I have to disagree with Ocellifer as the ID. The adipose doesn't seem deep enough & the body spots look too prolific with some less rounded spots. Fully spotted Ocellifer (as opposed to spotless, partially spotted or ocellated variants) tend to have very rounded spots. A good side on photo would...

Assuming we are talking 36x12 then this should be ok for all

sounds about right

Welcome Craig

Agree with Narwhal72

Adults lose the striking colouration of juvenilles & become quite drab

The first of the set of photos in the last post shows the eye to be 74% size of snout length so this should be grandiops

It does look like a multi but a square on side photo would enable an accurate measure of eye size as a proportion of snout length to help confirm this

A dark P.joselimaianus

As I posted above, this fish has a white leading edge/hard spine to the dorsal & pectorals - only Lucipinnis & Petricola (&hybrids) exhibit this.

These are Petricola

M.Polli 9 years

The black ghost knife is a poor choice as it will eat small fish & grows to 20 inches.

What sort of catfishes are you after - something visible? Pseudeutropius are a visible shoaling genera & fairly often available

Are these the photos from Facebook?
They are definitely NOT Polli as it doesn't have a hard white spine on the dorsal/pectorals.

These are all Petricola variations

That is Multiradiatus

Me too if at all possible - thanks in advance

I have an,idea of a potential stock for the 75 gallon tell me,your thoughts I have 2 ideas on mind. I k,ow I might have to many bottom feeders but I love catfish haha! Option 1 5 Upside down catfish - what species? 4 pygmy leopard catfish - what species? 3 pictus catfish - really need a bigger grou...

VelcroWY wrote:Not a cat, but a Morymid would go well with a group of synos

Not sure any Morymid would do well with larger synos - they really are for specialised tanks only

They are certainly banjo catfish - they might appreciate a sandy substrate more as they like to burrow & that gravel wont allow them to do what comes naturally. Failing that they often hide in leaf litter so you could add dead oak or beech leaves - in your part of the world you'd have to check i...

I've not heard that (trade) name before but these are Hybrids. Primera isn't a species

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Hi Michael Welcome to PC Sounds like the tank is vastly overstocked (with bottom feeders) currently along with species that will interbreed (L333 & L046) & directly outcompete some others, & close to maximum stocking in total, without room for growth. Each 3.5" pleco really needs a ...

Nice find! They are so uniquely shaped in the syno world, love my trio. Are they uniquely shaped? Soloni & Caudalis aren't far off.... although we don't see these too often They are a fantastic species & the only syno I've seen use their mouth to cling to the glass like a pleco (or chilogla...

Wow, what a beautiful beast. S. melanostictus looks closest. Interesting to see angelicus bullied for a change. One of the smaller synos under the log looks like a ornatipinnis or decorus and/or ornatipinnis hybrid. What a menagerie, but makes for great 'fishporn' at any rate. The fish under the lo...

Hi HH - is a pdf available?

TIA

Most large adult synos are 'opportunistic' - in that they might eat small fish although they are not going to actively look to eat them. This includes Angelicus so as mentioned above , it is a gamble. Also, what water conditions do you have. For a rift tank I'd stick with rift synos. Riverine specie...

I'd be astonished if Silurus was wrong

Hemibagrus? Nemerus maybe

It does look like a genuine granulosus. My Granulosus have been quite slow growing with no noticeable difference between tank bred & wild caught. On your fish the belly is very distended & in the last photo the eyes look to be bulging slightly. There could be internal problems such as a buil...

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What size is the tank? I've found a pair of adults of the same species (Common BN) really need a minimum of 24x12x12 When you mix species the tank needs to be a bit bigger - good advice above from bekateen which should work but the restricted space may be a problem & any changes may result in a...

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