Hello there, I found one of my S. Nigriventris upside down (yes, that's right!) and white... it was gone! I examined it, and it had yellowish greenish slime from its mouth and its belly was extremely big! When i bought it i chose a slim one and a fat one (male/female) but it might've been something ...

I live in Australia and have seen the Salmontail cats around, they grow HUGE! I wanted to keep one but i jus dun hav a big tank.

I might hav a look at other species out ther, never knew there were other native cats in Aus!! hehe

Cheers, it hasn't been too bad today, someone told me they get catty (excuse the pun) when they're unfed, so i'll make sure it's fed up too.

Ty

I've had my Eupterus for a month now, in a 150L tank. Is it normal for the fish to 'move' territories? Sometimes it stays in one place, and sometimes i see it attacking the s. nigriventris to make them leave another place it's temporarily at. Basically, I'm being a bit cautious. Is mine an aggressiv...

Hey there,

Just wondering what species of cories (around 4-5) i should put with my S. Eupterus and Nigriventris. Any suggestions?

Thanks

Wow this is a coincidence, but i bought a Syno Eupterus also today, and its dorsal fin was nipped. The fish shop kept it with cichlids so i fink they were the problem. I fink ur syno is a bit worse off than mine but i asked the fish shop whether the fins will heal and they said yep, and everyone els...

Wow!! So at least it's doable lol. My tank is only a 150L tank, i think that's around... 40 or so gallons... but yeah they hav lots of space. I'll get them some rocks as well, make em feel at home! I'm sorta doin heaps on research on the water chemistry... do u fink u could tell me wot ur water dime...

hey there, There are a pair of these that i can buy off a private seller for a low price, but do u fink they'll breed? I'm gonna adjust water to their liking and the tankmates at the moment are just S.Nigriventris, maybe 1 S.eupterus later. Otherwise they'll be on for show only! I'd love to breed th...

Hey!

I'm planning to get a pair of pleco, so they can clean up and bcoz there will actually be a catfish in the aquarium at day time, lol.

Im not sure what species to get through, default would be a pair of bristlenose, but that seems ordinary.

Ideas anyone? Thanks!

Heyyy, there was a little depression of blood worms last night and this morning it was all gone! The guppies must've been too small to eat them all, so i rekon it must've been the catties... phew, crisis over.

Thanks guys. I just need to get a hold of some mosquito larvae or something lol.

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Hey there, i bought 2 Syno. Nigriventris last sunday, it's been like 5 days since i haven't seen them eating. There are guppies in the tank (im going to remove them later) and just my 2 cats. I put in blood worms but i dont see them comin out to nibble. Same with algae wafers, I'm a bit concerned co...

You could always google it. I'm sure they have plenty of ideas!

hey there, I've decided im gonig to get around 4-6 S. Nigriventris cause i just love these little cute catties! But i also want some other cats in the tank, otherwise when people see it, there won't be a display fish. (i hav this thing where u HAV to have a wow-factor fish) I was thinking maybe an S...

It's almost too much! Makes me wanna cry! Stupid global warming is stuffing us up!

Hey there, Just saying hello. I haven't actually started my catfish tanks yet but I'm planning to quite soon :P So yeah, a bit abt me, I'm living in Australia, wA, am a high school student doing year 11. Hobby progress is slow atm because of exams coming up quick! I guess i'll see ya round then!! Gr...

Ok I found out that the S. Eupterus may be out of the question. It grows so bigggg!!!

Anyway I've also taken a liking to the Striped Catfish... the s. Flavitaeniatus (GEEZ that name's hard to remember!!) I'll go see if its available in Aus. Thanks!

Oh wow, dam! That's a hugeeeee mother...

I think the biggest i can afford to keep is 15cm lol. Thanks anyways!

Hey! I have an aquarium that's 36x12" base and was considering stocking it with Synos. Living in Australia, we're not available to all the catfish you guys have (well, not as readily at least ><) So erm, I was thinking of some S. Multipunctatus and maybe S. Eupterus (depending if their max size...

Hey guys, i've found some contradictory info. If u check out Aquariacentral.com they have a profile on S. Eupterus also, on planetcatfish it says max size is 6"(15cm) but on Aquariuacentral it says max size is 10"(25cm). Could someone clear this up? Because i prob would be allowed to keep ...