Holly? it's evergreen and you can prune it it also carries a lot of berries which the birds will love another bush, but you got to 'fix it' to the wall would be Pyracantha or Firethorn it keeps the leaves, except in extremely severe winters, it has massive white blooms which smell great and red berr...

I bought myself a huge bucket of "marine salt", don't know if this is what you mean by aquarium salt; but it's the stuff used for marine tanks, so it's likely the same thing and yes, to avoid messing up, i did buy it at a store specialized in marine fish keeping it'll probably lasts a long...

that's climate change for you, all the extremes will occur more often time and again I run into discussions with people who don't believe in climate change (they think it's a "leftist hobby" or conspirancy of the government for more tax), because they see things like this as an argument th...

Google Darien Gap and motorcycle..wow. Lots of riders have done it but nooo thank you. I wouldn't say 'lots". most links are different versions of the same story or lead to nothing or failed attempts. I'd say a handful acvtually tried it, few made it through on the bike and not an unsignifican...

I think the Catelog needs an ungrade on these; the pictures and the vid are prime Clog material.......

first spawn in captivity, or at least first properly documented spawn

congrats!

I think Mats kinda forgot where "Fireland" actually is

then I wonder out of sheer curiosity who has done the trip from Alaska to Fireland by motorcycle?

update on the tank: so far it looks like all fish are settling in just nicely the Retroculus behave like I'm used to; quite active and they''re not so much into dry food, they prefer to pound down loads of unfrozen stuff, mysis, mosquito larvae, artemia etc. I only recently found out that I was wron...

I don't know if a constant temperature of 25'C isn't too hard on Hara; most species prefer non heated tanks at room temperature. if you like the "Amano styled" tanks with lots of plants and tiny shrimps, I think this catfish fits the bill and unlike most Hara's this one likes slowmoving wa...

They also did Long Way Down starting in Alaska and going down to the tip of SA I wonder how they went hrough the Darian Gap ..... i'll bet that they skipped this part, since it would be completely suicidal to go through there on 2 bikes with a bunch of camera guys in tow.... unless they brough a pr...

K macrocephalus should have a tiny minuscule 'spine' that is in fact a rudimentary dorsal fin

if it hasn't got even that, it rules out that species.

what is his size?

I disagree the macrocephalus has a "hump" and this fish does not; also the macrocephalus has a high-build more laterally flattened body; this catfish is more tube-shaped. also; this fish has no markings, no spots and no stripes; the macrocephalus is either mottled or striped, but not unifo...

you don't need a landrover to go anywhere, us bikers can go for this:


I remember this TV series of Ewan McGregor and a friend doing the whole length of Africa on these bikes......

you got a single fish?

P ornatus is a grouper, it should not be kept single; it'll get stressed.....

I think you're spot-on

is quite a find, these guys are rare in the hobby.....

skip the apisto's or loose both cory's and crenuchus

that's good to know,
that it's not going to be a marmoratus sized baby whale monster.....

in my minds eye Neil's and yours looked quite different, perhaps it was the lack of color in the bag that threw me off
;)

patience, young jedi first let the fish get used to the tank and what goes around it then let them appear at feeding time after they do show up at feeding time, you can try to handfeed them but start too soon or force it and you'll just end up with stressed-out fish that are afraid to eat...... IMO ...

which one of the Guyana's will it be?

Guyana (formerly Britisch Guyana) or French Guyana?

if you pull your driftwood from water with traces of industrial waste in it, you'll find out pretty fast what can go wrong......


and ofcourse putting a baby gator in there will make things interesting, but only for a while

she's a few horses short of the full hooligan

you really have to translate that one, I googled it, but I have no clue what it means


a few cards short of a full deck or lost a few marbles probably doesn't mean the same thing
;)

if it's a free gift, well, at least you got a free catfish and it sure looks healthy all in all a good thing, because if someone started giving away genuine granulosa for free, I'd have to kill him on account of me feeling ripped of. since I own 6 and over here they go for over 300€..... that would ...

Which Retroculus are they?

Retroculus lapidifer, juveniles about 6-7 cm or so.

I don't see any catfish at the moment, except for 1 Hassar that i can spot under the wood, I think that's a good sign, since sunlight is blasting into the room the triportheus are just cruising, but they do freak out when I get close, they got plenty room to do so ;) the Retroculus are busy levellin...

I got a central heated house, extremely well insulated and I added floor heating on top of it.... so I'll pass! :D did it to clamp down on the electricity bill of heating the tanks; just heating the entire house is a lot cheaper, cause gas is so much cheaper than electrickery as a result it's quite ...

I thought you had a Rhamdia before? I've seen it a few years ago..... was in 1 of the shorter garage tanks ;) on the topic: I've seen try-outs for Pimelodus spawning :icon-eek: last night I couldn't sleep (too much excitement), so I spend my time watching the fish until 2 AM (when I could sleep) the...

not needed anymore...

bad news: this is a fake

this time they managed to get the fins properly, but the stubby body and the ocellated marks are all wrong
it's like a swimming head; the posterior end of the body is all scrunched up like a 'balloon fish' too

not a granulosa

I'm not sure, but I fear it is can you snap a picture from the side that shows the whole fish also, a headshot -enlarged/zoomed in- that shows the head from the side, including the body piece just behind the head. all Syno's have a pointy bone plate on the side, lying on the skin, just behind the gi...

raunchy little fish!

btw, OF also had them on the list as Centromochlus strigata, but according to the catelog, it's Tatia strigata......

don't ask me why; todays' taxonomy is so much in flux I can't keep up.

I have seen granny's with dark barbels.... the fins look OK to me and spots do occur in young granny's. but the mouth is odd...... it's far too wide for a granny, it looks like someone tried a polli-granny mix up. the granulosa has the "regular" mouthshape like many riverines and also the ...