do not cut his barbels please... they're the most sensitive parts of its body... could you perhaps upload some photo's so we can determine what's wrong with the fish? And also, sick fish need rest and will react badly to handling and transferring from one to another tank. best idea for now is to tra...

Hard to tell based on this picture alone, but it could possibly be Hypoptopoma sp`peru(2)`

a bit late this reply, but when i kept these i always used rain water for water changes. it could be worth your while to colllect some rain water and do some testing. usually rain water tends to be more acidic and soft compared to tap water. if rain water is not an option for you i would leave this ...

good question i cannot answer it with 100% certainty but i think it might be a striking Panaque sp(l191) , possibly a young specimen. not blue and red in the caudal but white and orange. colors in the pic are probably corrupted due to the flash of the camera. but then again, it could be something co...

A. prashadi form cat-elog: 16.0-22.0°C i have kept Akysis in the past and they will do fine in an unheated tank as long as the room the tank is in is heated. your problem will be keeping the tank cool enough during summer. i lost all of mine during a hot period in summer, sadly. but i guess you can ...

not sure what it is. it looks kind of flat, possibly Dekeyseria sp. L052 ?

you can trust the ID done by Birger. the catfishes in your picture seem young and thus flatter. also it depends on how much and what they are being fed. color is never a great guideline in catfishes. color can and will vary greatly among individuals of the same species. many factors attribute to thi...

fish 1,3,4,6 and maybe also 9 look to be male to me. but i am no expert.

a very nice group you have there! good luck with them, i hear these aren't easy to keep alive let alone breed!

you can use the caves you posted for the Peckoltia's. for the cacatuoides, i would use half a coconut. just buy one at the store, cut it through the middle and take away the coconut flesh. rinse/boil it or whatever to make it clean. then take a drill and make a small hole right on top of the half co...

most Pseuda's live in the main bodies of large amazonian rivers like Rio Xingu. sometimes these rivers are 40 feet deep or even more. little light reaches the bottom, so no plants are found there. Large boulders, smaller rocks and fast flowing water. the occasional dead log/wood tangle. thats about ...

wow, wow, wow! these are so pretty! where have you seen them for sale and what are they going for?

i have been keeping adolfoi for the last 9 years. started out with 4, they bred multiple times and i have one of the original 4 still in my tank together with some of her offspring. I keep them at around 24-26 degrees Celsius and they always start to spawn beginning of spring and will continue to do...

your fish is very skinny.

please provide it with fresh vegetables like zucchini or sweet potato at least once every three days. these fish eat the whole day in the wild and they can devour much more than you might think

i have also seen this behavior but with Akysis. later on this progressed into some sort of embracement of the female by the male, clinging on to her with his pectoral fins after which the female released some eggs. the male and female always ate all of the eggs straight away and it happened in the s...

Nice set up!

the rams are not rams but Mikrogeophagus altispinoza. very similar to rams though.

the tank could do with some wood and/or plants to provide a bit more cover for the fish but that is of course personal taste too. it looks great already!

First of all, i have been following this thread with great interest. thanks for starting it! as for the light question, there are several types of 'moon light' types of lights available for aquarium use. mostly as LED's. they have a nice blue color to it and most fish are not even slightly bothered ...

your fish is missing the white tips on the caudal so it is not L402.

I have owned one exactly like this and to me this is C. aff. milesi

I think you are correct with L129 but it could possibly be L340 as well. let's see what others have to say.

You can basically use any type of river boulder you find good looking or easy to work with. just make sure to check if it's inert. I would recommend to get some large pieces of dark slate. looks good, is easily breakable and if you stack the pieces nicely, it's easy to recreate the crevices they lik...

I am pretty sure these are L129 but to be sure it would be nice to see some side view shots.