Very cool. Tonight's reading...
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What Jools said
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Welcome.
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It is usually associated with doing a large water change and forgetting to use water conditioner. I have done it more then once over the years. You can add an immediate heavy dose of conditioner. Some will make it and some will not. "Sensitive" fishes like many glass cats, small tetras, and blackwat...

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All algae issues basically come down to light and nutrients which are the two things algae need to grow. So to best help we would need to know how many watts are over the tank, what is the photoperiod, and does the tank receive ambient light. Second, what are the frequency and volume of water change...

Will miss seeing you as well. Should be a good time. I am also always interested in how locals identify fishes. Nigerian fishermen and fish mongers seem to break everything into two categories: catfish (any catfish sp. of any family) and croaker (cichlids and sciaenidae). Reminds me of when Cesar Ba...

It is repeatedly coated with the spicy red marinade you can see in the top photo throughout cooking. It is then served with "pepe" a combination of grilled onions and scotch bonnet peppers. Delicious spices but you will break out in a sweat and your lips will burn. -Shane https://www.nigerianfoodtv....

Spicy! But flesh is earthy.
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Sturisoma nigrirostrum

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Yesterday's lunch in Abuja.
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Most likely Acanthicus sp(l193) given the location.
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Great to see it finally published. Have been in touch with Don on this paper for quite some time.
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Do you refer to the pale halo along the margin of the rostrum on the individual on the left? Yes, that is the one. Male Chaetostoma, in the spawning season, develop a swollen rostrum or "fat lip." I assume it is somewhat similar to the tentacles male Ancistrus develop, but it has not been commented ...

In the photo showing all three, side by side, the fish on the left is clearly a male. Note the swelling along the outer edge of the rostrum. I am currently on vacation in South Africa and do not have any access to books, but I would check the Chaetostoma spp from both the Catatumbo and Magdalena bas...

Eric, Worth noting that the real key with regard to spawning the genus is really clean water with a good level of DO. They need these things much more than a strong current. I have bred two spp in a 33 long that simply had two smaller HOB filters and a single 350 gph power head for water movement. H...

I think you could try loricariids and Chiloglanis. You just will have to make sure they do not out compete each other for food. The plecos will want the high protein foods the Chiloglanis need.
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Did you see this thread?

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Ahh, now this comes back to me. Jools and I looked at these fish together and that was the best identification we could come up with. Still not sure it is 100% correct, but it is probably safe to use. Safest identification might be cf. atrifasciatus.
An awesome Mystus regardless.
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https://www.planetcatfish.com/shaneswor ... cle_id=301

This article was written in the early 90s. I used goldfish with a scale eating trichomycterid. I am not sure anyone has tried Vandellia.
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