Was that second spawn actually two spawns at once? The mystery may be solved! Dad's already on eggs for two days, and another female is back in his bamboo laying MORE eggs!
Cheers,
Eric
Rineloricaria lanceolata: One male. One bamboo pipe. Two spawns at once? TWICE?
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- Today, 04:03
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Rio Itaya black Rineloricaria lanceolata spawned
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- Yesterday, 20:26
- Forum: Speak Easy
- Topic: Dwarf Chain Loaches Spawning in 125gal.
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Re: Dwarf Chain Loaches Spawning in 125gal.
Nice. Did you collect the eggs? Have they spawned before?
- Yesterday, 13:53
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Rio Itaya black Rineloricaria lanceolata spawned
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2002
Re: Rio Itaya black Rineloricaria lanceolata spawned
Hi Jeanne, so far, I've pulled out only 3 or 4 dead from the first spawn. I imagine a few more have have died, but I haven't seen more dead bodies from that box and I still have at least 100 of the one-month old babies. So survival rate is over 90% at this time.
Cheers, Eric
Cheers, Eric
- Yesterday, 13:47
- Forum: All Resolved Issues
- Topic: The About page ("general") appears to be broken
- Replies: 4
- Views: 129
- 24 Mar 2023, 21:17
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
- Topic: Finally! A Tatia gyrina spawn!
- Replies: 6
- Views: 372
Re: Finally! A Tatia gyrina spawn!
Congratulations! I hope they are fertile and do well!
Best,
Eric
Best,
Eric
- 24 Mar 2023, 18:06
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Rio Itaya black Rineloricaria lanceolata spawned
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2002
Re: Rio Itaya black Rineloricaria lanceolata spawned
This morning, after I fed the babies from the first two sets of babies, I was rethinking the weird dynamic of the second spawn: The first eggs started hatching on day 12 of incubation, a day later than the first spawn (that in itself is no big deal). However,... By day 17 of incubation, there were a...
- 24 Mar 2023, 14:49
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Iridescence in glass catfish
- Replies: 5
- Views: 221
Re: Iridescence in glass catfish
Interviewing an uninvolved scientist is a common practice when reporting on scientific findings. I don't know why.
No matter, you're famous! What's next? Social influencer?
Cheers, Eric
No matter, you're famous! What's next? Social influencer?

Cheers, Eric
- 24 Mar 2023, 13:40
- Forum: All Resolved Issues
- Topic: The About page ("general") appears to be broken
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Re: The About page ("general") appears to be broken
LOL. Sorry to disappoint.sturiosoma wrote: ↑24 Mar 2023, 09:12 Oh NO just when I thought there might be something fun to do here.
Jeanne

Cheers, Eric
- 24 Mar 2023, 04:46
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Corydoras leucomelas
- Replies: 12
- Views: 450
- 24 Mar 2023, 01:42
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Whats this woodcat?
- Replies: 6
- Views: 223
Re: Whats this woodcat?
Hi Catfish-ologist... Is that the same thing as what we have here as Centromochlus macracanthus?Catfish-ologist wrote: ↑24 Mar 2023, 00:47 Those are Balroglanis Sp. Peru.
I know the guy that runs that place. He has helped me get some pretty unique woodcats!
- 23 Mar 2023, 22:25
- Forum: All Resolved Issues
- Topic: The About page ("general") appears to be broken
- Replies: 4
- Views: 129
The About page ("general") appears to be broken
Hi Jools. I randomly clicked on the Fun Stuff page today... haven't been there in a while. The page didn't load and I received this error: Fatal error: Uncaught Error: Call to undefined function get_contributor_from_id() in /home/webcat/planetcatfish.com/common/functions/_articles.php:416 Stack trac...
- 23 Mar 2023, 17:00
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Let's try this again Day 1 Sturisomatichthys spawn
- Replies: 12
- Views: 469
Re: Let's try this again Day 1 Sturisomatichthys spawn
Better luck this time. Can you remove "Big Daddy" to a different tank so that he can't either eat the eggs or bother the smaller dad male? If that's not possible, how about cutting your filter uplift and creating a "swappable" segment so that when any dad spawns on the pipe, you ...
- 23 Mar 2023, 16:28
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Rio Itaya black Rineloricaria lanceolata spawned
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2002
- 23 Mar 2023, 00:35
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Rio Itaya black Rineloricaria lanceolata spawned
- Replies: 39
- Views: 2002
Re: Rio Itaya black Rineloricaria lanceolata spawned
I left town for 5 days on March 15; at that time, the dad with spawn #2 was still sitting on A LOT of eggs, even though there were plenty of babies already hatched and swimming around the box. I left a student to take care of the fry and watch for dad to finish hatching the eggs while I was gone. He...
- 22 Mar 2023, 23:25
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Karyotypic data of Rineloricaria pentamaculata
- Replies: 0
- Views: 85
Karyotypic data of Rineloricaria pentamaculata
Errero Porto, F. (2023). The Contributions of species Rineloricaria pentamaculata (Loricariidae:Loricariinae) in a karyoevolutionary context. Cytogenetic contributions of Rineloricaria pentamaculata. Caryologia . https://doi.org/10.36253/caryologia-1611 https://riviste.fupress.net/index.php/caryolog...
- 22 Mar 2023, 21:40
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Corydoras leucomelas
- Replies: 12
- Views: 450
Re: Corydoras leucomelas
- 22 Mar 2023, 17:56
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Corydoras leucomelas
- Replies: 12
- Views: 450
Re: Corydoras leucomelas
Here's the distribution of Corydoras(ln9) leucomelas records on file at GBIF.org. Definitely in Colombia, and one record is along the Rio Irindiri, close to the Atabapo and Orinoco.
Cheers, Eric
Cheers, Eric
- 22 Mar 2023, 13:43
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Are L134 still on the banned list
- Replies: 3
- Views: 254
Re: Are L134 still on the banned list
Thanks. I haven't seen an update lately on the list.
- 21 Mar 2023, 03:27
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Cambeva piraquara, new species from the upper Rio Iguaçu
- Replies: 0
- Views: 103
Cambeva piraquara, new species from the upper Rio Iguaçu
dos Reis, R.B., Wosiacki, W.B, Ferrer, J., Donin, L.M., & W.J. da Graça. (2023). A new species of Cambeva (Siluriformes: Trichomycteridae) from an area of high anthropogenic impacts in the headwaters of Rio Iguaçu, Southern Brazil. Canadian Journal of Zoology . https://doi.org/10.1139/cjz-2022-0...
- 20 Mar 2023, 21:39
- Forum: Taxonomy & Science News
- Topic: Sexual dimorphism and reproductive biology of Cephalocassis borneensis
- Replies: 0
- Views: 61
Sexual dimorphism and reproductive biology of Cephalocassis borneensis
Le, N. S., & Duong, T. Y. (2023). Sexual dimorphism and reproductive biology of Cephalocassis borneensis (Siluriformes: Ariidae), a paternal mouthbrooding fish in the Mekong River. Journal of Fish Biology . doi:10.1111/jfb.15378 https://doi.org/10.1111/jfb.15378 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/d...
- 20 Mar 2023, 13:37
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Let's try this again Day 1 Sturisomatichthys spawn
- Replies: 12
- Views: 469
Re: Let's try this again Day 1 Sturisomatichthys spawn
That didn't take long. Congratulations!
Cheers, Eric
Cheers, Eric
- 20 Mar 2023, 05:38
- Forum: Tank Talk
- Topic: Starting a fishroom
- Replies: 52
- Views: 13946
Re: Starting a fishroom
Cheers, Eric
- 19 Mar 2023, 15:44
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Crossoloricaria Bahuja
- Replies: 3
- Views: 217
Re: Crossoloricaria Bahuja
Hi Jeanne,
How big are these? Any more spawns? Are these in the same tank? Do you have sand and gravel in different parts of the tank?
Cheers,
Eric
How big are these? Any more spawns? Are these in the same tank? Do you have sand and gravel in different parts of the tank?
Cheers,
Eric
- 19 Mar 2023, 14:04
- Forum: Suggestions, Feature Requests and Enhancements
- Topic: Wishlist editing
- Replies: 6
- Views: 249
Re: Wishlist editing
Hi naturalart. Across the top of the page, find the "My Stuff" tab. Click on it to find "My Wishlist." Click on it. You can remove any items shown there using the "Remove" link / trashcan icon to the far right of each species. Screenshot_20230319-090456_Chrome.jpg To ad...
- 19 Mar 2023, 02:33
- Forum: Tank Talk
- Topic: My pleco tank, inspired by a biotope
- Replies: 10
- Views: 635
Re: My pleco tank, inspired by a biotope
Leporacanthicus heterodon is really high up on my list of "big plecos" ... err, big in my concept... for future tank expansion.
God luck with them.
Cheers, Eric
God luck with them.
Cheers, Eric
- 19 Mar 2023, 02:31
- Forum: Speak Easy
- Topic: Visited Shedd Aquarium yesterday
- Replies: 2
- Views: 190
Re: Visited Shedd Aquarium yesterday
Great to see, thank you Eric so much! Our P. pictus haven't changed so much with age so far (~7yo). IIRC Shedd has a very large group of them with perhaps other Pimelodus mixed in. Sadly, I didn't get a picture or video of the Pimelodus. There were a lot. Maybe 15-25? I don't recall but the group w...
- 18 Mar 2023, 13:43
- Forum: Speak Easy
- Topic: Visited Shedd Aquarium yesterday
- Replies: 2
- Views: 190
Visited Shedd Aquarium yesterday
Out on a family trip for a relative's birthday in Chicago. Yesterday was a trip to the Shedd Aquarium. They have a nice series of displays in their Amazon exhibit. Didn’t get pics of all the catfishes I saw, but got a few. There was also a nice tank with a school of Pimelodus . I expected P. pictus ...
- 18 Mar 2023, 13:11
- Forum: All Resolved Issues
- Topic: Unable to upload photo of eggs in a BLOG
- Replies: 9
- Views: 522
Re: Unable to upload photo of eggs in a BLOG
It works! Thanks Jools!
Cheers, Eric
Cheers, Eric
- 18 Mar 2023, 13:08
- Forum: Speak Easy
- Topic: Petco's aquarium sale is on. Time to score low-boys
- Replies: 10
- Views: 479
Re: Petco's aquarium sale is on. Time to score low-boys
I have 5 tanks in my cart at Petco but no money to pay for them, so I opened a go fund me account that reads, Can you help this dying hobbyist who has only 5yr. to live at the most, Jeanne is a hobbyist and she really, really loves raising catfish, and Jeanne is also a long time Registered Member a...
- 17 Mar 2023, 21:16
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Meds
- Replies: 3
- Views: 226
Re: Meds
What kind of plecos? I usually treat with PraziPro, then tank the fish with healthy common Ancistrus and let the poop accumulate. I think they new fish get inoculated by the poop germs of the healthy fish.
Good luck,
Eric
Good luck,
Eric