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by N0body Of The Goat
26 Aug 2021, 10:34
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Lifetime of your fish
Replies: 6
Views: 3600

Re: Lifetime of your fish

I've just lost my Synodontis notatus, bought as a fully grown adult ~9.5 years ago, it wouldn't surprise me if it was ~20 years but I don't recall the seller saying how old the fish was. Such a gentle giant, it shared a tank with my old group of Pencilfish for one night, before I slept very uneasily...
by N0body Of The Goat
12 Aug 2020, 12:13
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Synodontis euptera, or something less common?
Replies: 5
Views: 2810

Re: Synodontis euptera, or something less common?

Absolutely gutted to report I found Troy and one of my Synodontis brichardi trio (female I think) dead last night just before bedtime, after being alerted something was wrong when another S. brichardi was desperately trying to stay at the water surface and my Distichodus group were gasping heavily. ...
by N0body Of The Goat
30 Apr 2020, 11:25
Forum: African Catfishes
Topic: Deciding on catfish for African river tank
Replies: 6
Views: 6916

Re: Deciding on catfish for African river tank

Thanks for the reply, sounds like you have a couple of interesting African tanks. I'm not far from you, the Euchilichthys guentheri especially sound interesting, did you find them locally? A lot of my African fish including the Euchilichthys came from Amazon Aquatics in Warminster, which sadly clos...
by N0body Of The Goat
30 Apr 2020, 07:17
Forum: African Catfishes
Topic: Deciding on catfish for African river tank
Replies: 6
Views: 6916

Re: Deciding on catfish for African river tank

My ~280l 4-foot long tank has had the following fish in Southampton's tap water for 7-10 years, sharing the same tank since at least 2012, roughly in order of where they spend time top to bottom... 1x ~4cm SL male Halfbeak (tank born during Italian F1 GP in 2012 iirc) 6/7(?)x ~6cm SL mix of female C...
by N0body Of The Goat
28 Apr 2019, 07:10
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: What is this catfish
Replies: 12
Views: 3094

Re: What is this catfish

To my amateur ID eye, it looks like a spotless version of my Synodontis congicus . I acquired mine from Wildwoods' online store via https://www.tropicalfishfinder.co.uk/shops-detail?id=54 , which was listed as a Synodontis notatus, back in 2011 IIRC. Lovely catfish that has grown from ~8cm Sl to ~10...
by N0body Of The Goat
06 Apr 2019, 16:26
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Chaetostoma ID
Replies: 7
Views: 1873

Re: Chaetostoma ID

Oh wow so theyll stay pretty small then? My C. dorsale barely grew over the ~3 years, having acquired in at auction at ~4cm SL, it was ~5cm SL when it mysteriously passed away. My C. formosae (which comes from same area as above in wild) has now been with me just over 4 years, bought at ~4cm SL and...
by N0body Of The Goat
02 Mar 2019, 20:30
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: Do Megalechis thoracata school?
Replies: 15
Views: 5148

Re: Do Megalechis thoracata school?

I used to have four with just one male and they were fairly social with each other, I've fond memories of them being very brave and being happy to come and eat Tetra Prima in the palms of my hand while my hands were immersed in their tank water.
by N0body Of The Goat
15 Feb 2019, 07:49
Forum: African Catfishes
Topic: Which one is it?
Replies: 3
Views: 3704

Re: Which one is it?

looks a good contender to my novice eyes, the barbels look too short for S. budgetti and the black spots look too numerous for S. occelifer.
by N0body Of The Goat
17 Dec 2018, 16:58
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Picked up some new rubberlips - possibly L457
Replies: 15
Views: 3464

Re: Picked up some new rubberlips - possibly L457

To my novice eye, they don't look too dissimilar to ... Good luck, great looking setup! :-BD
by N0body Of The Goat
05 Nov 2018, 19:13
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Synodontis sp.
Replies: 8
Views: 2370

Re: Synodontis sp.

Nice! Thanks for sharing, mate. I love obscure and rare synos. Yours looks very close to Xeno's but Xeno's doesn't sport any dorsal extensions... which may or may not mean much. Troy doesn't often have any of those fin extensions these days, my guess is that the six ~16-18cm SL Distichodus affinis ...
by N0body Of The Goat
03 Nov 2018, 14:53
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: water levels
Replies: 21
Views: 7303

Re: water levels

I keep my water levels low because it allows the plants to emerge, and also stops the fish getting out. Not nice finding them all crispy on the floor in the morning. I've had a few "jumpers" over the last ~8.5 years, but the one I was most upset about was finding one of my five Euchilicht...
by N0body Of The Goat
01 Nov 2018, 22:18
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Chaetostoma joropo (tentative ID) from PetSMART.
Replies: 13
Views: 3573

Re: Chaetostoma joropo (tentative ID) from PetSMART.

I've just added a photo from ~12 months ago to the provisional C. joropo in "my cats," I presume others can see it there, I cannot find a simple way to insert that photo into this thread. The two provision L445s in the same tank have much squarer shaped dark patches on their body, rather t...
by N0body Of The Goat
01 Nov 2018, 21:53
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Synodontis sp.
Replies: 8
Views: 2370

Re: Synodontis sp.

viewtopic.php?f=13&t=38952&p=266382&hil ... ti#p266382

Thread/photo of Troy before purchase, as I'm still very guilty of not photographing or filming my fish very often!
by N0body Of The Goat
29 Oct 2018, 05:47
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Synodontis sp.
Replies: 8
Views: 2370

Re: Synodontis sp.

Looks very similar to "Troy," a syno I adopted ~5 years ago. The family I adopted Troy from received the fish in apparently quite poor tank conditions when they bought the house, the previous owner left the tank and catfish behind. I provisionally IDed Troy as being a Synodontis budgetti ,...
by N0body Of The Goat
15 Sep 2018, 08:53
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Reintroduction & 20 gallon in need of Catfish!
Replies: 7
Views: 1626

Re: Reintroduction & 20 gallon in need of Catfish!

Given you have Endlers in the tank and you want to try and have a better fry survival rate (be careful what you wish for!), an awful lot of catfish suitable for this tank are liable to eat the newborn fry, in my opinion. Looking at my own tanks and what I've had in them over the past ~8.5 years, I'd...
by N0body Of The Goat
05 May 2018, 16:13
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: copper sulfate
Replies: 2
Views: 1748

Re: copper sulfate

Better to set yourself a daily mission of removing lets say manually ~50 snails per day until the epidemic is under control.
by N0body Of The Goat
18 Apr 2018, 08:10
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Suggestions for 110-gallon display tank
Replies: 11
Views: 2218

Re: Suggestions for 110-gallon display tank

You would certainly get some interesting interactions in a Congo River rapids setup, using species such as... Congo Tetras Distichodus affinis Synodontis brichardi; angelicus; notatus Steatocranus casuarius Or alternatively, an African oddball community... African Butterfly Fish Congo Tetras African...
by N0body Of The Goat
18 Apr 2018, 07:06
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: The shy nature of my L270
Replies: 7
Views: 1546

Re: The shy nature of my L270

It sounds like you have no dither fish in the upper water, which can be great to reassure others that it is safe to come out and "play." Given the last poster suggested a temp of 27/28C, which presumably is for the benefit of the L270, there seem to be a significant conflict of interest as...
by N0body Of The Goat
11 Apr 2018, 11:11
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: Brochis Multiradiatus , health issue ?
Replies: 7
Views: 4590

Re: Brochis Multiradiatus , health issue ?

I had six ~10cm SL specimens for a time, must be going back to ~2012, when healthy they were very active in my 5x2x2! Like you, I had no idea of their age when purchased. Your photos remind me of how mine went as they slowly died off, one by one, over a period of at least six months (which made me s...
by N0body Of The Goat
11 Apr 2018, 10:25
Forum: For Sale (USA & Canada)
Topic: Chaetostoma sp.
Replies: 8
Views: 2494

Re: Chaetostoma sp.

I've had a mixed bag of experiences with Chaetostoma spp. over the last ~8 years I've been in the hobby. My first Chaetostoma formosae was naively put straight into my 5x2x2 community of riverine fish, it "greeted" me everyday when adding food to the tank, but I'm not sure I ever saw it ea...
by N0body Of The Goat
02 Apr 2018, 06:14
Forum: African Catfishes
Topic: Need help on identification
Replies: 10
Views: 4664

Re: Need help on identification

Hard to say from that photo, but it reminds me of my during its rapid grown spurt over the first two years I had it, where it grew from ~3cm SL to ~20cm SL (now ~25cm SL and nearly six years old).
by N0body Of The Goat
09 Mar 2018, 10:34
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: 2018 BFD(Big Fish Disaster)
Replies: 8
Views: 3500

Re: 2018 BFD(Big Fish Disaster)

So sorry to read of your losses, Shane. Amazing how all the Chaetostoma survived, plus if your Steatocranus are anything like my S. casuarius, you have a chance to rebuild the group. And once again, Synodontis show how resilient they can be. I've never kept them, but I'm not surprised by your 100% P...
by N0body Of The Goat
15 Feb 2018, 11:26
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: Tank mates. (need Help?)
Replies: 13
Views: 3897

Re: Tank mates. (need Help?)

Some of the African oddballs could work well, if you forget about the pretty active P. pictus group, species such as... African Butterfly Fish (singleton, known sexed pair, or at least 30x30cm of water surface per fish with broken lines of sight) Congo Tetras (10+) Leopard Bushfish (singleton or 3+)...
by N0body Of The Goat
12 Feb 2018, 05:39
Forum: African Catfishes
Topic: Synodontis Lucipinnis suitable tank mates and biotope.
Replies: 4
Views: 4459

Re: Synodontis Lucipinnis suitable tank mates and biotope.

Some people use hard water rainbowfish species like Pseudomugil furcata as ditherfish for Tanganyika dwarf cichlids and catfish, some of your Austrain native species may well be suitable too, if you don't want to jump into a biotope just yet. http://rainbowfish.angfaqld.org.au/Furcatus.htm (great on...
by N0body Of The Goat
04 Feb 2018, 09:00
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: Want advice: how to set up a 75 gal tank's filtration system for Panaqolus
Replies: 29
Views: 65050

Re: Want advice: how to set up a 75 gal tank's filtration system for Panaqolus

Even though this thread is getting old and this particular tank's filtration has long been sorted, I thought I would add my 2p's worth... I'm a big fan of Fluval U4 internal filters, I five of them in use between four tanks, due to their potentially decent flow rate of ~1000lph in modes A and C (or ...
by N0body Of The Goat
01 Feb 2018, 16:04
Forum: African Catfishes
Topic: Combining Syno species
Replies: 6
Views: 3650

Re: Combining Syno species

Synodontis nigriventris are typically placid in my experience, my group have lived with ; ; .
by N0body Of The Goat
01 Feb 2018, 15:56
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: What have I found?
Replies: 7
Views: 1186

Re: What have I found?

My initial thoughts are same as Shane's, they remind me of my old .

Albeit 90mm TL is much longer than my specimens reached.
by N0body Of The Goat
16 Dec 2017, 17:54
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Glass cat temperature range
Replies: 7
Views: 4851

Re: Glass cat temperature range

Only the 150cm tank in my poorly insulated garage, covered by numerous bubblewrap and blanket layers containing my Illydon xantusi (feisty Mexican goodeid livebearer) colony, has an active heater in it (which is set to ~18C if I recall correctly) from November to March. My five indoor tanks all run ...
by N0body Of The Goat
29 Nov 2017, 08:30
Forum: African Catfishes
Topic: Disappearing Microsynodontis
Replies: 6
Views: 4041

Re: Disappearing Microsynodontis

When I had 10 Microsynodontis sp(1) in a high current setup (120x30x37cm ~140l with ~1200lph filter turnover), they were very visibly active during the day, surfing the current (at the time I think I had them with my 8 Alestopetersisus sp.1). But as I lost some, they became more reclusive, I very ra...
by N0body Of The Goat
18 Nov 2017, 18:15
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Lifespan Congo tetras?
Replies: 4
Views: 1327

Re: Lifespan Congo tetras?

Found my ~5 year old male dead earlier today, the day after I returned home from a short vacation. :(

Leaves me with four female Congo Tetras, plus the seven Alestopetersius sp.1s (2m5f) that are approaching 6 years old (in same tank, they have always schooled together).

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