If these guys are still on offer I have a friend who travels to Holland regularly, let me know what you want for them.....

There are a number of species of Pimelodus with small, dark markings similar to yours. I think P. fur is a close match, although I am finding it difficult to rule out P. ortmannni , P. coprophagus and P. paranaensis . Can't find any of those chaps in the cat-elog, am I just being a techno-twit?

This chap was sold as a "Pimelodeus Pictus", I live in spain where species marking in store is incredibly bad so I had doubts from the start. He's now over 4" from nose to the base of his tail and has about doubled in bodylength in the 4 months I've had him, any ideas as to what he ma...

Hmm, I'll have to investigate a bit but I thought the salt was used to somehow extract the nitrates stored in the resin and isn't absorbed. The stuff I have is rinsed in a brine solution for a while, then rinsed off in osmosis to get rid of any salt....

Indeed, but rinsing the resin is neither complex nor requires any special substances. A double-load for the filter would allow you to cycle through them, recharging one while the other is working until the levels drop to where you want them. Once you have them eliminated you only need to fire up the...

A second cannister filter full of nitro-zorb resin would kick those levels right down......

Thanks, will check those out...

I'm looking for a decent supplier from anywhere in Europe with interesting cats that is willing to ship to Spain. I have a receiver here with CITES certificate for any truly rare beasts, my first and foremost wants would be larger L no.s, Platynematichthys notatus, Aguarunichthys tocantinsensis, Bra...

Commonly seen for sale (as food) on Peckham high street in the african shops, from the train station direction peckham park on the right-hand side.....

Ok, so I read the key in the link above & felt like I'd encountered a new language :? Any chance of someone who understands it to explain in simple terms? I "identified" it by looking through the cat-elog until I found a pic that looked like Leviathan, which was the etentaculus. I got ...

I've got a syno. Angelica called Gabriel, a large yet to be identified plec called Leviathan and an axolotl called cthulu.....

So, how can I (try to) identify Leviathan? Any indentifiers to look for?

I think it seems so pink due to the lighting/camera, it's actually quite a golden colour & hasn't got red eyes, so didn't think about it being albino. In my tank I've got a powerglo & an actinic tube, so colours that are subtle tend to be changed a bit, any way to tell for sure if it's what ...

Here are some pics of my Pterygoplichthys Etentaculatus (known by the name "Leviathan" :D ) & I'd love to know what sex the beast is... Any help gratefully received... http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/Reginator/Fish/IMG_2806.jpg http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a353/Reginator/Fi...

Panaque Nigrolineatus, love 'em....

Thanks folks, I'm optimistic about this being the genuine thing now

And he was bought from a shop in southern spain that specialises in african cichlids, with the occasional catfish putting in an appearance...

What synodontis am I? Aparantly wild-caught...

Still trying to get a decent photo, they only rarely come out during the day and move like a pair of small torpedoes when they do....

Could they be syno contractus? I've only just come accross them in the cat-elog and am uncertain how to differenciate between them and nigriventris... And gabriel really is an exceptional angelicus, has never shown the slightest aggression and is frequently chased off of food by cats a third his siz...

This morning she's back to normal chubbyness, no sign of bubble nest so if she was gravid before, she isn't now

My cats get a variety of tropica wels granules, sera wels chips and a home-made mix of beefheart, prawn, mussel, spinach, courgette and carrot (this mix also serves for my african cichlids) and the occainsional mealworm...

They're both about 13cm long without tail, one gracile one more robust and was told the more robust was female. The female suddenly got much fatter over the course of a couple of days which made me think "gravid". She shows no sign of being unwell, nor has her behaviour changed..

I would never have thought of bubble-nest building! So, any chance of them doing it in an aquarium with neighbours or would it be best to seperate them?

I hava a young pair of platydoras costatus and the female has suddenly got very fat, any chance of them breeding? I noticed in the cat-eLog that there's no info on breeding so can anyone give me any pointers? Are they "fire & forget" spawners or do they take care of the eggs/wrigglers?...

My angelicus is possibly the friendliest of my cats, the nigriventris tend to swim about with the angelicus who totally ignores them, even when there's food about. The only aggression in the tank is when there's cucumber or courgette in there and that's between the ancistrus and congo tetras as both...

First off I'd like to say hi again to anyone who remembers me from about a year or so back. I've been absent for this time due to a change of home, province and girlfriend and the sale of my old tanks along with 99% of stock. Happily I'm back on track now, and have three tanks up and running, with m...

I've been told by a buddy who fits AC here in spain that the cost is so high due to the electricity consumption rate and the preventative EU taxes imposed on them. My house has a 3KWH limit, any more and the fuses pop, and they want to reduce that to bring our energy consumption into line with the K...

Fantastic, thanks!

Last year I had the fridge on from about 9am to about 10pm, adjusting the cooling was simply a matter of coiling more or less tubing into the fridge. The mini-fridge cooled my water by up to 5º with a couple of metres inside, enough to keep my "cool" tropical tank at a comfy temperature.

I did it with a mini-fridge last year for the summer, but I haven't got any fotos and the fridge was given to a buddy with a lobster tank in his restaurant (they're not for eating, just for show) as it gets damn hot in there all year. I will be doing another for this summer as we get pretty high tem...