Thanks everyone! So I was not the only one!

Seems like a water change with cooler water and a meal of frozen bloodworms gives good vibes!

It must seem like a gust of fresh air after being stuck in a dust storm for a while?

Hello, greetings from South Korea! Recently I have been quite active on the South American catfish forums! I got a ton of useful advice, always nice to learn something new! My gratitude to everyone who helped me! This time I have a shared category question; as the title says, do you fish enjoy their...

I used to have four with just one male and they were fairly social with each other, I've fond memories of them being very brave and being happy to come and eat Tetra Prima in the palms of my hand while my hands were immersed in their tank water. Awwww how adorable! If I manage to get some shipped i...

I keep several species of banjo, the common ones I see the least, and never see feeding but have had them all for several years, so they appear to find sufficient food at night when they come out. They are bettr kept with a sand substrate where possible. HTH Martin Thanks Martin! I will keep this i...

Hi Quokka, They do like live worms, but they eat pellets and other dry foods too. Try worm flakes or 1mm NLS Thera A+ pellets. Also give them a sandy substrate, they like to burrow and hide. Good luck, Eric P.S., yes, put your food in a ziplock bag or in an empty clean food jar, like a jelly jar. T...

Corydoras sterbai! They do well at higher temperatures. And they are pretty too!

Hello, I saw some banjo catfish at a fish store. I read they are very easy to keep and feed, just very hard to see! So I asked the clerk, what do they eat? And he says they eat nothing but bloodworms, and they will refuse everything else! Are these a picky bunch or maybe the store is not trying to w...

They dont school as such. I have kept them individually ok and in pairs and groups, what I have observed is that while they dont school or swim in any formation etc however they appear to be fine with each others company mine would share the same log ,cave etc. They can be quite boisterous at times...

@ schooling, M thoracata do not swim that much, so I wonder how they could be schooling. I have their relative Hoplosternum littorale, which swims a lot more, but they do not school. Each one goes their own seperate way. Thanks yet again Bas! So you imply a single thoracata individual will not feel...

(At this point I think I am obsessed with the family Callichthyidae :)) ) I have the chance to get some young Megalechis thoracata (Only saw them in real life once!) and looking at their caresheets, they seem to be a fairly easy species to keep (As with most, if not all members of the family :YMAPPL...

Bas Pels wrote: ↑22 Feb 2019, 07:35 Fish don't care for color.

The problem is, however, a mixed color school will not look nicely

Thanks again Bas! Always grateful!

Good point! I will tell her that....but it is her choice haha. Personally I prefer the normal coloration way more!

A friend is recently starting cories and I recommended sterbai to her (Since they are my favorite haha) She says they are okay, but that she really wants to keep albino corys too. So I told her, "There are albino sterbai too! Since they are the same species they should...." Then I got stum...

bekateen wrote: ↑19 Feb 2019, 14:24 After any cooking. Then I freeze.

Thanks! I will try it! Hopefully my fish keep on being tough!

I freeze foods for several weeks in zip lock sandwich bags. Good luck! Eric I see! Is this before or after blanching them? I plan to do this with zucchini. I also found 3 Amano shrimp hiding behind my filter....I nearly tore down the tank searching for them before treating it and I was sure they ha...

Sadly right after I posted this I noticed my bristlenose catfish caught velvet so I am treating the whole cake with Cupramine (Yeah I know copper but...)....all the parasite cysts have fallen off but I am not sure the disease has been completely eradicated so I am still treating the tank. He seems h...

2 weeks ago I was cleaning the mesh covering my filter (To prevent any small fish or fry getting sucked in) in warm tap water, when something scurried around frantically! It turned out to be one of my otos! I immediately placed her back in my tank and she is still happily scuttling around. She endur...

Bas Pels wrote: ↑12 Feb 2019, 07:36 @ By nigrans you mean nigrita?

Yes, sorry for not verifying the spelling

Naaaah I am extremely thankful for your input!
Honestly both nigrita and nigriventris have their own charms! I would be happy to have either!

Swimming in mid-water upside down is also a clue to look out for. Thanks! I saw baby eupterus do that quite often too....but come to think of it, as not as much as the origical USDC nigriventris would I guess! Upside down midwater....now I feel I have all the weapons necessary to tell the differenc...

Whilr your main thinkg is to separate auteris from nigriventris, you basically want to be certain they are nigriventris. And not nigrans, for instance. Eupterus is the only syno with the featherlike dorsal. S nigriventris have black bellies, the very name nigriventris means with with black ventral ...

Hello everyone, Over here in South Korea, the most common Synodontis is eupterus . Heck, if it is just named " Synodontis ", chances are it is 99% just eupterus ! The only other relatively well known species are lucipinnis (as petricola ) and mulpitunctatus (The beautiful cuckoo catfish). ...

Thanks for all the replies! I actually have trouble keeping Anubias alive but Java fern and moss are both doing fine so I will add more of both! Hopefully they keep spawning and I can raise some of their babies!
Good luck Lisa!! Mine are spawning at about 28C.

Hi Quokka, Congratulations! My sterbai used to lay eggs all over the glass and in a spawning mop. So plants will be helpful. Cheers, Eric Thanks! I guess plants with long, thick leaves like larger Anubias will fit the bill? I have trouble keeping plants alive but the Java fern I have seem to be doi...

Hello all, I recently made a thread about my sterbai. They must be happy, because they are spawning! The have placed eggs in quite the random places, near the surface, on the magnetic scrubber, on Vallisneria leaves, on wood, the Anubias attached to the wood, etc. Strangely enough, not on the 3D bac...

Thanks! I will keep that in mind! Hopefully mine will be happy and spawn too! (They spawned a lot with their previous owner!) Maybe only some shrimp as tankmates will be okay at that lower temperature!

Thanks Bas! In that case it would be best to have separate tanks for the two species. The CotM article here says their preferred temp range is 24~28 C.....Would it be good to aim for 25~26 C? I would like them to live as long as possible without shortening their lifespans due to high metabolism from...

Hello all, I recently started fishkeeping again, and my plan is to focus on my favorite cory, sterbai . Currently I have a group of 7 youngsters in a 15 gallon tank and I am planning on getting a few more. From my experience, they school way more than bronze corys do! So cute how they pile on top of...