If you ditch the front, and stick to gentle-mannered species like calvus, there are some more species available, such as the Lophiobagrus species and the extremely pretty Phyllonemus typus. both do fine with any Synodontis species. Although not as visible, their very different outlook and reddish co...

My Synodontis "polli white" that seem to think they're marine cleaners, ranks pretty high on the weird-sh*t-o-meter..... and being attacked by Hoplo-males bent on defending their nest too. I was completely SOAKED...... the funniest cats I ever had were 4 minute Trichomycterus spp. You woul...

I've got three Cherax quadricarinatus that are about 15 cm (not counting the claws.) there are a zillion guppies AND an Ancistrus cf temmincki in with them! On the other hand, I've tried to put in an Axolotl, and had to rescue it, aftyer the lobsters pulled off fingers, gills and tailpieces...... If...

I've had matings and eggs in the past with this species; the male wraps himself almost completely around the female, and the eggs -wich are laid later; internal fertilisation- are minute. unfortunately those were eaten by the other fish, and back then I only had a single tank. fun fish! they can rea...

lucky you!
they turn up now and then, but usually at 50â?¬ or so (wich is about 36 pounds if I'm not mistaken...)

good choice, I find them very beautiful, with only two drawbacks:
-very, very nocturnal
-fragile! prone to gillworms, gutworms, bacteria etc

I have a juvie as well in my Tanganyika tank (I know, I know; 2 meters is too small...) adopted him when the other two in my couisins' tank made it very hard for him. It was a 3" baby, now a happy 6 1/2" that keeps on growing. He certainly digs! but so far leaves the plants where they are....

The long snout and long dorsal make pretty sure, it's Brochis.

But the Brochis-species look pretty much alike. To choose between them, you need a clear pic and count the rays of the dorsal fin.

Spotted Raphaels are very docile. They MIGHT be able to tackle small fish, but rarely do. Pectorale has several Dorads, and in his smaller tank (a 250 liter tank) there's 1 Spotted Raphael (Agamyxis pectinifrons) about 10 cm or so, and also a whole colony of Limia nigrofasciata, that's rapidly multi...

Elle said:

They get bigger, but slowly

just kiddin??

do you know HOW big they get?

watch and learn....


You might think about this, one time

Both the Pleco (Liposarcus) and the Uaru will outgrow your 30G pretty soon..... Common Plecs reach two feet when adult (when given plenty room), and even without plenty room, most specimen that don't die premature pass the 1 or 1,5 foot mark with ease..... Uaru's reach almost 1 foot; they're of a si...

I've had juvenile schall years ago, and they're without spots.....quite easy to pick them from a shipment of juvie-nigrita's wich I did. and they have very light colored whiskers, lighter than their body-color in any case. The color of juvenile schall is much darker, almost chocolate-brown, but I ad...

The fact is that it is all in fun and many catfish hobbyists started with c*****ds before graduating to catfish. That proves AGAIN (like it needs to be proved...) that I'm decidedly different from the lot of you..... :D been keeping catfishes since 1974, but got the riverine c i c h l i d bug in 19...

On the other hand, Synodontis are usually very safe with big Osacars. They're highly mobile, active around the clock and of all the catfishgenera, perhaps Synodontis is the best to combine with cichlids! It's NOT a surprise that it's one of THE most abundant catfish speciesgroups in the African Rift...

Don't worry Skyetone! anyone own a toyota truck and seen all the TVSV's, TBS's, TBI's, EFI, SOA, SUA, SYI, ext ext ext I haven't got a clue here! Don't have a car, never had one, probably never will have. I know next to NOTHING about cars... so everybody has his/her own specialties. It took me decad...

If it's the Burrowing Snail (aka Malaysian trumpet or Melanoides tuberculata) none at all! it's a livebearing snail, and you can be pretty sure a single halfgrown 15mm burrower already spawns..... All the other snailspecies are easy to control, this one however is THE PLAGUE almost 95% of posts abou...

Put it in a woodshavings-filled bucket with a handfull of Buffalo worms or Maggots; they'll clean out the meat and leave the armour intact. I've dried my share of Loricariids and other critters, by using a container filled with that white sand you can buy for your Parkeet, whatever it's called. Mumm...

The tank is pretty heavily planted (6 plants) The whole six?? :wink: :wink: :wink: this is MY Cory-tank (& C robinae and various other critters) http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3da31b3127cce96700bb4bf890000001610 don't stop at six! http://im1.shutterfly.com/procserv/47b3d711b3127cce8f05d9...

ALL the angles! NOW I've got serious doubts though.... I've just looked through Rusty's pics on his homepage ( http://www.lalkaka.com ) and my polli's don't look like his :( They look like some (not all!!) of these! or better, a mixture of them, the confusion gets only worse.... The mouth that Dinya...

If ever that fish would show up.....

weird enough to make me switch from Tangs to Pleco's!

Ok pickin' up:

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Hi Dale90G welcome! there are some other Tanganyika die-hards here; Barbie, Dinyar, me etc most of us have the "dithers" too :wink: in my case 12 TROPHEUS! (T sp black Rutunga; aka Brabantmoori) and a pair of Eretmodus, 8 Cyathopharynx furcifer, 6 Astatotilapia burtoni "Tanganicae&quo...

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They don't remind me of anything like petricola at all....

But they sure as heck look like juvenile dhonti's!
Those orange teeth got me in the wrong direction, my polli's have very orange teeth too, but a wide mouth as well....

Never used either one.... The only "meth" I know of, is methanole (CH3OH), wich is put in Ethanole as "denaturation" so it cannot be drunk anymore. Denaturated Ethanole isn't taxed. Methanole causes insanity, blindness and death.....that happens when poor bums drink Blue Spiritus...

What's meths?

When I was nine (Summer '74), I adopted the 16G tank from my dad.

In that tank were Zebra-fish, Platy's, Black Molly's, a Chinese Algae Eater and a Kuhli Loach.
The first two fish I bought myself were a Corydoras paleatus and a C aeneus.

been hooked ever since

AFAIK the "brackish water" is bad advice! It's a white water cat, from roomy rivers and very, very docile, even shy. So, yes, it's a bit "passive" like the Lima. Good combination. NOTHING like the Pim pictus though, when talking activity or character! It's one of those "clau...

Hara jerdoni you might take care when rooting around the tank; they have a nasty sting, and IME it's slightly poisonous too.... They're fun to have, but don't boost the temperature. They'll handle it, but it significantly shortens their lifespan....20-23'C is good enough for them.(lucky for you, Neo...

The catfish seem to be attracted to the snails (might be a meal inside!)

You bet!
eggs, baby shelldwellers, oppertunity to dump in their own eggs.....

more accurate would be all that have long barbels and a terminal mouth

exactly.

Phyllonemus typus

I rest my case