Hi
It is possible to make floating pellets sink,using a syringe, like this:
https://youtu.be/1tn2hEha4TE

Nice place I've found. Next time please invite me
We are not so far away

Thanks Eric. It was very unexpected. Actually I was concerned if they were ok. There is not a lot of places for them to hide. And I was not sure if they were eating enough, because there is a lot of corys in that tank. But I feel very lucky that I was there at that exact moment. The only thing that ...

Hi, got a chance to film my Bunocephalus coracoideus spawning. It was 2 AM when I decided to check my tanks before going to bed. When I turn on the lights I saw some unusual behavior of my group of B coracoideus (2 females and 3 males). So I turned on the tank lights, and 5 minutes later the first s...

Hi, saw these fish in my LFS in a Corydoras aeneus tank.

Could these be Corydoras undulatus? Or C088? Or CW085?
The fish is from Brazil.
Any ideas?
Thanks

Hi, I've got this little guy for almost 9 months, and as far as I can tell it is still the same size, around 4 or 5 cm. I thougt it was a juvenile Amblydoras, based on the caudal fin. But yesterday I saw a Merodoras nheco , that has the same caudal fin and SL 54mm, so now I'm not so sure. Any though...

Hi, I have only 2 in a 55. They are not very active, except when feeding. I can't tell if in larger groups they are more active, but I would not say that they are a midwater fish. Mine are always over plants or rocks. They do not hide, so fighting with plecos for hiding places is not a problem. It's...

I was at the fish store where I bought mine. And I saw that they have the same fish in a display tank. It's 15-20 cms. Maybe this pictures can help the identification

Hi Glauce, I know what you mean. "Abacaxi" is used as a commom name for a few species of plecos here in Brasil, usualy Pterygoplichthys pardalis , or other species of Pterygoplichthys. But I have seen some Hypostomus being sold as Abacaxi as well. I think I got the same fish as you. Hypost...

Hi, I don't think Carachama mama is a brazilian name.

In Brazil the commom names are

Cascudo cauda de lira / Cascudo espinho / Canana capeta

I think carachama is a peruvian name

Hi Eric, the abdominal spots were the first thing I noticed that made me doubt that it was not P. pardalis. The second was the fin spots, there are some on the fin spine, but on the fin rays they are practically absent. It is almost like the fins are black and the fin rays are white. So, after looki...

Hi, a friend gave me this fish as it was to big for his tank. My guess is but I’m not so sure. Any ideas?

Mine eats cucumber, but anubias and microsorum are safe.
When in quarentine, he chewed a water hyacinth!

I will try to give him peas and lettuce.

Hi Thats indeed Hypostomus sertanejo. The species is being bred by Hudson Crizanto in Brazil, so I guess you purchased some of his offspring. Now a lot of LFS are seeling this species, and they are being sold as farm raised and not as wild caught. So I guess Acanthicus is right. And I think they wi...

Hi, about the size of Pimelodus maculatus I have found this information: "P. maculatus females have a higher average length than males (Barbosa et al., 1988; Basile-Martins et al., 1986; Braga, 2000; Fenerich et al., 1975); the largest recorded length is 44 cm for females and 38 cm for males (B...

Hi Eric, The fin spine is missing. So, if it won't grow back, maybe it's been like this for a while. I have never seen melafix at a lfs, It's avaiable online, but it is a little expansive, and it would take more than 2 weeks to be delivered. So I will try to find something similar at a lfs. I'm hope...

Hi Saturday I rescued 2 corys and 10 neons from a guy that lost interest in the hobby. He told me the corys are at least 5 years old. One albino coy is in really bad shape, it has no pectoral fin! The dorsal fin was almost gone, and had some red spots on the caudal fin. I'm keeping it in a hospital ...

Hi.
Thanks for your help.
I'm thinking about buying at least one.
But right now I dont have a quarentine tank that I could use! Let's see in a few weeks

Saw these at a lfs identified as

But, they often mislabel some fish (specially catfish)

Can anyone help with this ID?

There is almost no pictures of Amblydoras monitor! The one in scotcat.com seens a little different than my, specialy the color. But it is difficult to trust in only one picture, of one specimen and with bad lighting. But the fish description is very accurate. And both Amblydoras are found in the sam...

Hi Dave, the problem with Amblydoras nauticus is the distribution.
I am quite sure the fish is from Brazil, and if Amblydoras nauticus is only found in Peru, than thats not the case.

So you think the darker is a Platydoras hancockii? And the marbled one? I guess it may be Amblydoras affinis or Amblydoras nauticus. Amblydoras affinis is found in Brazil, so i think its more likely to be it. With regard to the s, and the plural in Portuguese, you are quite right. It is hard to say ...

A recent visit to a small lfs proved to be very fruitfull. Usualy all they sell are some bettas, guppies and goldfish. But luckily, at least for me, someone sent them a diferent fish from what they had ordered. And since they didn't know what they had the prices were very low. And I just had to buy ...