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The Dwarf Anchor Catfish is a unique small catfish. They only grow to 1.2” in length. They inhabit slow-moving streams with soft sandy substrates. They are not very active in the aquarium, so you don’t need a lot of room for them. They prefer cooler temperatures, 64-75o F. They naturally occur in Bangladesh and India.
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Dwarf Anchor Catfish prefer to be kept in small groups. They are better housed with species like Dario sp. or Celestial Pearl Danio. It is best not to house them with active bottom-feeding fish as they may be out-competed for food. We feed our Dwarf Anchor Catfish Brine Shrimp, Frozen Bloodworms, and other frozen foods.
Their scientific name is Hara jerdoni.
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Absolutely adorable dwarf anchor catfish! 🥰 This was my first time ever purchasing fish online, and my first experience ordering from Flip Aquatics, so I was a little nervous going into it. I honestly couldn’t be happier with the experience! The fish arrived in perfect condition, healthy, active, and looking great. They are even cuter in person than I expected! The packaging and overall experience were excellent, and I wouldn’t hesitate to order from Flip Aquatics again. Highly recommend! 🐟❤️
So cute and very active when the lights are off. I ordered two for the one I already had. I ordered 2 from another company but one was DOA so I wanted to try Flip Aquatics. Great choice because they arrived healthy and very already very active in the tank with my other one.
First time ever doing a nano tank as they call them. These little guys caught may attention and figured they would work. Great addition for any small fish tank that has peaceful fish. Doing this a little different than most, these were my first inhabitants and seem pretty happy. During the day they find the craziest places to sit or hang from. Not very active. About an hour or so after the lights are out they are all over the place and fun to watch.
This has been the first time purchasing from FLIP, I had reserves on shipping live pets from past experiences with other companies.
I highly recommend FLIP for the professional way they have done this. Well packaged for protection, Easy to order and shipments on time with the 24 hour deal.
I will be buying more from here knowing I am getting healthy pets. I know many detest paying for next day. Don't kid yourself and put a live animal through stress.
FLIP will deliver a healthy pet on time to make your experience a fantastic one.
Got two dwarf anchor catfish, and both arrived healthy. They are very small, quiet fish. Not very active during the day as they are nocturnal, but do swim around some at night. They love bloodworms. Very interesting fish and definitely the best hide and go seek players. 10/10 would definitely recommend them.
I love this little guy! Looks like a little airplane. He’s just a little one. Super cool because he changes colors which j wasn’t expecting.
I really love the dwarfs!
Tiny little guys. Great shipping
Beautiful little specimen! Growing day by day!
Perfect nano fish
They are doing great. Love these little guys. I have a few, and will be getting more. I highly recommend, with knowledge of them being very small. Dont generally do much But some bloodworms will get them going
Arrived health, easy instructions for acclimation. Ordered 5, received 6, and all are doing well 💕. Very happy with pets and shipping.
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After bad experiences with online ordering these gorgeous little fish came active and healthy.
What a hardy and cute little fish. I received this bad boy about a year ago with some adoptions. He disappeared until three days ago. I moved him to a tank where I can better see him and he is too tang cute. Great colors, cool heart-shaped tail, and such fun behavior. He watches me all the time.
They arrived in good shape. I assume they are still in good shape. They quickly hid behind the wood and plants. It makes them hard to feed. I give them a variety of frozen foods, but I don’t know if they are enjoying them. Hopefully they will get bolder as they get older.
Such cute fish! Very active in the tank.
I can't believe how adorable this guy is. Apart from his occasional tank zoomies, this fish just hangs out in a little space under a piece of driftwood. It's a perfect fit for my nano tank.
I absolutely love these little fish! Super cute and active. They do hide but tend to come out in the evening. Arrived healthy and were easy to acclimate to my tank. Always the best fishies from Flip.
My original order was for 2 because that was all that was still available. However more became available and I quickly sent an email before my order was shipped and had more added on and an invoice sent to me for the balance.
Always amazing customer service!
They are a black color not the sandy color like the photo... Disappointing ( i wanted them to camouflage in my sand.)
I acclimated them blah blah… i threw them in with my Beta Fish.. (he was ok wirh corydoras) so i threw them in and the fish just went for it. I broke it up. 😅 amd the fish seemed fine. He almost got eaten though.
All arrived healthy and acclimated to their home aquarium very nicely. All six Dwarf Anchor Catfish are alive and thriving.
All fish arrived happy and healthy
All our fish arrived alive and happy! This catfish is the perfect addition to our community tank!
Packed very well fishes came healthy.happy satisfy customer,I got 2 maybe should of gotten 4 in total maybe on a later date I get 2 more,if you have a heavy planted tank it will be very difficult to spot these fish.
All seem healthy. I love them. Should have doubled the order! They're so small.
Fish showed up healthy and happy. Nothing wrong with the fish just beware that they are shy and you won't see them very much if you have a lot of cover.
These little catfish are adorable and tiny. Not super active, but, that was expected. Glad I ordered six. Packing was excellent.
I've wanted some of these for awhile. Very happy with these lil guys. They arrived promptly and appear to be doing well.
Pretty awesome fish. They look very interesting and aren’t that active. They’re also about the size of a quarter. They came alive and well.
These are such unique little catfish, amazingly pretty in their own special way, shipping was wonderful thank you
Amazing little fish. Definitely glad I got them.
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