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by bekateen
Today, 03:26
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 37
Views: 11090

Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!

The fish continue to spawn with more eggs laid today. With this knowledge, it seems more appropriate to call this a single spawning over multiple days, rather than thinking of each day being a unique spawn.

Unfortunately, with six fish in the tank and an unknown male:female ratio, IDK if all the ...
by bekateen
Yesterday, 20:40
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Hypancistrus L236 spawn
Replies: 25
Views: 41811

Re: Hypancistrus L236 spawn

You are doing quite well with them. Wonderful!

Cheers,
Eric
by bekateen
Yesterday, 20:15
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: My Public Aquarium: exhibit blues - how to make them?
Replies: 1706
Views: 1703886

Re: My Public Aquarium: exhibit blues - how to make them?

Viktor, your wide angle lens makes the aquarium frame look like a TV screen! :))

Cheers,
Eric
by bekateen
Yesterday, 19:58
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 37
Views: 11090

Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!

The link is now working: caught in act spawning. Take a look. The best view of their amplexus and an egg drop is between 1:30 and 2:15 in the video.
bekateen wrote: Yesterday, 06:10 Late in the afternoon, caught in the act!

Cheers, Eric

Direct link: Spawning the Burmese Moth Catfish

by bekateen
Yesterday, 07:09
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 37
Views: 11090

Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!

Looks like it didn't upload properly. I'll try again tomorrow.
by bekateen
Yesterday, 06:10
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 37
Views: 11090

Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!

Late in the afternoon, caught in the act!

Cheers, Eric

Direct link: Spawning the Burmese Moth Catfish

by bekateen
Yesterday, 01:42
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 37
Views: 11090

Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!

Follow up information: It's now 5:40 pm here. The Erethistes minusculus have continued to lay more eggs in the spawning mop and among the Java moss throughout the daylight hours.

I've witnessed a pair of fish swimming back and forth through and around the spawning mop, but I haven't actually ...
by bekateen
02 Jul 2025, 19:23
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Help with ID of new catfish
Replies: 5
Views: 98

Re: Help with ID of new catfish

I'd agree with the C. simulatus ID. For the other fish, it appears to have a straight snout, which would imply a Brochis(sc3) species; for that, I think there are a few prospects, all similar:
Brochis(sc3) ambiacus
Brochis(sc3) delphax
Brochis(sc3) sp(cw057)
Brochis(sc3) sp(cw082)
Brochis ...
by bekateen
02 Jul 2025, 18:55
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 37
Views: 11090

Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!

New spawns continue! There are fresh eggs in the mop this morning!

Spawn #1: 19 June (discovered at 5mm SL - my guess is these are already about 1 week old)
Spawn #2: 01 July (discovered at 13mm SL - these are probably at least 1-2 weeks older than the fry found on 19 June)
Spawn #3: 01 July ...
by bekateen
02 Jul 2025, 15:22
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 37
Views: 11090

Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!

I can do that, but I'll try to grow them out further first.

Cheers, Eric
by bekateen
02 Jul 2025, 01:11
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: What is this tatia looking guy?
Replies: 5
Views: 141

Re: What is this tatia looking guy?

Bebefinn wrote: 02 Jul 2025, 01:08It has been brought to my attention they are expecting you
LOL. The way you wrote that... it could be good, or it could be bad. =)) =))

Cheers, Eric
by bekateen
02 Jul 2025, 00:58
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: What is this tatia looking guy?
Replies: 5
Views: 141

Re: What is this tatia looking guy?

These guys are in with what I believe to be T. Gyrina and t. Brunnea but I wanted to double check if my ID for these guys was good since I’m hoping to take some home.

While you’re here you should visit ARCOF and their aquarium. Its small but its the best aquarium in south america imo. Dr Anthony ...
by bekateen
01 Jul 2025, 21:51
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: What is this tatia looking guy?
Replies: 5
Views: 141

Re: What is this tatia looking guy?

Hi Bebefinn. Welcome to PlanetCatfish!

I believe that fish gets sold as Tatia aulopygia , although the ID is questionable. It's sometimes listed as T. cf. aulopygia (as you see in the book) to reflect the uncertainty. Local retailers, if I recall, sell it at Tatia dunni , but again the ID is ...
by bekateen
01 Jul 2025, 20:26
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 37
Views: 11090

Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!

Definitely see new hatchlings today. First, I witnessed one egg hatch under the false floor and saw another unhatched egg, then I picked up the mop and shook it out to discover fry of three sizes. Now I'm convinced the largest fry are not simply better fed than smaller siblings. This is definitely ...
by bekateen
01 Jul 2025, 16:06
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 37
Views: 11090

Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!


Can you pop the parents into another tank temporarily?

Hi edds, yes I could move the parents, but I'm leaving town in a week or so for an extended trip and I'll need to have someone else caretaking the fish. I'd rather not make changes among the adults just before leaving. Since there are still ...
by bekateen
01 Jul 2025, 04:30
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 37
Views: 11090

Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!

Today, after looking again at how much bigger the fry are loose in the tank, I gambled and released the fry from the fry box back into the parents' tank. Fingers cruised they don't get eaten.

Cheers, Eric
by bekateen
28 Jun 2025, 23:05
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 37
Views: 11090

Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!

10 day update: There are still a few fry loose in the tank, in addition to the fry in the fry box. What I'm seeing, which I've seen before in other species, is that the fry surviving in the tank are growing much faster than the fry in the fry box. I presume the main explanation is that there are ...
by bekateen
28 Jun 2025, 00:23
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Is a catfish skin extract the cure for Type-I diabetes mellitus?
Replies: 0
Views: 150

Is a catfish skin extract the cure for Type-I diabetes mellitus?

This paper states it uses a preparation made from "Arabian Gulf catfish" and cites three papers for technique. Those papers used what is described as either Netuma bilineata or Netuma thalassina , depending on which prior citation you check.

Al-Hassan, J.M., Renno, W.M., Oommen, S., Nair, D., Paul ...
by bekateen
27 Jun 2025, 16:01
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Non-dissertation student research sticky
Replies: 17
Views: 109760

Morpho-functional variation in the genus Sturisoma

Raunelli Montoya, G.S. 2024. Morpho-functional variation in the genus Sturisoma (TELEOSTEI: SILURIFORMES: Loricariidae) in the Peruvian Amazon: Ecological and evolutionary implications. Bachelor's thesis, Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia.

Raunelli Montoya, G.S. 2024. Variación morfo-funcional ...
by bekateen
26 Jun 2025, 18:55
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: My Public Aquarium: exhibit blues - how to make them?
Replies: 1706
Views: 1703886

Re: My Public Aquarium: exhibit blues - how to make them?

Viktor Jarikov wrote: 06 Jun 2025, 04:39
Dang that looks painful.

It's fascinating to watch these fish in your tanks Viktor. Thanks.

Cheers, Eric
by bekateen
26 Jun 2025, 00:49
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Predictions are just that
Replies: 1
Views: 160

Predictions are just that

From The End Is Nigh :
Dear Planet Catfish,

It is clear from the reading of Nostradamus that the world will end when L666 is pictured in a source called DATZ. What L number are we up to now?

Concerned,
United States of America
4th July 2000

Dear Concerned,

Between 1988 and 1995 there were 210 ...
by bekateen
25 Jun 2025, 21:26
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 37
Views: 11090

Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!

Here's one of the fry today, at least 6mm SL.
by bekateen
25 Jun 2025, 03:08
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Environmental preferences of Acrochordonichthys rugosus?
Replies: 0
Views: 153

Environmental preferences of Acrochordonichthys rugosus?

Hi All,

In doing some literature research on peat swamps, I found a paper saying that Acrochordonichthys rugosus (and another species in the same genus) is found there, at least in the North Selangor peat swamp forest (NSPSF), Selangor ( REFERENCE HERE ). But our CLOG page for this species states ...
by bekateen
24 Jun 2025, 20:11
Forum: Bugs
Topic: Broken image links in SW articles
Replies: 0
Views: 178

Broken image links in SW articles

Hi Jools,

Not trying to make work for you, but the following articles have broken image links, or other issues if noted so. (FWIW, originally, I stumbled upon two SW articles, but then later decided to stroll through all of SW and the ABOUT & HELP tabs to see if other issues existed... needless to ...
by bekateen
24 Jun 2025, 18:50
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Bagarius protos & Bagarius dolichonema, new species
Replies: 5
Views: 775

Re: Bagarius protos & Bagarius dolichonema, new species


Oh, cool new species.

It's mentioned as such in the paper [Bagarius sp. ‘Salween’ Ng & Kottelat, 2021:141(Salween River).] So i think it's a safe bet. But, best to await @Silurus to confirm.

Cheers,

Jools

Thanks for the info. I posted just before heading for work, so haven't had time to read ...
by bekateen
24 Jun 2025, 17:45
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Bagarius protos & Bagarius dolichonema, new species
Replies: 5
Views: 775

Re: Bagarius protos & Bagarius dolichonema, new species

Is the same as the new B. protos? I added a clog tag in the above post, but I didn't add B. protos to the CLOGs until I know if these are the same.

Cheers, Eric
by bekateen
24 Jun 2025, 17:38
Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
Topic: Bagarius protos & Bagarius dolichonema, new species
Replies: 5
Views: 775

Bagarius protos & Bagarius dolichonema, new species

Bagarius protos .
Bagarius dolichonema .

Zeng Y-Y, Pu X-R, Lei H-T, Oo TN, & X-Y Chen. (2025). A taxonomic review of Bagarius catfish (Siluriformes, Sisoridae) in the Salween and Irrawaddy rivers, with descriptions of two new species from China and Myanmar. Zoosystematics and Evolution, 101(3 ...
by bekateen
24 Jun 2025, 16:52
Forum: African Catfishes
Topic: New Syno?
Replies: 5
Views: 226

Re: New Syno?

That's an interesting fish! What is the store calling it?

Cheers, Eric
by bekateen
24 Jun 2025, 02:28
Forum: Asian Catfishes
Topic: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!
Replies: 37
Views: 11090

Re: Erethistes horai? No, E. minusculus - SPAWNED!

medaka wrote: 23 Jun 2025, 18:22You did the spawning 😀
LOL, technically, I think the fish did the spawning, but I'm happy to get credit for it. :-)
medaka wrote: 23 Jun 2025, 18:22Hope to see you again sometime.
Agreed! Maybe CSG 2026?

Cheers,
Eric

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