Parasitic trichomycteridae

[Mika, posts: 466]

Very educational site.I got very good question in the same kind forum in Finland."How does catfish hobbyist manage to create natural enviroment to this fish in his/hers living room aquarium"
http://www.internext.com.br/urologia/Casosclinicos.htm

translator in the other link-you may wanna use it!!!
http://world.altavista.com/

[Silurus]

Heard Paulo Petry's informal talk on candiru once (I think it was a rehash of his ASIH talk). The suffering of the patients aside, it was quite entertaining.
My favorite artwork associated with this unfortunate phenomenon is Ray Troll's "Candiru Brew (it'll save your weenie on the Unini)". It shows a guy standing neck deep in a river, and the expression on his face is at the moment the candiru enters his er...ahem.
What a riot.