I agree with Norman regarding the sexing of these fish. Janne, you have them backwards. The first pregenital scute is star-shaped in females with concave sides while the male has straight sides to this scute. I first wrote about this in the mid-'90s, published in the North American Catfish Associati...

I am 90%+ confident that this is what you'll get.



EDIT: But a Eremophilus spp. would be MUCH cooler!

Loricaria similima is imported out of Peru (seasonally) and is likely the most common. Particularly around this time of year.

He looks delicious! Honestly, provided they are from clean waterways, large Pl*cos are a great meal! I had them as an appetizer in Peru. The traditional way to cook them is to throw them directly on hot coals or over an open fire (but I would gut them first). If it's a female, do not remove the eggs...

Very, very NICE! I really like the dimensions you chose. I want one too! One suggestion for an aquarium this large. You may want to consider installing spirit levels on each side of the aquarium on the horizontal supports. With rocks, gravel, water and glass your total mass will be an estimated 4400...

Has anyone been successful in breeding white tip before? Yes, there was a reported spawning in northern Iowa in the mid-1990s. 12-14" long fish were cycled from freshwater to saltwater and back again. If I remember correctly, the fish spawned as the salinity began to drop. I didn't witness the...

If you have an egg tumbler you can strip almost immediately. Strip the female cichlids in 3-4 days you'll recover most of the multipunctata eggs (freshly hatched) at 80degrees F. Survival rates even when stripped this early are still very high, in clean water well over 85% IME. You can also siphon u...

Congratulations on the new addition to your family.

Barbie wrote:
I guess that gives you a better perspective for just how much snow it is, knowing how big they are!
Barbie

Yup, you got some snow...

Damn that looks like fun. But did you go out and join them?

Caine Corso methinks (yes, I am testing my knowledge of dog breeds). Barbie, am I correct?

How well does THIS match up with your fish?

Those are brilliant!

My impression has alway been that this is likely geographic variations. When I used to work for a wholesaler, different shipments of L-134s ordered at different times of the year will display different patterns where multiple boxes ordered the same time were usually very similar. These were tranship...

The picture appears to be nicked directly from the Cat-ELog.

It's reversed with a bit of cropping, but it's the same picture. You may want to remind your dealer that the images in the Cat-ELog are copyrighted to the original photographer. Unauthorized use is not permitted.

Was this imported from Brazil or Colombia?

I don't believe your fish is an L259 as these are quite flattened in profile. Your fish has a much higher form.

Well, from what i have seen they are an active but not stressed out catfish. I like to see my fish roaming about. Also, many of them are social and not at all afraid of feeding from the hand. That would be nice. Ive even seen one that liked to be petted and of course that would be cool too. Definat...

Mussels I simply freeze until they open (just like boiling, the bad ones don't open), then just feed them on the half-shell.

All of the above.

Any of the Pseudopimelodus or Cephalosilurus species would fit the bill quite nicely.

The latter being a particular favorite with me.

The Genus is most likely Rineloricaria ***. As a hobbiest, identifying them down to a species level can be difficult at best without a collection locale. Care is very similar across the Genus. Rineloricaria teffeana has a good write up of the basics you'll need. (***=Is Hemiloricaria still valid?)

It looks like a fish often imported as a Otorongo Driftwood catfish. How big is it?
Trachycorystes sp. perhaps.

Unfortunately, these are not listed in the Cat-ELog.

Murdock5 wrote: I am 100% Sure it is a L17 Flat Head Gold Nugget (Hopliancistrus Tricornis) i have a long time before the same fish like you he cost me 50$.See Picture >>>>>>>>

Nope.

Look at the leading edge of the oral disk.

It looks very similar (though not quite the same) as an Epistylus super-infection you see sometimes on imported Corydoras.

It is a Leporacanthicus spp. but not sure of which one. I would guess likely an L-007 .

Note the diet on this one. These are distinctly more carnivorous than most Loricariids.

I could be wrong but my guess is it's likely a trade name for Hillstream loaches, either some Gastermyzon spp or Beaufortia kweichowensis.

I have seen them under all sorts of different trade names from Stingray Pl*co to "batman"...

NOTE: NOT A CATFISH AT ALL.

We're a ways away from that yet, I need to find them first... And, yeah, of course I'd give them a 125 gallon if their size warranted it. They are reported to be a schooling fish in the wild. BTW: I have yet to see one larger than ~4" SL. Not saying they don't grow the 6.1" indicated in th...

I couldn't be happier with this conversation... I'll be visiting my LFS over the coming weeks in hopes they become more available in the US as well. I need to add to the four I already have. There would be nothing better IMO than a 75 gallon tank, tangled with sticks and wood and about 10-15 (or mor...

If it's still eating, I would consider medicating it's food with Metronidazole (if you can get it easily in Au. that is). Two common intestinal super-infections are Ameobic infections and Hexamita (the suspected pathogen). Both of which are consistent with the wasting away you are seeing and both ar...

Moved.

Great work. Keep us posted.

:shock: great job! keeping these things is a challenge, breeding them even more so.....has it been bred before at all? you might be the first :thumbsup: These have been bred in the aquarium before (as have SA leaf fish), but it is far from a common experience. Great work and excellent photos to doc...