About us

I'm Sean the owner of the catfish den, i'm a youth catfish enthusiast and fish breeder. I have always had a love for the waterways of the Earth even when I was younger I had a real fascination with them. Eventually my family got a freshwater community aquarium back in about 2016. Soon this turned into a discus tank then a few more tanks then saltwater as well and now our current product ~25 tanks consisting of fresh, salt, and brackish water! Back in early 2021 I joined a website called planet Catfish and that is where my real journey started! Later that spring I got a spawn from my Tatia intermedia and that is where my presence really became known this species isn't "hard to spawn" as far as woodcats go however for a novice fish-keeper this was huge! Since then I have spent every waking moment studying catfish particularly Auchenipterid's! Since that time almost 2 years ago I have become quite famous in the fish-breeding world breeding some woodcats that even the likes of PhD's and master breeders only dream of! Recently, I talked at Catcon 2022 and I am now basically an encyclopedia of wood cats! My dream has always been to breed and sell these rare fish! That not only need our help to stay around in the Aquarium trade but also are thinning in numbers in the wild! The Catfish Den is that dream come to life and I am so excited you can come on this journey with me! Personally I have bred 6 species of woodcat, one of which was a US first. I have also bred species of plecos, corydoras, live bearers, and shrimp.