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Richard B

Hi Sara & welcome to the site. Your fish is related to the pictus & is therefore some kind of south american 'pim'. This is not really my area of specialism but it would certainly consume fish small enough fom fit in it's mouth. I would suggest medium size tank mates, such as silver dollars,...

Graham - i have in the past, kept them with a variety of synos without any problems. (Schoutedeni, brichardi, caudalis, pleurops, contractus, multipunctatus & others) I prefer WS3 for white spot treatment, & have not had any issues with fish reacting to it. I always carefully calculate the d...

Graham - can i ask where you saw the S.Polli on the 15th?

If you don't want to show name the retailer in the forum you can email me. I am always wary of naming retailers openly in any circumstances as opinions are purely personal of what a great/good/not-so-good shop are.

Thanks Richard B

I agree - who knows what goes on, if people don't want to advertise it. With the probable exception of the giant catfish, RTC, TSN, Giraffe, Niger etc etc most fish, if available in the hobby, should be breedable by hobbyists if they want to. it's not that long ago that fish weren't bred simply beca...

Hi Sid & Graham - thanks for continuing the thread. Graham - the retailer was not local. I believe from your post, you know where it was. I travel a fair bit so did not consider it a LFS. Sid & Graham - the fish were bright, breathing ok, fins in natural orientation (not clamped). They spent...

Welcome Phil

I have used this site for quite a while but only recently signed up. I'm sure you'll find it invaluable , as i have

Thanks again Sid - i'll have to keep looking for some, elsewhere in the UK

I too look forward to seeing some photos. Sid it sounds like your Granny's will be better off than in the wild! (not quite the same volume of water but no predators!)

Hope everything goes smoothly for you.

Thanks for the response Sid - it is appreciated - i presumed most of what you'd confirmed but wanted a more educated opinion. I had a thought in the back of my mind about Granny's being a deepwater fish & possibly suffering from being bought up to the surface too quickly (similar to some fish wh...

nice fish - thanks for taking the time to post the pictures

I went to a retail outlet over the weekend to view 2 Syno. Granulosus (a wild caught pair). The 2 individuals looked vastly different - the male was a long, lean individual whilst the female was a short stubbier specimen. They were in separate tanks but both appeared bloated with distended bellies, ...

Looks like my first effort to introduce myself failed - never mind. Hi My name is Richard & I am located in the middle of England in Warwick. I currently have... P.Typus L.Cyclurus S.Petricola "dwarf" S.Multipunctatus S.Sp 2 "polli white" (African/Tanganyikan are my favourite...