I remember seeing them in a Belgian shop for €60,- per fish.

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Seems like we share the same taste.
There are probably not many people around who keep Denticetopsis alongside .M. naponis

Moenkhausia naponis

This is an attractive tetra from the Congo

I fully agree. Stunning fish!

It's weird these fish never show up in (my part of) Europe.

How secretive are these? And what do you feed them?

No, I haven't. And given the fact that my breedingattemps with characins almost always end in failure, chances are slim to none

Poecilocharax weitzmanni male ( bycatch to cardinaltetra)

male:


female:

Only a few survived, but have grown. They're all black and laying on the bottom of the container all day.

After 2 weeks, which includes a short trip abroad, there are still little strigata's alive and doing the same thing as mentioned before.
I do hope some will grow up!

This may sound like the easy way out - and it probably is - but I'm not going to wait for outbreak number X Knowing you as a keen and responsible fishkeeper it was probably not that easy to put them to sleep... However: Of all scenarios this is apparently the least bad choice. Thumbs up for the fut...

And here a picture of my 2 little Robocops I have been keeping for some years allready:


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I looked it up in The freshwaterfishes of North Borneo by Inger en Chin: Nematabramis everetti.
Males seem to develop small tubercles scattered over the body end rays of fins.
The book says this species is the most abundant cyprinid in the small streams of eastern Borneo.

I feed them with dried artemiacysts.

Here my Tatia strigata has been scattering eggs again. I put them in a drifting container and hoping this time I can raise some young with floating dried artemia. Today the eggs allready have "tails" Only a few survived, but have grown. They're all black and laying on the bottom of the co...

Marc van Arc wrote:Even the atronasus seem to be on their way back to recovery - as well as my hobby!

Great news to start the weekend!

I can imagine that .
Still hoping for the best: may all other fish and hobby survive.

Good news Marc.

Here my Tatia strigata has been scattering eggs again.
I put them in a drifting container and hoping this time I can raise some young with floating dried artemia.
Today the eggs allready have "tails"

Eventually I had to have this book and ordered a used paperback. Cheap and in a good condition.
It's full of info and... fish.
Although a lot of photo's are of dead fish in alcohol it's still a nice book to look and read in on a lazy fridaynight in front of the aquarium.

Yes, that is my experience as well.
Live crickets? What about fruitflies? My Tatia like those.

Temp is 26 C now.

Did you collect them at night? Main river or in creeks?

Just picked up a nice group of 5 Denticetopsis. Apparently D. seducta. This is the second time I keep this species after an ich-outbreak killing my previous 2. I am very happy to see them again!! They're still small: http://s29.postimg.org/lfkw5ekkn/DSC02182.jpg click image upload http://s29.postimg...

I think B. marthae.

Why? Because Fishbase is more "right"?

Okay.
I wasn't aware of a namechange.
But knowing or seeing the difference between Centromochlus and/or tatia is way beyond my knowledge.

Oh boy. I was allready making all sorts of wicked plans to import these by myself ;)
Never mind. Good pictures are second best!

Thank you.

I would really like to know the exporter of Tatia simplex.

Can you give us the name of that exporter?

Thanks!

All the best, Marc! Here a picture of Tatia strigata in Octobre 2012 : http://i50.tinypic.com/2e3ydtw.jpg and the same animal ( a female) Decembre 2014. I noticed that the lines are fading a bit. http://i58.tinypic.com/20u1yjs.jpg This female lays eggs from time to time. In 2015 I will try to raise ...

French Guiana is good. I went there last Christmass: Good infrastructure, lots of fish and with the right permit you can bring your fish with you back home.

I stayed here : http://home.planet.nl/~gumamaus/

What were their general care requirements? Feeding, temperament etc. I kept them in water of about 26 degrees. Water: soft and acidic. ( 2 KH pH 6 ) They ate black, white and red mosquitolarvea but, as far as I can remember, dry food wasn't accepted. Dormant during the day in floating plants and ac...