brought home an unusual catfish from the store the other day and put him into my quarantine tank. Since this was the first catfish that I had acquired in some time I decided to set up the quarantine tank with numerous caves so that the catfish would feel at home and also so that I could observe him by putting the caves all facing out.

The fish I got was Platydoras costatus, the Striped Raphael Catfish. He was around three inches long and about an inch and a half wide. Striped Raphael catfish have been in the hobby for a long time and this was not the first time I had one.

Platydoras costatus comes from South America and is widespread ...