40% water change to remove final three wild bleeding heart corpses. Bleeding hearts total loss. Everyone else, including Chewy, looks good. 16 total tetras gone but Chewy seems ok.
-Shane

Concur on Epistylis upon further observation and research. You guys are awesome! Chewy"s pump had died last Friday (1 Sep). I had heard it running in the morning and it was dead at feeding time. I used a smaller air pump as a temporary back up. Flow was much less than normal, but seemed suffici...

Something I have never seen in 30 years of fish keeping... Sunday afternoon 40% water change on Chewy's tank Monday evening feeding... everybody looks good Tuesday evening. Worked late skipped feeding. Wednesday evening 60% of tetras in Chewy tank dead. Tank stinks of dead fish. Remainder of tetras ...

I think it would work just fine. I actually am running air stones in the cavities as I have more air pressure than I know what to do with. I would not try this with super messy fish (like Panaque) however as their sawdust poop accumulates in the cavity behind the sponge. Every other water change I s...

The last group I had, several years ago, was placed in a tank that had small lengths of thin open ended bamboo. I was quite surprised when they took up hiding in them like little groups of Tatia. I had never observed this behavior when I kept them in the past because I never thought to provide any t...

So I am the source. "The Tinaco was very low the day we collected. Norbert said that this was the lowest he had ever seen the river. In places, it was actually possible to jump across the river. The river had a substrate of sand and gravel with several large driftwood snags. The temperature was...

Have you read Ancient genetic divergence in bumblebee catfish of the genus Pseudopimelodus (Pseudopimelodidae: Siluriformes) from northwestern South America Until a lot more work like this is done I am not sure it's worth trying to apply the current scientific names. They were only looking at Colomb...

Just looking at specimen records is probably more accurate than searching the literature, but yes many students and professionals look at museum collections every year and find new spp or incorrect identifications. Sometimes even among the type material! I am just saying be cautious if the location ...

Eric,
Be sure to take the locality data with a grain of salt. Much of the data comes from "Fishes of..." books and papers which are often riddled with incorrect identifications. I think the most useful data to collect would be holotype location as you know that record is accurate.
-Shane

100%. Looks to be a nice male.
-Shane

I am amazed the pims didn't gobble up the eggs.
-Shane

I am confused. The picture above (taken at CE) is something new to me, but they look different than your fish. This may not be the case as you are looking at the actual animals vice photos. I'll keep digging.
-Shane

Eric, These key out as C. dorsale which is one of the most common sp from the Colombian Orinoco piedmont . This also makes sense given your contaminant C. chimu as the two spp overlap in their range. There have been several very good Chaetostoma papers published in the last few years. Probably need ...

Now, if we could figure out how to grow zucchini out of our aquariums!
-Shane

Chewy is going through her annual shed. Picked these odontodes up from the substrate during water changes today.

Keep in mind these are as hard as teeth and could easily be used as a sewing needle.

-Shane

CateLog is still down. Once up I'll do some cross checking. I am pretty sure I have photoed this fish in the past.

My working theory is C. chimu as it is collected alongside the other sp you have.
-Shane

Eric,
Can you get a pic against a dark background or after they are settled?
-Shane

Nice. Do you have fish in there?

Currently spawning black neon tetras. It is 90% rain water and 10% tap. Hoping to transfer the fry in time to do a bleeding heart tetra spawn before fall.

This plant also works great but I forget the name. Grows nice roots in water
-Shane

A little different, but my outdoor Uganda papyrus biotope.
-Shane

Found that his actual LLC is registered in Delrey Beach, so he is not far from you Viktor. Also found this https://www.cruisingfreedom.com/bass-fishing-productions/ "Bass Fishing Productions has come under intense social media controversy for their fake ‘pet store dumpster rescue’ stunts. While...

I get that many of these are escapee populations from fish farms and that he may catch the occasional fish released by irresponsible aquarists... But L330? Can't see someone dumping a fish that expensive and they are not captive bred in Florida fish farms. It's a shame his collecting techniques are ...

Congrats Eric!
-Shane

My initial "medication" if I note something out of the ordinary is always a water change. I have found water changes often do more good than using medications without a concrete diagnosis. I keep my tank stocking levels low and all tanks get a 40-50% water change every 7 days. I see two po...

This young man (Brigs?) posts You Tube videos of himself collecting exotic tropical fish in ponds and ditches in Florida. A video came up today on my Facebook feed showing him collecting Pangasius (adults and juveniles) as well as a Synodontis sp and a Pseudomystus sp. Was anyone aware of these catf...

The most common cause of this condition is low O2/ high CO2 levels and/or high levels of ammonia. I would suggest a series of water changes to confirm this is not the case before trying any medications. The damage can be permanent but often the fish live out healthy lives. There are times when this ...

Looking great!
-Shane

Welcome, I have not collected in the Rio Pachitea, but have collected in other Andean piedmont rivers and they all share similar characteristics. In the rainy season they carry high volumes of water and become white water rivers due to the massive amounts of sediment coming down from the Andes. In t...

Was the type series collected from both drainages?
-Shane

This might help.
-Shane

Another find today in the files.
-Shane