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by Marc van Arc
15 Jan 2023, 15:16
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492494

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

I currently keep Centromochlus macracanthus (a pair) and Centromochlus musaicus (five specimens; supposedly 2M/3F, but I can't confirm this yet).
by Marc van Arc
15 May 2016, 19:29
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492494

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

It is Spring and love is in the air! Or in this case, water! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yg1i8Hnimo https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY4mSxSB50A Sorry for breaking my promise, but Jeremy, this is mating, not spawning. Once the eggs have been fertilized, the female will spawn in a week or so.
by Marc van Arc
19 Dec 2015, 16:19
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492494

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

Last summer I got inspired by the Dordogne once again, so I'm going to make the tank more open (less wood, some stones, more current). The inhabitants are going to be barbs (Sahyadria denisonii and Dawkinsia filamentosa), combined with Awaous lateristriga gobies. That should give me plenty to see. ...
by Marc van Arc
19 Dec 2015, 15:38
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Odd characin thread
Replies: 129
Views: 57757

Re: Odd characin thread

It took me nearly a year to find out that I missed keeping fishes from the characin family. To make up for that, I keep Tetragonopterus argenteus since last Thursday. It took me two months to discover they weren't T. argenteus, but Ctenobrycon spilurus. Mind you, they were very small. Anyway, I don...
by Marc van Arc
30 Oct 2015, 08:47
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492494

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

Auchenipterichthys coracoideus 4 (2 M/2F)
Auchenipterichthys punctatus 4 (2M/2F or 3M/1F)
Spinipterus sp Otorongo 7 (exact gender ratio unknown, but there are M and F in the group)
Trachelyopterichthys taeniatus 4 (2M/2F)
by Marc van Arc
29 Oct 2015, 22:34
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492494

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

Did you have all your species in a separate tank ?? Nope. I've been downsizing quite a bit in the past few years and I currently own one tank. All the auchenipterids lived in there, obviously -) As I desperately wanted to keep some visible fishes for a change, I combined them with cyprinids, which ...
by Marc van Arc
29 Oct 2015, 20:12
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492494

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

The Trachelyopterichthys taeniatus and the Auchenipterichthys coracoideus also have found a new home :) Hello Rob, I'm really happy for my former fishes that they are all going to live at your place. Given what you've done to the Trachelyopterus spec. 3, I doubt that there would have been a better ...
by Marc van Arc
28 Oct 2015, 12:28
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492494

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

Hi Rob,

I was told you are also going to buy the A. punctatus.
That's a very good thing. I hoped for a good home for my fishes and this hope is going to be fulfilled.
Hopefully the A. coracoideus and T. taeniatus will find good homes too.
by Marc van Arc
24 Oct 2015, 18:59
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492494

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

My Auchenipteridae era has ended today. And, for the time being, the same goes for my aquarium catfish era.
by Marc van Arc
22 Oct 2015, 16:50
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492494

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

Hello Balaji, Thanks for your concern. As I'm new to this, it's appreciated. These are not Glossogobius afaics as they don't have the pike-like beak. They seem pretty harmless diggers imho. Here's a youtube film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iN78FXn6AKg&feature=youtu.be Let me know what you t...
by Marc van Arc
21 Oct 2015, 22:47
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492494

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

Marc, this makes me sad. Me too, but on the other hand I also feel relieved. As said, I may have been keeping invisible fishes for too long and I felt I had to do something new or stop completely. I have really been thinking very hard about keeping either less individuals per species or keeping jus...
by Marc van Arc
18 Oct 2015, 15:50
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492494

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

Drastic decisions ahead. If all is well, I will visit Utaka next Saturday. Not to obtain the above Ageneiosus, but to hand in my remaining auchenipterids. And as the Hypoptopoma are also on the list of outgoing fishes, this implies that I will not only have no more auchenipterids, but also no more c...
by Marc van Arc
24 Sep 2015, 21:05
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Feeding plecos Naturose?
Replies: 5
Views: 1785

Re: Feeding plecos Naturose?

Please move to correct forum......
by Marc van Arc
19 Sep 2015, 17:10
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492494

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

Probably a nice chance for Dutch, Belgian or German Auchenipteridae fans: Tympanopleura spec. 3, now available at Utaka, Amersfoort.
A rare find over here.
Imho this is the best aquatic store in The Netherlands, so always worth a visit.

by Marc van Arc
30 Aug 2015, 20:07
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Trachelyopterus sp. (3)
Replies: 27
Views: 9774

Re: Trachelyopterus sp. (3)

Incredible! I would have sworn this was a smaller species. It might have been a matter of food competition. They were kept with a lot of larger, less shy auchenipteirds at the time. I see it over here with the Spinipterus sp. otorongo. With less competition, these are able to feed and thus grow. Goo...
by Marc van Arc
30 Aug 2015, 15:31
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Odd characin thread
Replies: 129
Views: 57757

Re: Odd characin thread

I can hardly remember the time I did not keep characins. So if I may adapt the title of this thread to suit my current status: no characins, that's odd. It took me nearly a year to find out that I missed keeping fishes from the characin family. To make up for that, I keep Tetragonopterus argenteus ...
by Marc van Arc
30 Aug 2015, 15:22
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Trachelyopterus sp. (3)
Replies: 27
Views: 9774

Re: Trachelyopterus sp. (3)

It's good to hear from you again. I'm also very pleased with the fact that you still keep the T. sp. 3 and that they are apparently doing very well. I for one would never have expected them to grow a lot, so they must be happy at your place. As I know you as a fine photographer, I hope you can find ...
by Marc van Arc
23 Aug 2015, 15:03
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Tocantinsia piresi
Replies: 4
Views: 2400

Re: Tocantinsia piresi

Where did you find that these are (also) from Rio Xingu? Afaik, they're only known from Rio Tocantins - hence the genus name. Wrt the light colouration, pls bear in mind that many freshly wildcaught species show a yellowish glow, which sadly almost always wears off after some time in captivity/the a...
by Marc van Arc
04 Aug 2015, 13:27
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Trachy Trachy or some other species of Auchenipteridae
Replies: 7
Views: 2990

Re: Trachy Trachy or some other species of Auchenipteridae

I'm afraid I can't help you wrt your questions. Looks like you already do the things I would do as well. Perhaps a large water change with water slightly cooler than the current temperature? The only thing I can suggest, is put the new fish in the tank with the two others and see how things develop....
by Marc van Arc
24 Jul 2015, 09:08
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Trachy Trachy or some other species of Auchenipteridae
Replies: 7
Views: 2990

Re: Trachy Trachy or some other species of Auchenipteridae

What a brilliant find!!

Your fish reminds me a lot of
Pls take into account that Ben's pictured specimen is very skinny and yours is very well fed.

So no definite ID, but perhaps a hint that may be useful. Anyway, what a glorious fish!
by Marc van Arc
19 Jul 2015, 14:29
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492494

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

Jools wrote:BTW, I don't think that species is in the cat-elog.
I'd say it is. How about ?

Never mind the supposed maximum length; Kruseman has T. strigata which are 9 cms TL...
by Marc van Arc
16 Jun 2015, 16:52
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492494

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

Thanks for giving me the opportunity to do this long-lived thread, which more and more became a kind of blog over the years.
Given the fact that it seems worn out after nearly nine years, I think it's best to close it.

Regards,
Marc
by Marc van Arc
28 Mar 2015, 19:16
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492494

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

The fish have arrived. I will post pictures shortly. I don't want to push you and maybe you are very busy, but I am quite curious wrt the pictures of your fishes. Anyway, I hope they have settled in nicely and are doing alright. PS: I noticed you haven't visited since the posting I quoted, so I hop...
by Marc van Arc
21 Mar 2015, 18:50
Forum: All Resolved Issues
Topic: L020 disappeared
Replies: 8
Views: 1749

Re: L020 disappeared

It has been described, so the number has become redundant.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/common/spe ... ies_id=187
by Marc van Arc
18 Mar 2015, 21:03
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492494

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

I'm looking forward to pictures of your latest assets and of course I hope you'll enjoy the fishes themselves.
Not the most regular woodcats, so a very good find imo.
by Marc van Arc
17 Mar 2015, 18:17
Forum: All Resolved Issues
Topic: Slight change in CotM needed
Replies: 1
Views: 933

Slight change in CotM needed

http://www.planetcatfish.com/cotm/cotm. ... cle_id=105

Pls change the second sentence wrt gender. The upper photo has been changed after the article was published, as it obviously shows a male specimen.
by Marc van Arc
17 Mar 2015, 16:42
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492494

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

But the Midnights hang out under a piece of driftwood next to the glass with my female Green Dragon Ancistrus so I get to see them every day. That's an extra good spot, so you can also keep an eye on the Ancistrus. It could be my bad, but a combination of auchenipterids and Ancistrus never worked f...
by Marc van Arc
15 Mar 2015, 16:12
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?
Replies: 2405
Views: 492494

Re: Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

Looking good. I'm sure you'll pull these 4 through.
You may want to add a (very) small piece of wood in that floating tank to provide some cover.
And pls don't let them out too soon. Given your other fishes I think they should double in size first - if not a bit more.
by Marc van Arc
13 Mar 2015, 20:58
Forum: Cat-eLog data issues
Topic: Wrong ID imo
Replies: 2
Views: 2042

Re: Wrong ID imo

I couldn't possibly tell you which exact species, but it surely looks like an "intermedia-like" (meaning: from the intermedia-complex) species. Cylindrical body, Tatia-like proportions and very likely a forked tail with an elongated upper lobe, which means it should be a male specimen. I w...

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