I think I will still pack my candiru proof underwear if I ever plan to go collecting where candiru are present. Just to be sure I am not a guinea pig for candiru extraction.

I recently let my 3 year old daughter pick out 1 fish to call her own. She picked out the lone Syno Euptera. I'm assuming it's because the Euptera is the biggest in the tank. She named it Spongebob. I've had "Spongebob" since it was 2" back in 2007. Seems like when she gets old enough...

Thanks so much for sharing. Congrats on the new cats. I'm about to order some Malawi Synos from Wet Spot & was hesitant. Seeing yours came through just fine makes it a bit easier to go ahead & pull the trigger.

I agree, Viktor. My first thought was it was just like ice fishing. In instances like these, I often wonder how they figured out this was a way to catch fish. It's odd, to be sure.

I saw this video on another forum & didn't recall seeing anything like this here before. I apologize if I'm reposting something that has already been posted. Pretty neat fishing on the Pantanal in Brazil for Tiger Shovelnose.

http://www.texashuntfish.com/app/videos ... ge-Fishing

I'm just wondering if you started feeding less or added some fish to the tank that are eating more food causing your Euptera to get less food. Mine has had a flat belly but it was because I was feeding less. As soon as I started feeding heavy geared more toward getting the 20 or so Synos in her tank...

Understocking is a good thing for your newly set up aquarium. As far as nitrates go, yours is fine. Under 50 ppm is ok for most freshwater fish. Drinking water is only required to have less than 10.

Wow, so sorry to hear this. When you have one for almost 30 years you have a different level of attachment. I still can't believe it.

Your TSN looks awesome, thanks for sharing the pic. He looks healthier than the last pic you snapped. Good to hear you got it figured out.

I've personally kept mine with both Mbunas, Peacocks & Haps from Lake Malawi and several of the smaller cichlids from Lake Tanganyika. Most of them just ignore the catfish until it comes time to breed. If you have mouthbrooding cichlids the Multipunctata (Grandiops) will interrupt their breeding...

I've kept 10 Multipunctata (Grandiops) with my Euptera in my 125 gallon tank since 2007. They get along fine. However, looking at your stocking list, I wouldn't recommend putting either species with adult Oscars. Oscars I've owned in the past would eat anything they could fit into their mouth. A 12 ...

Wow! Having raised pigeons as a youth, I'm torn. That is one smart, fearless fish.

Viktor Jarikov wrote:It's ok to agree to disagree.

Agreed. To each his own.

They are available through aquabid.com or davesfish.com.

Do you use public water? They put nasty chemicals in public water sometimes that can have adverse affects on fish.

I experienced something similar with my Synodontis Grandiops about 6 months after I first got them. They started to turn white. In my case it was a water quality issue. A poison of some type got into the tank. More than likely an aerosol my wife sprayed around the tank :-O . I moved the fish out to ...

Welcome to the forum. Congrats on getting your zebras to feed. L46 are one of those that I find amazingly beautiful but don't have enough success with plecos to shell out the money to buy a group.

As has already been stated thanks for the excellent introduction. I'm curious as to what your dream cat list consists of. Hoplos are a neat one to start with. Welcome to the forum.

1 more from the front...

I'll see if I can get this to post...it's my 350 gallon tank.

Birger will be in charge of the "Bribe Public Authorities" funds...

Now we just need someone from Scotland & someone from Virginia to go on a collecting trip to Sierra Leone...

Welcome and howdy from NE TX.

It looks like fighting to me. My Syno Granulosa move their mouth like that when acting aggresively toward one another. The movements also match when my Grandiops fight. I would surmise that the bichir is attracted to the action in anticipation of a potential meal.

Synodontis euptera have a reputation for eating smaller tetras. Congo tetras should be out of danger as adults, though. Why not try Synodontis Angelica or Synodontis flavitaeniata?

I am having trouble finding any information on this fish. I was just lookin through Burgess' Atlas and came across it. It's a very attractive fish. Does anyone know anything about it?

I agree with Ghost. Thumbing through Burgess' Catfish Atlas and it does look like macropterus on pg 490.

I agree with Silurus. The tails look right. The tail pattern on most hybrids that they sell as Decora is a giveaway.

"This is not what I meant when I said I wanted a cat."

So, I've been dying of curiousity. How did the convention go? I'm curious to know what cats were sold both in the rooms and at the auction. More specific, was it mainly South American cats or were Asian and African cats well represented?