On 17th Jan, 2008 I bought three catfish that were labelled as Corydoras Melanistius but when I got them home I discovered I was the new owner of three Synodontis Eupterus. Since I only had a 2ft corydora tank prepared for them, that became their first home. http://i220.photobucket.com/albums/dd85/B...

Thankyou for helping me to be less confused. I really like the diversity of all Loricariidae. Quote "Sure, seeing as humans share a fair amount of DNA with Banana's, one would expect the genetics of all Loricariidae to be fairly similar - evidenced by the fact that there are quite a few instanc...

I am confused by names like Panache, Hypancistrus, Pekoltia, Hemiancistrus, Baryancistrus et al. What do they all mean? Is it a common area they are found in? Is is some sort of common dna? I had a look at L200. There is Hemiancistrus subviridis where the Hemi means half. Ok, I get that but then the...

Great photos. How are they settling in? The 6th photo from above is an absolute beauty. Well done!

I have four glass catfish who only swim in the mid to upper regions. They absolutely will not go to the bottom to eat plec food. They are a good water barometer as I cannot always find the plecs as they like to hide away sometimes, so if the glassies are looking at all off then I know to check my wa...

They look really nice plecs. Glad you are enjoying them and that they are eating well for you. Maybe they might breed one day. I saw at least one female in the pics.

I only noticed it suddenly. I wonder if it ate something off? It is still sitting around ok, just not eating or coloring up. Maybe its a stomach bug? The others are fine so far but I will keep a close eye on them all. I have had a female bn who could pale up like that when she got upset that I moved...

I have 4 sterbai corys (amonst other varieties) but one has gone pale and faded its spots and isn't really eating. The other 3 are fine and eating but just this one is pale. The other cories are also seem fine although I did notice my ph had dropped to 6 when I removed a dw and urn with plants on it...

While they are just little fellas and they are quite small, they are in the cory tank with cories, an elephantnose and a coupla guppies and balloon rams and 2 juvi bns. Then they can upgrade to the 3ft with whiptails, glass cats, coupla danios (my cycle fish), dw gouramis, pearl gouramis, clown loac...

I emailed the manager of the lfs and pointed out the error of his staff. He has looked at his orders and the fish is indeed an S.Eupterus. He offered to take back the fish and give a refund but I love these fish and I am not returning them. I did cheekily ask for a discount on a 4 or 5ft tank in the...

I will just have to see if the mottling turns to spots with maturity or not. Another possibility is S.Schoutedeni which only gets to 6 3/4' which is small than S.Eupterus 8". Faint hopes it is S.Aterrimus which only gets to 3" but it doesn't look likely on this comparison link. http://www....

Ahhhhh, so they are not corys and it is normal to swim upsidedown as they are an upsidedown catfish. If they are juveniles, I will keep an eye on how they change from marbling to spots. Even the adults still look a cool fish. They will have to graduate out of the 2ft cory tank later on to the 3ft co...

I purchased 3 of these fish today at the lfs. They were labelled as Corydoras Melanistius and I paid $11.95 each for them. I had been brushing up on what types of corys I wanted to buy and while I couldn't remember what a Melanistius looked like, I did remember the name and that it was a good lookin...

Bronze cory (C.aeneus bronze) A few months ago I rescued a few uneaten eggs from the community tank and put them in a brood net in the tank. Out of the dozen eggs, only 4 hatched. Two of the fry got caught in the net under plastic frame and died. I put the remaining two fry into a separate tank but ...

I didn't realize the eggs were actually stuck onto the lid. That makes it a whole lot easier to relocate them.
They look good sized babies. I have to wait 2wks for my cory babies to get that big.

That floating disc they put the bubbles under. Is that something you made or something readily available to buy?
Did you leave the eggs where they were? Did you leave the parents in with them?
I know nothing about this breed but they are intriguing.

Aren't they just the cutest little dickens? Perfect little replicas of the adults.
Thankyou and thank your husband for getting such lovely photos for us.

Here is a group shot of my cory gang.

Hoplo! Where are the photos? You can't say something like you have 1cm babies and not post up pics. Please.

Cheeky little rubbish was whispering sweet nothings in the ear of a big bronze cory female this morning, but she wasn't buying any of it. The corys barbels haven't grown back, nor do I think they are likely to, but he is pretty dexterous with those fleshy bits he has. :lol: PS: 3/4 strength Protozin...

Thanks Dave, I like the patterning on the Trillineatus better than the spots on the jullii anyway, so I'm happy.

I bought a couple of these, named as Jullii in the lfs but are they?

I thought I'd tell the story in short form of my albino cory's illness, subsequent treatment and recovery. This is one tough little cory. On the 23rd October this cory had raggedy fins, shortened barbels and in particular he had a nasty fungus on his right pectral fin. Initially I treated with Pimaf...

Whatever it was it is well and truly gone now anyway.
I did sent an email to the lfs to make sure they check their bn tanks so no one else gets infected.

I will never think my expensive camera a waste of money again. A month ago I got some baby bns from an online lfs. They were less than inch long and very hard to see. Thanks to my camera and computer software I was able to detect this ich or whatever it was on this bn only a few days after getting t...

Sincere thank you Martin. :) Your reports couldn't have come at a better time. I started a new tank a few weeks ago and last week added 2 peppers, 2 albino, and 5 bronze cories. They are the only fish in a 2ft planted tank. Well they caught me with my pants down didn't they and laid eggs after less ...

Thanks Janne,
Someone on fish profiles also thought it might be eigenmanni. I will have another look on the CateLog and see what info I find.

Thankyou for the warm welcome everyone. :D Andy you are one up on me in visiting Australia zoo as I have often driven past but never actually gone in. The thought of bities and slitheries doesn't really appeal. I might go tho if they had something cute like merecats. :) As to the clown loaches, they...

I have 3 lovely whiptails which I have had ever since I got my first tank last March. They are still my favourite fish but I cannot figure out exactly what sort they are. Could be sp(1), pantanal, cf lanceolata, eigenmanni, beni or something else for that matter. I have spent hours trying figure it ...

Hello, I cannot believe I have never actually registered with this forum. I mean I am always snuffling through the Cat-eLog and Shane' World. Well situation rectified; I am now a member. :D Being relatively new to fish keeping my tanks are small 12 inches, 18 inches, 18 inches, 24 inches, 36 inches....