More info on divergence of domesticated dogs and wolves - http://www.news.cornell.edu/stories/2014/01/study-narrows-origin-dogs And from The Scientist - http://www.the-scientist.com/?articles.view/articleNo/38279/title/Origin-of-Domestic-Dogs/ *To deal with these problems, a team led by Olaf Thalman...

Nope, appears to be *real* - what mother nature gets up to when we're not looking...

Cholla is actually pretty soft. It's the skeleton of the cholla cactus so not as hard or dense as wood from actual trees.

My BNs would prefer that I do deep gravel vac every day as it turns up stuff they can eat. I have to be careful not to suck them up as they also like to sucker around on and in the vacuum tube. One of my male blue-fins comes out of his cave to attack the tube when it gets too close to his cave. The ...

Thanks for the great new pictures. What a transformation, and what a happy fish.

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Have been able to get a better look at this guy, though no photos - he's darker and more striped than the photo, though not a P. maccus stripe pattern. He's more black/grey than P. maccus color so I'll go with P. gnomus for now.

I agree that Anubias would be a good choice but just be sure to tie the rhizome to something - don't bury it in sand or gravel because it will rot. The roots will eventually attach to whatever you tie it to - driftwood, rock, etc. It's always a great day when we hear that Alfred continues to thrive!...

I've had successful BN spawns in a planted tank with Madagascar and Dwarf Neon Rainbowfish (much larger than the nano fish you mentioned). If the BN male is any good nobody can get near the eggs. The only time I saw a baby eaten was when one was swimming. When they're suckering around on stuff the R...

The tank has Mopani and cholla wood, all of which have been submerged for over a year now so they're quite soft. I also feed Repashy Morning Wood. One of these days when I re-do this tank I'll be able to get better pictures.

Thanks Silurus & Catfishchaos! That looks like it to me, and I figured too that it was a boy 'cause it was so *hairy* :d . I got a real mixed bag with the free fish from the LFS - male clown pleco, female chaetostomus formosae, this guy and who knows what else. Going to have to tear the tank dow...

About 2-3" TL

Thanks much! I was thinking formosae also. There's one more in the tank but it continually hides so no photos of it. I need to re-do this tank anyway and hopefully can get better photos.

I'm continually amazed by this project. So many fantastic fish

If it's possible to tell from my less than wonderful photos. Fish #1 http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p568/ncestes129/rsz_20150826_121245_zpszxugh26l.jpg http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p568/ncestes129/rsz_20150826_123211_zpstgsprs7a.jpg Fish #2 http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p568/nceste...

Staying tuned! I retrieved the remaining one from my LFS and it appears I have 2 very *hairy* males and no females And 3 chaetostoma formosae (I think). So no luck here

One particular male (Sanou) now always comes out to eat when the lights are on. There's a juvenile BN who gets very perturbed and vibrates his fins at Sanou, who ignores him and continues to eat. (The BN is going to the LFS tomorrow!) But the sleeping one is really quite grotesque, as well as lookin...

It's great to hear that Nacho is doing so much better. Kudos to both of you

I agree re photo quality. I think what I'm going to have to do is just get the remaining fish at the LFS and photograph them there. There's no way I can get a good photo at home if the fish doesn't cooperate - which they're not prone to do of course. At the LFS I can hold the fish and have the clerk...

This is another photo, taken before I got them. (These fish were given to the LFS by a client who was moving and couldn't remember what they were.)

Welcome! Definitely the right place for lots of good info.

Male? http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p568/ncestes129/rsz_20150718_135328_zpsvrxqkpkl.jpg female? http://i1156.photobucket.com/albums/p568/ncestes129/rsz_20150718_135103_zpsttpnsa8v.jpg The other suspected female looks the same. Lousy photos - cellphone camera + essential tremors! The suspected ...

Thanks Silurus! I'll try to get better pictures next weekend (LFS is only open Sat. & Sun.). IDs look correct to my very inexperienced eye.

These were given to my LFS by a client who was moving and simply identified as tiger plecos. However, there are 2 different types. They're around 3-4" TL. (Sorry for the lousy photos but the best I could manage with cell phone + murky tank.) These are basically brown with light tan markings and...

Was a long boring weekend without a catfish fix!

Surprisingly one of the males was out and about yesterday with the lights on - busy suckering rocks and plants. One of the females hangs out under driftwood and likes to sleep on her back so I think she's dead

Mine seem to have acclimatized quite well. They're not showing any stress coloration and have staked out caves / territories. Though they're not out and about during the day I can easily find them and see how they're doing. They are eating Repashy gell foods and also fresh vegetables. They seemed to...

Totally unimaginative / boring! Initials and DOB...

They are more visible with the moonlights, though still pretty reclusive. The piggy eats his(?) fill and then dashes back to his cave. I make sure there's enough food for all of them and since piggy doesn't eat it all and doesn't guard it, there's enough for everybody. (I have 3 baby BNs with them a...