Came home from work today to discover dad had abandoned the fry and he was outside the cave. So I released him from the fry basket and I then released the fry from the cave into the basket. I was interested in the color pattern these are showing around the head within 24 hours of hatching. Not like ...

They hatched! Six days from eggs to hatching (no more than 6.5 days, depending on when eggs were laid, since eggs weren't there at 7am last Thursday but were there by 9pm that evening). I'd share pics of fry, but dad is doing his darnedest to block my camera view. Edit. Moved dad's cave for easier v...

Dwivedi, A.K., Verma, H.O. & Dewan, S. Diversification of Body Shape in Catfishes of the Ganga River. Natl. Acad. Sci. Lett. (2022). Published: 24 September 2022. https://doi.org/10.1007/s40009-022-01168-w https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s40009-022-01168-w Abstract This study utilizes ...

I do visit Sacramento/Folsom on occasion for work, so know of any fish stores worth checking out in that area for next time I'm there? Absolutely! Here is a link to all the LFS that sponsor our fish club, the Sacramento Aquarium Society: http://www.sacramentoaquariumsociety.info/sponsors.html If yo...

Congratulations! Eques is not an easy cory to spawn!

Cheers, Eric

Sadly, I've never had C141. For corys I've only ever had habrosus and paleatus, though I make sure to always keep some space open in the event I stumble upon some knaacki, C150, C141, or other beautiful spotty species. Sorry, I must have been confusing you with someone who used to live down by me i...

I know the odds are low, but do you have the C141 still? It's been several years.

Cheers,
Eric

Hi Lisa, I don't know if it's been discussed here with corys, but there have been conversations here about Walstad tanks. I hope this helps: https://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/search.php?keywords=Walstad&terms=all&author=&sc=1&sf=all&sr=posts&sk=t&sd=d&st=0&ch=30...

Another spawn is always a win!

Congratulations,
Eric

Hi Seb,

I agree those genital papillae look female on both fish. But dang, what's with the odontodes on that one "female?"

Good luck,
Eric

On a related note, should Ancistrus martini have a common name of cucuta pleco? Maybe Martin's bristlenose and move cucuta to A. sp. cucuta? Asking before doing as not sure of background. Hi Jools and Shane, Jools, those common names seem reasonable. I'm looking at maps to compare the location of C...

This morning I found this one egg on the rim of the cave, and by tonight it was kicked out.

As a precaution, I moved the loose egg and the whole cave (with dad and eggs inside) into a fry basket. Let's see how that goes.

Cheers, Eric

Thanks Jools and Shane. I've created Ancistrus sp(8). I'll add text for its backstory later today when I'm on a computer.

Cheers,
Eric

Why not just add it as a color variant of the natural species, like albino aeneus or schulze black? ... and I'd suggest one entry per real species, with all color variations lumped in together. Do we have special entries for albino Corydoras? As far as I know not. What would be different for these t...

They were successful! Yay! \:d/ I see loose eggs on the floor of the cave, so this first spawn must have been a little chaotic, but I'll chalk it up to a win. Hopefully the eggs are fertilized and develop well. :YMPRAY: I sure wish I could know what these are. I emailed Petra Aqua again today. This ...

Otocinclus or Hypoptopoma maybe?

Cheers, Eric

For the first time since I got these, the male is trapping a female overnight. Fingers crossed!

The male is still only about 5cm SL. For scale, the cave they're in is one of the smallest caves sold by Plecocaves.com.

Cheers, Eric

how hard should I try to keep Malaysian trumpet snails out of tanks I intend to breed fish in? I feel like I'm fighting a losing battle with them, recently having contaminated another tank with a piece of wood that had been out of water and dry for the better part of a year, yet apparently still ha...

Hi Sean,

Your moijiri spawned? That's terrific! Congratulations (and on the altae).

Eric

sturiosoma wrote: ↑Tue Sep 20, 2022 9:52 am Can I use my breeding points to buy stuff at the shop

Jeanne

well played. I removed the spam post, but I'm leaving this reference to it.

Cheers, Eric