Could use a better photo please

Birger

looks true to me

Or (2) if captive bred (which I'm still not sure about either, since LFS reported wild caught)

I have seen enough tanks full of as posted wild caught albino fish that I pay no attention to it unless I absolutely trust who is saying this.

birger

Fantastic report, I was most interested to hear about the Zareichthys sp. Love the Amphiliids.

Sorry you already mentioned lengths...at 3 inch they would be lucipinnis.

What is the lenghts of your fish?

Ancistrus are very hard to ID without a collection location.

Also the photo is unclear.

Birger

To be honest there is so much info it makes it difficult to decipher quickly what question you are asking. Yes it is definitely a Pterogoplichthys. I think an active one of these plecos in the way you mention is a bad sign...but a consistent supply of veggies will put a stop to this eventually.Looks...

As I am the "friend" I thought polli whites from the start but could just be juvi polli pattern fooling me. We will see soon enough how they develop.

Birger

I apologize for my bad attitude above but these are my favourite fish.

Birger

Oscars and jack dempsys are not tank mates for a Synodontis nigriventris. A cichlid acts like a cichlid . I can not say what is wrong with your fish , except for the fact they are not predatory at all and do better in groups.

All you can do is put them together and see what happens. As always 2 is a bad number one will chase the other.

Thanks Lee.

The loaches will go huge and may not get along with synodontis. You are better to go with a loach tank.

Birger

If you want true schoaling catfish go to Parailia pelucida and Pareutropius buffei best kept in larger groups they would be great in such a tank. The smaller Synodontis such as Synodontis nigriventris would also work, I like to keep them in groups of at least 12.

Birger

going off of what Birger said Hehe, how did I get dragged into this. My feeling on the original question is there is so many beautiful species and natural variants, why must people be playing god and creating these messed up abhorrences. I use the example of paint, there are so many beautiful color...

It is very difficult without the geography. Is it eating? How many did you get?

Very cool!!

Birger

Yep, I agree hybrid.

Birger

Björn

I need a complete side photo to be able to help you.

I believe it may be a hybrid.

Thanks
Birger

I agree on. It being gariepinus

Birger

This is quite often a water quality issue.

Birger

I certainly do not like to see a title like this.

Birger

Maybe I must trust Birger's and Richard's opinion......

Not a bad thing to do, Richard and I check with each other when we are doing identifications on synos.

Birger

you can check here
http://cms.panta-rhei-aquatics.com/lori ... rio-xingu/

Birger

I would just add...make sure it is a serracanthus, often the southern mottled form of nebulosus is mistaken for a serracanthus.

these are not rift synos and will not reproduce in the same way at all. they are most likely egg scatterers using vegetation to spray their eggs.

Mee too like this...looking forward too it,thanks Eric.

Birger

I would say absolutely lucipinnis.

Hmmm the humeral in woosnami is very broad and stout, I don't think so...I am sticking with centralis due to the body patterning and shape, I have varying examples of the humeral so that does not help. The size could just be a large one, size measurements come from studies where they use what is ava...

Split your males and females for conditioning then bring them together for spawning in the above set up.


Birger