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by catfishchaos
19 Oct 2018, 16:18
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: Megalechis picta loosing armour and covered in red cyst, Help needed!
Replies: 8
Views: 2801

Re: Megalechis picta loosing armour and covered in red cyst, Help needed!

Thanks for the input Bas pels, in hindsight I should have stuck with the salt but my emotions got the better of me and as will always be the case the consequence was quick to reveal its self. Part of me knew she wouldn’t make it through the night. I’ll do several 50% water changes to remove the majo...
by catfishchaos
19 Oct 2018, 03:11
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: Megalechis picta loosing armour and covered in red cyst, Help needed!
Replies: 8
Views: 2801

Re: Megalechis picta loosing armour and cover in red cyst, Help needed!

I have an update and its not great... The female seemed to recover a little after the salt treatment and water changes so I gave the tank some food and waited a day before I did another water change. In this time I noticed that she seemed to deteriorate so I did another water change last night and t...
by catfishchaos
14 Oct 2018, 03:04
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: Megalechis picta loosing armour and covered in red cyst, Help needed!
Replies: 8
Views: 2801

Re: Megalechis picta loosing armour, Help needed!

Just wanted to do a quick update The female is still alive and doing fairly well, the redness has subsided but there now appear to be some translucent filaments hanging from the open wounds. It doesn't look like any bacterial infection I've ever seen before, the filaments are long and thicker than t...
by catfishchaos
10 Oct 2018, 15:41
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: Megalechis picta loosing armour and covered in red cyst, Help needed!
Replies: 8
Views: 2801

Re: Megalechis picta loosing scales, Help needed!

Thanks for the responses guys! I'm going to an lfs today so I can grab some aquarium salt and get some floating plants (I have some water lettuce I tried to bring back in there but its not stable enough for nesting. Also Bas Pels I appreciate you saying that, I was little panicked last night but I d...
by catfishchaos
10 Oct 2018, 02:38
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: Megalechis picta loosing armour and covered in red cyst, Help needed!
Replies: 8
Views: 2801

Megalechis picta loosing armour and covered in red cyst, Help needed!

Hello everyone I haven’t posted fir a while but I’m still knee deep in catfish! I’m posting because I need some advice on something that started happening to my female Megalechis picta Just now I was looking at her and I honestly though she was dead until she took off, she was lying motionless on th...
by catfishchaos
30 Mar 2018, 02:08
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Does fish slime coat reduce pain from fish stings/venoms?
Replies: 3
Views: 1200

Re: Does fish slime coat reduce pain from fish stings/venoms?

:-?? My brother Was stung by a Ariopsis felis many years ago before either of us knew about the three spikes- he attempted to push the unhooked fish back into the ocean with the sole of his foot and the spike went right to the bone. The slime of this catfish is actually the part that contains the ve...
by catfishchaos
26 Mar 2018, 18:29
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Help identify these specias
Replies: 5
Views: 1601

Re: Help identify these specias

The fish swimming above looks like or a close relative, I don’t know what the bottom fish is though
by catfishchaos
26 Mar 2018, 03:42
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: New bumblebee catfish, Asian or SA?
Replies: 6
Views: 1753

Re: New bumblebee catfish, Asian or SA?

That one of the many things I love about catfish, you can find some awesome fish hidden amongst the masses. My Pseudomystus funebris was left over from a group of Pseudomystus siamensis , my Synodontis contractus was the last of a Synodontis nigriventris order and I picked out my pair of Acanthodora...
by catfishchaos
25 Mar 2018, 18:21
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: New bumblebee catfish, Asian or SA?
Replies: 6
Views: 1753

Re: New bumblebee catfish, Asian or SA?

Looks like a to me, hopefully more will chime in though
by catfishchaos
25 Mar 2018, 16:03
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Longest and most massive plecos?
Replies: 3
Views: 1320

Re: Longest and most massive plecos?

I think the acanthicus group has it for length and over all size and Panaque probably get the award for most watermelon like and can certainly obtain an impressive size.
by catfishchaos
22 Mar 2018, 04:54
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Fossil Catfish , tank mates , temperment , feeding ?
Replies: 5
Views: 5365

Re: Fossil Catfish , tank mates , temperment , feeding ?

Venom in general is not something to be taken lightly- different venoms target different systems in your body and either temporarily impair them or shut them down/destroy them. I can't speak for the venom of Heteropneustes fossilis as I don't know its chemical properties or its affects on the human ...
by catfishchaos
18 Mar 2018, 02:11
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: That One Fish You Keep Trying
Replies: 2
Views: 1315

Re: That One Fish You Keep Trying

I forget how many types of whiptails there are but... that many...
by catfishchaos
10 Mar 2018, 16:53
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: Corydoras pygmaeus with ?
Replies: 5
Views: 1339

Re: Corydoras pygmaeus with ?

I've only had Corydoras pygmaeus for a few weeks now but in my heavily planted 208 litre (under my tanks its "The over hang") the six of them live with: 11 ember tetras 3 rummy nose (was 10 but there was an incident with Microglanis iheringi before the ember tetras where added...) 4 Hypanc...
by catfishchaos
08 Mar 2018, 18:08
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Can you tan a pleco?
Replies: 11
Views: 2290

Re: Can you tan a pleco?

As stated I don’t think it would have an impact on bottom dwellers but I could see it having an effect on a topwater species like hatchets or aros. I would imagine the wet vs dry season would also effect the clarity of the water and thus the amount of uva and uvb rays that could penetrate and affect...
by catfishchaos
07 Mar 2018, 03:58
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Hypancistrus from Columbia
Replies: 5
Views: 1585

Re: Hypancistrus from Columbia

Thanks Daniel, the photos in the link look pretty spot on! Whatever they are I’ll probably be taking a handful home sooner or later, I think they’re stunning!
by catfishchaos
06 Mar 2018, 22:30
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Hypancistrus from Columbia
Replies: 5
Views: 1585

Re: Hypancistrus from Columbia

Thanks for chiming in guys! You raise a good point Eric but one of the different looking ones is the same size as one of the L129 although the majority of them are on the smaller side. I also looked at some soawning report photos for the L129 and the young ones seem to have finer white lines than th...
by catfishchaos
05 Mar 2018, 23:31
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Hypancistrus from Columbia
Replies: 5
Views: 1585

Hypancistrus from Columbia

We got a bag of from Columbia and some of them stand out with more of a barred pattern instead of the thinner lines and overall darker colour of the .

Thanks in advance!
by catfishchaos
18 Feb 2018, 03:39
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: Cory Iridescence
Replies: 4
Views: 1584

Re: Cory Iridescence

I would imagine its largely environmental conditions like water clarity, lights, and how the fish swims and its overall shape all come into play- I'm not sure if I would assume its genetic or that I would assume anything for that matter. If it is a polygenic trait then you would be able to produce s...
by catfishchaos
29 Jan 2018, 03:37
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: Ancistrus claro
Replies: 3
Views: 1749

Re: Ancistrus claro

Those are fantastic photos!
by catfishchaos
24 Nov 2017, 00:46
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Help!Whats on my L128 blue phantom ls head?
Replies: 13
Views: 2213

Re: Help!Whats on my L128 blue phantom ls head?

F15CathyShark wrote: 23 Nov 2017, 09:35
Jobro wrote: 22 Nov 2017, 15:12 Check your woods/roots. They seem to be heavily fungused...
I'm actually not sure about what on them, I thought it's biofilm.....
It is a fungus of sorts but it was my understanding that its harmless and that it goes away eventually as the fish cleaning it up (to no ill effect).
by catfishchaos
21 Nov 2017, 18:10
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: ID’s on three very different cats
Replies: 10
Views: 2261

Re: ID’s on three very different cats

I also have better photos of the whip tails and their ventral scales if that helps any!

I know these photos aren’t quite up to par with my usual macro photography, I’ve been putting it off but if some macro shots would help I can bring out the big guns!
by catfishchaos
21 Nov 2017, 15:37
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: ID’s on three very different cats
Replies: 10
Views: 2261

Re: ID’s on three very different cats

So I pulled that syno out at work and looked at his mouth, I’m starting to think this is Synodontis contractus ! I also learn’t that it was left over from the prevoius store which means its been there for at least 3 months with a daily feeding regiment and is still this size. Perhaps these photos ca...
by catfishchaos
08 Nov 2017, 01:32
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: ID’s on three very different cats
Replies: 10
Views: 2261

Re: ID’s on three very different cats

Well I actually ended up purchasing Pseudomystus funebris instead of the synodontis on the assumption that Jools is correct and it could outgrow the 8.5 gallon tank and that the movement of the Pseudomystus funebris is much slower and shark like (which is one of the main reasons I love catfish)! I'l...
by catfishchaos
08 Nov 2017, 01:13
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Are these both Ancistrus cf cirrhosus?
Replies: 2
Views: 970

Re: Are these both Ancistrus cf cirrhosus?

Thanks Shane! I ended up taking a pass on the female in the end but its good to know for future reference!
by catfishchaos
03 Nov 2017, 13:47
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: ID’s on three very different cats
Replies: 10
Views: 2261

Re: ID’s on three very different cats

Hi Panaque!

I have been looking through that group, to my untrained eye the best fit would be but I don’t know enough about the group to feel confident about that.
by catfishchaos
03 Nov 2017, 05:21
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: ID’s on three very different cats
Replies: 10
Views: 2261

Re: ID’s on three very different cats

Last but not least- another one from work, I was thinking some sort of bagrid but nothing seemed quite right while scanning through the clog. Only the one picture for now but like the syno, might be able to get some pics tomorrow at work.

Thanks in advance!
by catfishchaos
03 Nov 2017, 05:17
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: ID’s on three very different cats
Replies: 10
Views: 2261

Re: ID’s on three very different cats

Next up- to Africa! Now this one I actually don’t have any photos of- I only have a video as of now but could get some more photos tomorrow at work. For now perhaps this screen shot of the video will suffice? I beleive this to be a lone Synodontis contractus left over from an order of Synodontis nig...
by catfishchaos
03 Nov 2017, 05:06
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: ID’s on three very different cats
Replies: 10
Views: 2261

ID’s on three very different cats

Hello everyone! Well I’ve got 3 cats I’m hoping to get IDs for, 3 different species- because I’m unsure what order the images I attach will show up in I’m going to have pics of one species per each post and I’ll have 3 of those in total all contained in this one thread. First of all- whiptails! This...

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