Winter garden pics are here: viewtopic.php?f=2&t=31738

These appear to be as close to the wild ones as koi to common carp. I read the wild ones are usually(?) nondescript grey color. Don't quote me, I am cichlid-challenged. Rookie.

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Thank you Martin!

The fish on the left is a TSN x RTC hybrid.

Another bufonius at an LFS:

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Hahaha... cute and funny. Which one's you, Eric? I couldn't make it out.

Of the sturgeon? No. Not for our use anyway. The sturgeon are lent by donation for lifetime and they and what they produce doesn't belong to us but to our gracious lender, the farmer. If we get that lucky, Mr. Mark Zaslavsky will decide what to do with the sturgeon eggs.

I don't think I have ever encountered any CA catfish in my trade endeavors but Rhamdia quelen. This catfish is a fun, quirky, boisterous, and a smart weasel of a fish IME. I'd not trust it with any small fish that can fit in its mouth. When it comes to interaction with keeper or capture avoidance, t...

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Earlier photos of the koi pond and yard predating this thread, from 2008 and 2009, can be seen here on the second page of this thread: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... 3&start=20

I'll just repeat them here:

Out of the four galeatus we obtained when still in New York State 12 years ago, one is still with us. It's probably the smaller male (if our 12"-er was a female), perhaps around 6"-7", missing an eye - a work of a gar pond mate of 9 years ago. So the cat is around 12-13 years old. Doe...

Our bufonius from 2010: https://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=31045 Useful links from bufonius keepers: https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/rhyacoglanis-paranensis.702543/ https://www.monsterfishkeepers.com/forums/threads/bufonis-info-progression-thread.705111/ h...

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Ten years later, I still don't know about the Chrysichthys and Calophysus, except Bas was probably right, it was some kind of infection.

As for the channels - don't keep pacu with them! Pacu would bite their fins and barbels at will to supplement their diet.

Nine years later. In retrospect, I am 100% sure the hybrid died of indigestion as a result of low DO, exactly as it occurred in the case of these RTCs: https://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=7&t=34778. When I said "plenty of aeration" above, I was rather clueless and inexp...

A quick update. After tolerating 10 years of problems and bickering, ZZ had been adopted out a year or so ago. Zazula rules its tank now. Currently about 45".