Just another random check in. I wonder if he's the oldest fish in the forum's? Still doing great and looks exactly the same. Comes to the top to grab his food and takes it down to his pipe to eat. Lives with an ancient parrot fish and 3 Buenos Aires tetras who are about 4. See you in a few months 🤞🤞🤞🤞

31 years old! Still with me and in excellent health!

Old thread again

Yup he's still alive. Nearly 30. I bought led lights for his tank and he prefers the blue light to be on. Still as fussy and grumpy as ever. A very poor video of him but it's about the best view I get. Haha.

I've still got the 26 year old catfish. Elusive as ever but doing absolutely fabulous.

Still got him. 25 years old at least and doesn't look any different from when i first got him. That is when i see him. Still elusive. Lol

Had an email asking if I wanted to update my species.

Still got him. He's still cantankerous as ever and rules the tank.

I'll try and get photos at the weekend. He's still camera shy.

37! Then I'll definitely have to leave him in my will to somebody haha

:d Bringing this old thread up to let you know that 6 years later the now 23 year old synodontis is still thriving. He has moved house with me and while we were doing that we changed from gravel to sand and I wish I'd done it years ago. Anyway alls well and I'm delighted to still have this extrovert...

everything is back to normal. I had raised the temp and Gave 14 days of melafix and pimafix. I also did a 20% water change every 2 or 3 days. He's now as elusive as ever but no more flashing on his tubes. Have got a photo but Its still not very good. Already emailed it to birger. I'm moving house in...

well the good news is all itching appears to have stopped. The white marks have all but disappeared. All i have done is increased the temp and changed 20 - 25% water every 2 to three days. Also been adding melafix and pimafix daily. The temp is at 29 so i may just leave it at that for now. He's eati...

went to my local fish shop I've used for years and they advised doing water changes every few days, Maybe twice or three times a week for now and continue with the pimafix and melafix. I've just to phone if i need any further info or if the situation gets worse. For now he's munching into some blood...

no this is bigger than salt granules. Not much but bigger. Will try my hardest to get a picture.

I'm pretty sure i seen another white spot near his tail last night but Apart from netting him I'm not going to get a better look any time soon. Too many hiding places for him. Still nothing on the other tank mates. Just looked at them all. They are much more obliging.

right tomorrow i want to put something in for white spot. Whats the best to buy? The one previously mentioned? Do i have to put in a half dose because of the fact he has no scales? Will i do a good water change before adding it to remove the melafix and pimafix? Will i also reduce the temp. Its pres...

would he be the only one affected? Not had white spot for years and years and it wasn't like this. The white dot above his eye is definitely a scrape. The one on his left hand side isn't a spot. Its like a white line. The other fish are all well and no spots anywhere. The swordtail was the last fish...

Ah. Much itching tonight. Mark is exactly the same. No bigger. Nothing else new on him or anybody else in the tank. Its either driving him Daft because Its itchy or just annoying him.

very little itching - so far.

we take out about 20% weekly and replace with tap water. Done that for 14 years so i don't think Its that. Got a 250l tank too that gets the same water and all hunky dorey in there. I've managed to get a better look this evening. Its not a dot Its like a very short Scratch. The white dot above his e...

Its 3' long. I'm sure Its just over 100L. I've put melafix in this afternoon. Only put in 10ml though. Its all quiet in the tank just now. He was itching it earlier. The white marks are still there. They're about the size of a ball point pen. Maybe slightly smaller. Will see what he's like on Friday...

can i put in melafix and pimafix? Just as a precaution?

hi Birger. They have shared a tank for about 3 years. I took the shark in because Its owners tank burst. He's at least 6 or 7 years old. Its previous owner only had it because somebody wasn't Wanting it any more. I don't see them squabbling very often. The only boisterous one is the lufirae. I also ...

still flicking. I just can't get a picture. There is definitely a white mark beside the gill he is itching. Its a tiny white mark. Its the same size as the mark above his right eye which isn't white spot to me. This one on his gill may not be either. Could it be a scrape because he's had a fight wit...

sidguppy wrote:what happened to its' dorsal fin?
looks seriously pruned...

he arrived like that in 1997 sadly. It must have been magnificent when intact. Does anybody know of another lufirae?

I would watch and see if the area he is "flicking" changes location. In the mean time do a nice waterchange and you could start raising the temperature if you would like to get ahead just in case, but I would not go too extreme until you know for sure. Birger Thank you. I'll keep my eye o...

just seen a white mark on his side. The side he's flicking. Can't get a closer look because he's watching me and disappears if i move lol. Only got this video because i stayed still for 5 minutes. Hope that works.




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just did a test and Its 7.5. Thanks for answering.

i have a lufirae in my tank. I think he's 18/19 years old. Birger helped identify him a couple of years ago for me. Anyway in the past 5 or 6 days I've noticed he's flicking himself on his pipe tunnel in the tank. There's nothing sharp that he can cut himself on. I can't see any white spots but he's...

another 2 photos.

i know. Its such a shame about it. I.ve looked on the internet for pictures of fish like him to see what his fin should look like but have only found drawings. Maybe i should photoshop him! Only kidding. I.ve enjoyed reading all your posts and i'd like to think i know a little more about my little g...

mats i.ve read about that project in brazil and wonder who will benefit most. Not the wildlife or local people i don't think. your point about wild caught fish is very interesting and certainly not how i.ve thought about it before. Don't feel so guilty now.