Very unscientifically, it looks like a keeper to me. Black locust ( Robinia pseudoacacia ) I'm not familiar with but as it's a deciduous hardwood tree then it's almost certainly safe. If it were me I'd toss it in an outdoor tub with a couple of goldfish for a few months, aside from the fact this wil...

Also noting this is my priority but it is challenging work. The original JavaScript was written by @MatsP and it's a testament to that work it's lasted so long. However, it needs refreshed and it has in it some complex maths (for me anyway!), JavaScript and the new stuff Google has added. I'm also c...

Yes, forum update combined with a less recent change at google means I need to rewrite how the maps work.

Jools

If they're the same thing, the British common name is water boatmen.

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Jools

If anyone can email me over a copy of this paper it'd be appreciated.

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Jools

Now I'm looking at Acanthodoras sp(2) and wondering if that's A. polygramma . Thoughts? It could be, but we need more info on what (aside from swim bladder) can differentiate these species. That photo was taken in Japan more than 20 years ago. They are young fish but there are several of them so no...

Oh - very cool. I don't think we have images of these online or much info about them at all. Can I add you pics to the cat-eLog?

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Jools

The forum will be offline from 1530 GMT today while we upgrade the forum to V3.3.12. These are mostly background/admin or security changes but do include better handling of multiple submitting of same post. Something that's been an occasional bug bear since forum launch in 2003. Should be about 30 -...

Lovely - where about in Uganda were you?

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Jools

Fixed, the first one. The remainder need more brains! Will get to them soon.

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I'd probably go for - something you would see more. Maybe is another good one?

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Jools

Might not be what you wanted, but they are pretty.

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Jools

Cool. How do we pronounce the new Cory? eye app? I am not sure given the etymology.

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Jools
PS Is the DOI working OK in the above?

Brilliant - Mark is a fun guy on a collecting trip and a master of the field hammock. A few warm evenings we spent on the Xingu as I was tying twine labels to fishes... Seems like you had a lot of fun looking around - that must have been a big Rita . Also, that counter is at least one out with new c...

Corydoras is a lot smaller than it used to be. This means a LOT of broken links which I am attempting to find, fix and future-proof. First up is getting any requests for all names to work both via clog tags and if linked or used elsewhere for example in Shane's World articles. Here's a full list of...

Candiru sure don't need a ladder (If they had one, though, they might be gladder). Whatever their genus, They go up your penis And start up a home in your bladder. This epic catfish limerick by @Chrysichthys and others should not be forgotten and can be found here: https://www.planetcatfish.com/foru...

Well, I wish I was a catfish Swimming in, Lord, the deep blue sea I have all you pretty women Fishin' after me, fishin' after me Fishin' after me, yeah I know this from Jimi Hendrix's version, but "Catfish Blues" has a long history starting with Robert Petway’s Original in 1941, with the l...

Love it. Plays to our purpose of being an online troll-hoard of all things catfish!

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1-2-3-4 I declare a fossil war. Rather daft intro by me, but this is great stuff. And it's happening in as close as real-time as you get in this type of thing. I just wish I could read it without having to pay for it. I did glean than the opposing authors have published before on ancient gars. Will ...

So, what, I get to change my all my avatars and pretend to be a 25-year-old me? It's also a reminder that, in 1992, I missed the chance to buy catfish.com. Gah!

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That's a pretty fish, reminds me quite a lot of . If anyone has the paper, a copy would be helpful.

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Jools

I'm 50/50 on "Microcorydoras", but I think the stronger feeling is that getting rid of numbers in names is the right call (excepting, as you say, the Brochis sub-clades). Epic work on the name gender changes. So, only Brochis remains split, everything else into their new (old) genera. Sorr...

Hi Eric, Yes, for sure. Brochis(sc2) etc is the way to go. Brochis(sc1) doesn't need to be, just Brochis is fine for this - good call. Give it 24 hours (so, daily/overnight backups run) and then cool to rename the big groups one per 24 hours? This has been a very long time in "gestation", ...

Aw, I am sad to hear this but I can't think this could have gone better.

What an amazing life you've given this fish - well done, just well done.

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Jools

Thanks Ian and Eric for posting - especially Ian; it has been a while.

So, the million$ question for me is do I keep the lineages especially for Brochis' sub-clades.

Will consider for a day or two - not one to rush!

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Jools

I wonder if this wonderful gibby is a fish I sold you or perhaps you got from the shop where I worked? Quick question as I would like to help. Do you have a garden pond?

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There was a problem posting the spawn information, I'll post everything I have as soon as I am able to. Let me know, directly, what problems you are having. It'd be great to have this information for everyone to share. Also, or alternatively, if you have the time, a breeding article to add to the s...

I've fixed the bug in so far as it now displays an error message when an image is too small.

On the matter of the image being too small in the first place, attached here is an updated image that's larger although you may wish to use something else?

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Jools

Does anyone have the paper and can share? I'm considering might be involved in this.

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Jools

1. Don't know what pellets they are, or size, but generally if they're left after 15 minutes you're feeding too much per feeding. Synos are fine to feed every other day but daily is fine as long as they are not going obese. They will overeat, so be careful. Don't "double-up" if you miss a ...