good community fish
with tankmates their own size, or larger. They will nip at the fins of
tankmates of the same species. Don't keep with fish that are much smaller
since they are predaceous.
Sexual Differences:
Not known.
Water Region: Top, Middle, Bottom:
These fish will swim in the bottom of the aquarium.
Acceptable Water Conditions:
Hardness: to 35° dGH (Can be kept in brackish water)
Ph: 5.5 to 6.8
Temp: 26-28° C
Breeding/Reproduction:
The Four-lined Pimodella have not been successfully bred
in aquariums.
Availability:
The Four-lined Pimodella is readily available and is inexpensive.
Comments from people who have kept this fish:
had mine for 5 years. they love to eat rosseis sorda. aggressive with my pleco!
I owned a Four-line pimodella, but it died when I moved somehow. It was a very good catfish and I just have to buy another one! A little warning though for people who want to buy one. Mine liked to try to jump out of the tank at night!
Hi. I have my four-line cat in a 55 with a pictus cat, 2 red devils, 1 lace cat, and 1 channel cat. They are nice catfish. So if you see some four-line pims buy one!!
I have one that I have had for 14 years . Its 12" long and I think a very attractive fish .
I had one of these catfishes for 22 years. It recently died. I dont know what their life expectancy is though.
Author: David Brough. CFS.
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