Categories for Catfish

Old World Pie

March 15, 2019 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish African Cichlids, African Tetras, Distichodus, and Neolebias, All Other Catfish, Catfish, Characins, Distichodus, Neolebias, and African Darter Tetras, Fish, Old World Cichlids, Pelvicachromis, Pelvicachromis and other Chromidotilapini, Synodontis and other Squeaker Catfish

March 14th may seem like any other day to most of us...

Catfish Lover’s Delight

March 1, 2019 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish All Other Catfish, Catfish, Fish, Other Catfish

Ranking fourth in landmass, the South American continent has a ridiculously large number of biomes for its size.

New Year, New Fish

January 4, 2019 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish African Tetras, African Tetras, Distichodus, and Neolebias, All Other Catfish, All Other Fish, Catfish, Characins, Fish, Synodontis and other Squeaker Catfish

Did you know the concept of a New Year’s Resolution dates all the way back to the Romans?

The Rising Yuletide

December 8, 2018 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish 'Plecostomus', All Other Catfish, All Other Fish, Ancistrus, Catfish, Characins, Corydoras and Other Armored Catfish, Corydoras, Aspidoras, Brochis, and Scleromystax, Fish, Other Characins

Tis the season to be jolly, and as you deck your halls, you may notice your tanks need a little extra adornment. Now, before you go dunking strung lights and mistletoe...

Black-and-White Thinking

November 30, 2018 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish 'Plecostomus', All Other Fish, Ancistrus, Catfish, Characins, Corydoras and Other Armored Catfish, Corydoras, Aspidoras, Brochis, and Scleromystax, Fish, Other Characins, Pencilfish and Splash Tetras

The human brain is a beautiful filter. For newborns, the world is so confusing and overstimulating, neuronal connections must be “pruned back” in order for...

Happy Tanks-giving

November 23, 2018 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish All Other Catfish, All Other Fish, Apistogramma, Catfish, Characins, Dwarf Cichlids, Eartheaters, Fish, Other Characins, South American Cichlids, Whiptail Catfish

Gratitude (noun): The quality of being thankful; readiness to show appreciation for and return kindness.

You Are What You Eat

October 6, 2018 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish 'Plecostomus', All Other Catfish, Catfish, Fish, Other Plecostomus, Panaque and Panaqolus, Talking Catfish

It’s no secret that what you eat has a pretty large effect on you, but when looked at through an ecological and evolutionary context...

You Only Live Ninece

September 15, 2018 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish Catfish, Corydoras and Other Armored Catfish, Corydoras, Aspidoras, Brochis, and Scleromystax, Fish

Familiar to all, but especially to those with feline friends...

Squeaky Clean

September 8, 2018 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish All Other Catfish, Catfish, Fish, Synodontis and other Squeaker Catfish

Every good tank has at least one bottom dweller, a cleanup crew to scavenge algae, leftover food, or other detritus left behind by sloppy tank-mates...

Give Pisces a Chance

July 14, 2018 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish 'Plecostomus', African Tetras, African Tetras, Distichodus, and Neolebias, All Other Fish, Bichirs, Eels, and Knifefish, Catfish, Characins, Fish, Freshwater Eels, Leporacanthicus

Lately, it seems our society focuses so much on what makes individuals and the groups they belong to different from one other. While it is, undoubtedly important to celebrate these differences...

Fish-vengers In-fin-ity Wars

April 27, 2018 By The Wet Spot Tropical Fish All Other Catfish, Catfish, Fish, Pike Cichlids, Pikes and Peacock Bass, South American Cichlids, Whiptail Catfish

For those of us who are awe-struck by the multitudes of defensive and offensive adaptations present in the animal kingdom, nerding out about superheros isn’t much of a leap...