Just done a full check on both filters (i.e. emptied all the water) and have found an additional two hiding at the bottom.
These are about 20mm and can now easily see that they are S. lucipinnis even at this size

I know from the photo's that the Petricola do seem to like 'nicer' but I have had the 'Lucipinnis' for almost a year and am happy with what I have got and will make sure that if I sell any on I will id them an lucipinnis.

Hi Birger,

Thanks for the ID, and at least now I know. Might have expected confusion in a shop but bought these privately from a guy that breeds fish (not sure if he either breed these or sold them on for someone).
Well at least they have the same requirements and I am better informed should I have ...

Ok,

So I am now pretty much certain that these are s.petricola's. I have a photo but is not the best of quality:

and close up

I'm 99% sure it's a S. petricola but will try and dig up an old photo as I may have one somewhere.
Wouldn't it be nice if fish would pose for a photo, or at least pause long enough for my camera to focus.

I don't think the cichlids will have any problems with the filter as once free swimming they are staying very close to the rock work (will try and get some new pic's) and don't stray to far.
But was good that I checked anyway as I now have at least 3x S. petricola fry. Either they all got sucked up ...

To be honest I wasn't expecting the S. petricola to spawn (although I hoped they would) and was more concerned about the c*****h eating the c*****d fry :wink:

Will see if I can get a suitable sponge to sit around the intake for now as since I just cleaned my filters yesterday the flow rate has ...

To the best of my knowledge it is the S. petricola, I purchased them from a breeder in the Cambridge area (well I think he was breeding these but can't remember) and if I remember correctly the main difference is that the S. petricola have smaller spots on their head compared to the rest of the body ...

Hi,

I'm new to this forum and after a little advice, yesterday I was cleaning out my tank and decided to check my filter as I have just started to notice Demasoni (cichlid) fry and I thought that maybe some got into the filter.
Now I have 2x Eheim external filters (2026 I think) and upon opening ...