Many thanks, Jools and Eric. I really appreciate having the benefit of your experience.

Howdy PC members. I wonder if anyone with experience could tell me what temperature ranges you've kept Microsynodontis at; any other tips you have are welcome. Purchased a couple of these recently... Real nice, couple inches long at most at the moment. Couldn't tell you what species but they def app...

hdayin, thanks for posting... I sent you a PM.

Hey Phoenix - are these still available? I'd love to come see em; I'm about an hour away from Troy NY.

It's working! No ads visible - that is a wonderful feature, Jools. Very thoughtful, and an excellent perk for anybody who makes a donation. This oughta encourage others to donate too.

Hey Jools... I have made a couple donations in the past, but I'm still seeing the google ads.

[quote]...my experience (and if you read this whole thread, you learned this) is that I'm a relatively bad plant keeper because my tanks mostly have high current and low low light. So for me, the model doesn't work as well. I love your emergent plants in your tank. How are you supporting them in the...

I plan to try a deep substrate as an experiment in a tank that I'll be setting up soon. I'd seen that video by Aquarium Coop on Ocean Aquarium in San Francisco, and found it fascinating. Maybe a bit off-topic, but I have always used plants to control nitrogen... all of my tanks have live plants, and...

These fish which I now believe are Megalechis thoracata are doing fine, with nice long barbels and very good overall health.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... cies_id=14

No sign of breeding yet, which I am hoping for at some point.

Thanks again for the help.

Best wishes,

Chris

When I first saw this fish in the LFS, he was backed tail-first into a large snail shell - a very small amount of his head showing - pretty cool behavior, so ditto the advise on hiding places. In my limited experience, this fish likes to dig, so give it something to dig under. I had made the one tha...

Silurus,

Thank you for your reply - I will maintain high water quality and monitor the fish - he looks a bit better today, I believe.

Best wishes

C Windram

You can check out a couple of posts I made about this species some time ago: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9688&highlight= http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9682&highlight= I had this fish for a while, then took him back to the store. I now wish I had ma...

Greetings Catfishionados, My thanks to you all, as I have received excellent advice and no small measure of education in the past from these forums. Today I have another question: I have recently obtained a group of 4 beautiful Hoplosternum or Lepthoplosternum species - somewhat similar in appearanc...

Dear cory keepers,

I have recently obtained a beautiful c. sodalis...anyone know what the proper temperature range is for this fish?

Many thanks,

Chris Windram

Just wanted to post and say that everything is fine now in the 20 gal tank...Cory fins are 100% healed. I miss the troll (Pseudopimelodus bufonis), but perhaps this will be some incentive to do a species tank in the not too distant future.

Best wishes,

Chris Windram

Just wanted to post and say that everything is fine now in the 20 gal tank...Cory fins are 100% healed. I miss the troll (Pseudopimelodus bufonis), but perhaps this will be some incentive to do a species tank in the not too distant future. <a href="www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/pseudopi/ pseudo...

Howdy Planet Catfish, I don't know if this is the place for this or not, but I saw what may have been a bogus post (russian brides / russian dating) made as a reply to a post that I made earlier in the Speak Easy forum: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=9681 Best wishes, Chris Windram

Saradora, Here in Massachusetts where I live we have a municipal water company that sometimes adds an excess of chlorine to the water depending on time of year, etc. The water comes from a small reservoir in the hills which has good fish habitat, but there is algae growth in reservoir, so the water ...

An affordable alternative to peat granules sold at the LFS is Sphagnum Moss (not the "fossil" peat which is typically found at garden stores)...you can check this out at <a href="http://www.mosserlee.com/whatis.html">www.mo sserlee.com</a>. I've been using this to soften water an...

Myra, I have Otocinclus cats in both my tanks, and they do help quite a bit with algae on glass, plants, rocks, and other surfaces. I recently got 5 new Otocinclus and placed them in my 20 Gal (which had some light algae growth on the glass, etc.)...within two days they had cleaned the tank spotless...

Tom, Conditions were deteriorating again in the tank...the P. bufonius was doing just peachy, but each morning for the past 2 days, I saw fresh damage to the Corys. Sadly, I have taken the Pseudopimelodus back to the LFS - he was in perfect health, and a bit tricky to catch, but we bagged him withou...

Gentlmen, Thanks for sharing your knowledge about these fish. Conditions were deteriorating again in the tank...the P. bufonius was doing just peachy, but each morning for the past 2 days, I saw fresh damage to the Corys. Sadly, I have taken the Pseudopimelodus back to the LFS - he was in perfect he...

Hi Tom, Thanks for your reply. I'm pretty scrupulous about water quality, but I appreciate your suggestions. Corys are doing better now...fins healing. I'm pretty sure now that the Pseudopimelodus bufonius was racing around the tank the first night he was in there, trying to get acclimated, and I th...

Thanks for your reply, Marc. The fish in question is doing well, no longer "jumping out" at fish that approach the entrance to his underwater lair. He's been willing to come out in late evening after tank lights are off (but room light still on), and get some small pellet food. A truly bea...

Do not buy any of these "dyed" fish - it is a disgrace what lengths folks will go to to try and make a buck. Nice Corys weren't selling fast enough before, so they had to dye them? Please... You also might consider letting your LFS know that you don't wish to buy from establishments that c...

Silurus - thanks for your reply. I checked out both species online before purchasing the fish - it's hard to be sure, as they look very similar. This fish is already approx 3" long, and the gal at the LFS said that the fish would grow to 2-3 times that size, hence my guess that I might have P. ...

Does anyone have experience with <I>Pseudopimelodus bufonius</I>? I found this lovely catfish at my LFS at the most affordable price of $2.09. He was hiding in a very large snail shell. I have tenatively identified him as P. bufonius: <a href="http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/pseudopi/pseud...

I have a very pleasant 20 Gal High tank with 3 Corydoras paleatus (Peppered Catfish), 2 Corydoras aeneus (albinos), 5 Otocinclus, and 1 Pseudopimelodus (maybe bufonius a species of South American Bumblebee Catfish). There is also one female Betta up top. A few live plants are in the tank, some Valli...

Greetings Catficionados, Chris Windram here, I've been enjoying Planet Catfish for several months now - I have a lifelong passion for catfish, and Planet Catfish is the best online forum for Cat lovers that I've seen - the CatElog has been so helpful to me in my investigations of aquarium catfish. I...