You guys have been busy here, still missing a few hundred pics...fish people must be camera-shy. At least two of you don't look at all like I imagined, You look much younger, I guess your experience makes you seem older and wiser.

Hypoptopoma cf_guentheri ? New Bike I looked at that one too. Could tell what it was in the pic by the trumpet style exhaust. :d It's a copy of the VFR body. Much lighter than mine. Very big deal here! Tiny bit More upright than the Ninja 250. Faster in the straights, slower in the corners. Paddy T...

Anagram...... A baa hitching in solo storm I like anagrams.. :D Batrochoglanis mathisoni P.S. I thoroughly approve of your new wheels/avatar Mrs. Banana :-BD I came really close to getting one of those myself recently. But when I went out shopping I somehow came home with/on a Honda. :-?? Honda? :Y...

lol! Yes they are the weirdest little critters. They seem to be very active most of the time, sometimes I just have to look harder to find them but I can usually recognize the little eyeballs peeking out of the sand. That tank has been redone. In the video there was both silica sand and round pebble...

Looks good and I see you didn't get eaten by a croc! Nice stand too. How is the plant harvesting going? Did that myself recently and used a golfball retriever to grab them by the roots. Seemed to work pretty good except I could have used a stronger one for the deeper rooted plants or ones that were ...

Thanks guys! So far so good. Thanks L Number Banana. Nice bike. Dont know too much 'bout bikes but anything that can accommodate a net,fish bags, rubber bands and a fish crazy person is an awesome set of wheels. ^:)^ Yup, it's a keeper, that's all that matters. Fun for the track, sensible for the st...

Good one.
Marc's turn.

That's a pretty sweet ride. It'll be a long while before I get on that kind of horsepower!
Very Nice!

They say the red ones are faster...

L-number: Like the bike - looks brand new - and is it a 250R? There is a european race-class for them: http://www.europeanjuniorcup.com/en.html -- Mats Hi Mats! Yes, the little bundle of fun is a 2011 Ninja 250R. It's still carbs here but no problem, with our weather I'll have to use the choke a lo...

I guess I had best stop being lazy and get my mug on here, I am noticing plenty of folks into cats also dig motorcycles , guess I better wheel mine out for the obligatory pic this weekend. Yup,so you should really get a picture of both then, cat and bike and you. You don't by any chance ride a Fire...

Hey Mats, ahh, see, nothing has changed..I'm still kind of forgetful
Thanks!

Here's that video:


[Mod edit: Use youtube tags... --Mats]

Ahh, my favourite old thread has finally bit the dust.

Anyone got a new game? 7 word or word association about fish?

Wow, what a heartbreaker. He was beautiful. Sorry to hear about it.
I guess if we have to go sometime, that's the way I'd like to go. Get comfy in the sun and drift away.

Found this on the old camera. Kill the sound if you don't want to hear my TV (sorry!) Tank is totally fixed up now and replanted, more coconut caves, heater floats free so no synos get too close. The little pots are gone after the cory got stuck in one in the other tank. Same cats are still in that ...

What a brilliant post! Nice pics and great info. Seems I've missed a lot since I've been away!
This one has inspired me to go see what's floating about in my ponds. Thanks

Welcome to Planet Catfish!
Nice Pic!

http://img703.imageshack.us/img703/8025/20088617281006486711423.jpg Haha, you funny, Groke-meister, I missed you! I haven't been here for ages so I hadn't seen that. You boosted my ego - thanks. :ymblushing: You're pretty hot yourself. :- Here's me now. I can go find my own fish!!! The net fits on ...

- Just bought a motorcycle that's been outfitted to go fish collecting in hard to reach areas. Racing leathers have a P.maccus picture on the butt.

-hours of new video tapes. Some people have movies, I have banjo cats.

Geek.
Happily - geek.

He's not 'perfect' but he sure is cute! I'm glad he's found a happy home, I would have bought him in a second. Like Proteus said, this may turn out to be the coolest fish in the tank. Enjoy him!

Hi Loopy,

I May have met you on another forum? or the name is similar?

Either way, glad you made it here and Welcome to Planet Catfish!

Hi Andrew, Keep using the borax solution. It does work. Takes a little while for the queen to eat enough to kick the bucket but that's why a weak solution is best, you want to make sure they keep feeding it to her. I work in horticulture and this is all we use. Have for years and as long as the solu...

wrasse wrote:A fit looking bloke who keeps fish??? Nah!

Could be a poster-boy for the hobby!

Moi. Next pic will be on my fish-mobile Ninja! Even got a spot for the net

Banjos are adjusting well and come out to feed on shrimp pellets. Hold their own when Synos are slashing the pellets around and nuzzling into their space. Don't quite have the hang of hiding yet...as long as there's pellets, they don't seem to care. Fuzzy pics but here's the three of them 'hiding'. ...

Thanks, I just found some notes on life spans. Now I see why it was to difficult to give a ball park figure! I'll double check the species at the shop and if it's the one I thought it was, I think I could handle four+ years. Three months just would have been horrid for me - I'm too much of a wimp. :...

Thanks Kim M and Apistomaster

No breeding plans for these fish, just find them exquisitely beautiful.

Are they really that short-lived?? (months?)

Well, don't be going anywhere yet Larry, too much still to do. I certainly never expected to find these at my local. The owners are ex-chain store employees and they each have their passions but none of them are catfish collectors. They had Hara there once and I didn't jump but I know better now. I'...

Sweet pics! Congrats, beautiful fish.
My otos do that to me, one day there's eight and next day there's 13?? I'm up to 16 and haven't caught them at fry stage yet. The tank started with four.

Great find. Now, you'll have to get your torch out to see them in the night, because I betcha they aren't coming out during daylight! -- Mats I was kind of surprized that the banjos were out in the open last night for most of the evening. This morning there was only one out and about. The other two...

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But it also shows that they share the love of that sport...

Tons of plants and floating ones too but I'll set up the netting first before I purchase. Lots of hiding areas Your friend's posts are terrific and now I think I can get the male and female. They seem to NOT fight when it's a pair. That fishroom is AWESOME. Even the danio info on that site is more t...