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From the video ...

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thats fantastic !! :-BD
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Sad news. One of the baby Synos died today. It appears he wandered into the core of the Rena heater and didn't know how to get out (?) - got too hot (?) - I'm guessing. I saw his tail, carefully removed him and saw he was barely alive. He wiggled a few times, then stopped. :(

Question - a few of you have expressed interest in these guys ... in the spirit of education and awareness, I'd be happy to preserve this little guy and send him to you. Let me know the steps to take ... happy to help. PM me if you'd like. Here are some pictures ... maybe you can tell what he was (Birchardi, etc.?). BTW, he was about 1/2" ...

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Trying to take good care of my 1 remaining Syno ... :(
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Re: Baby Syno is getting bigger ...

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Well, the little guy is growing well! I so wish I didn't lose the other one, but doing my best to care for this baby!

He's tough to video, but you can see he's got some good definition now.

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Good to see the little one darting around. Looks like it's got a little more meat on it now. Sorry to hear about the loss of the other one, but, as a fellow tropical fish hobbyist, I'm sure you are familiar with having some great specimens die.

Sandee, as a suggestion, I'd like to recommend that you hold your camera (iPhone?) rotated 90 degrees. It will provide a much bigger picture when you watch it on a monitor/TV screen. $10 says you're using an iPhone and holding it upright. A lot of people mistakenly do this. You should hold it sideways. I can't tell you how many videos I've seen posted on youtube where the picture is this way. It only fills up 1/3 of the screen. It's a bit of a pet peeve of mine. Anyway, that's my suggestion.

Keep up the good work with the syno fry!
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Busted, yeah - I forget how much better it looks landscape. Next time for sure! But thanks for watching ... :)
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Oh no, I hope the other baby survives.
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Wow congrats mate

Can't believe they survived hard little things arnt they :)

Shame about one of them dying lets hope the other one keeps out of mischief
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The macro image of the deceased baby shows the black bars running out the top and bottom of the caudal fin that the Tanganyikan species have.
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Very happy to report that my little guy is getting bigger! Fat and happy too!

Take a look ... yes, def. Tanganyikan, looking like a Multi to me, but I still don't know how! He's just shy of about an inch ...


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not a multi!

probably a petricola/lucipinnis; the lead dorsal spine has a white tip and it's too elongated for a multi already; baby multi's tend to be highbuilt with a triangular dorsal.
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sidguppy wrote:not a multi!

probably a petricola/lucipinnis; the lead dorsal spine has a white tip and it's too elongated for a multi already; baby multi's tend to be highbuilt with a triangular dorsal.
Totally agree

It definately has Luci/petriola heritage - did any cichlids move from tank to tank - if so did they have fry? An egg could have been transferred on a rock/ with water etc? How many Petricola & lucipinnis did you have in the other tank?
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I'm going to go so far as to say it's probably S. lucipinnis as they are much more common than S. petricola--at least they are in all of the LFS's I have seen in NJ. And, when I do see S. lucipinnis in the LFS's, they are usually mislabeled as S. petricola... even in such nice shops as Absolutely Fish in Clifton and Tropiquarium (my favorite) in Ocean.
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Must be a Petricola, never had a Lucipinnis! And yes, a few Cichlids were in that tank as I consolidated, but geez NO Petricolas. Anything could happen I guess ... hey, as long as this guy is happy and healthy, I'm all smiles! SO great that I have at least one (because my husband "made me" give away everyone else!). Thanks for all the comments! More pix next month ... :)

BTW. I'm a big fan of Absolutely Fish, as a matter of fact - I gave them my Decorus and a few others, a dozen or so Cichlids too.
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Sandee wrote: Image
Must be a Petricola, never had a Lucipinnis!
I can't see too clearly but the fish bottom right corner (on the right of the Petricola) looks like Lucipinnis.

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Sandee wrote:BTW. I'm a big fan of Absolutely Fish, as a matter of fact - I gave them my Decorus and a few others, a dozen or so Cichlids too.
That's very generous of you. I must admit I'm not a fan of them at all and I would never give them any fish without getting something in return. While I stop in a couple times a year or so for ideas, I haven't bought anything from them since they were known as Aquatropics. It's a very clean shop and they have quite an extensive collection of fresh and salt water fish, but I'm put off by the arrogant attitudes I usually encounter there as well as the rip-off prices.

For instance, I have pointed out to them the S. lucipinnis they are selling as S. petricola. I even took the time to show them how to differentiate the two species. I was then given a lot of attitude and they never did make the correction. They are one of the few shops around that does get true S. petricola in. However, not all synos they are selling as S. petricola are truly S. petricola.

Anyway, good luck with the little Tanganyikan syno!
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... I always get something, a credit or whatever. I brought in a beautiful show Tang the other day ... that's kept me in frozen krill for 3 months! ;)

They're good guys, once you get to know them. Have you been there lately? A guy fondly ref. to as "Little Patrick" is my favorite. Nice guy, honest, if he doesn't know - he'll find out. Let me know if you're in the area, would love for you to stop by to see my baby Syno! I'm in Denville.

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Another 60 seconds of this little guy ...

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looks like a regular baby lucipinnis to me

the pattern is odd, but both petricola and lucipinnis come in large-spot and small-spot varieties and these are mixed within the populations

I've seen shipments coming in from Zambia (everything mixed) and burundi (true petricola) and they have a wide variety within the species.
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Very sad. The little one died. :(

Fine this whole time ... found him sorta lodged in the heater.

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Too bad. Sorry to hear about that. Judging by the pics, it sure looks like S. lucipinnis--although, hard to verify because the anal fin is obscured.
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So sorry for your loss.

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Gutted
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:(

And that was my last and only cat.

I'll stick around - I enjoy the conversation and community on Planet Catfish!

In other news ... my turtle is doing well! Watch live, now. http://www.sandeeland.com/fishcam/

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