And what about Pier ..Mats??
2 sizes available wild xl and small CB.

Looking good Mr Wrass. The 4 you got I will try to get the local .
Steves are from the mass batch later different local.
The colour is superb on them .. nice work

Hi Look at Batasio,Glyptothorax,Amblyceps,Gagatta,Horned garra are nice and will eat algae too.

Well wecame to a total finally . £1450 For the fight against this awfull disease !!
THANKYOU!!!! To all who contributed !

Bogged down with lots of nice choice ,what a great position to be in ,The dangilla is the Myanmar one yes .It is a pound cheaper than opsarius though ??? A no brainer IMO opsarius are more interesting by far .The more I watch the Glyptothorax the more I think they will compete sucsessfully with the ...

Hi Martin , I think the flow is an issue , Also I think once settled and grown these cats may predate on small fish? Given the way they are acting I would suspect this but I may be wrong .
Sorry to throw another problem in .

Hi Martin , I am not to good with computers but Matt one of my staff loaded a video on Youtube of the opsarius (which are in the same tank as the glyptothorax and are coming up from the bottom to take food from the danios (; http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=PierAquaticsWigan I have the oreicthys ...

Interesing point Rupert , It very much depends on Martin? I know shistura that will beat the catfish up ! I agree you would have to make sure food gets to them but it will be a dull tank 5 feet with 3x3" cats .. as you say get the hang of them but I think when settled these will hunt the food ,...

Hi Daniel , I would increase the amount of air in the water (not from venturi's)air pump or pump water above and let it splash back in The tank looks a little tanned what is the PH,They dont like it low these are river fish (white water)Ph pretty stable above 6.5. If they dropped of quickly these ar...

Hi Martin , Glad you like the fish, They do scrap a bit dont they. I have some outstanding opsarius , I will try to upload a video of them showing off at each other ,they are very very nice fish . Check out google images and look only at the pretty ones ..this is the correct fish ,there are some ver...

My recomended dither would be Opsarius pulchellus . Check out Barillius too ,but the prettiest of these are not Thai. Ps I had them up as Siamensis 8-| ..http://www.facebook.com/pieraquatics?ref=ts Martin what was the temp on arrival not that it will matter with these fish. Only if they are kept too...

We now have a delivery service in place with APC couriers.
The total stock of unusuals is now on the new website.
www.pieraquatics.com ,if there are any special requests for fishes I will be happy to try to source and quote on them.

Hi Here are the more unusual catfish we have in stock , for further details and other types of fish contact the shop 01942 236661 or look at at our new website at http://WWW.PIERAQUATICS.COM We are currently looking at couriers so that these can be delivered to your door ! AKYSIDAE Akysis vespa £3.9...

Yep its true people will ruin everything ,ask the Big bosses in Brazil The fish are screwed , I do like to breed true species fish . I knew I would get a war on here but thats half the fun :wink: I know keeping big fishes is a taboo on here . Unless the super breeders are going to knock down the dam...

I called them Potamotrygon sp hentilla .
Got 6 in the end .
CU soon Mr Wrasse... I forgive you .. until you get to the till

Nice fishes very good quality

The reason ray hybrids are common is because they are not fussy about their partners wild hybrids occur quite frequently as all the potamotrygon are arrived from a few land locked fishes that evolved with the amazon river .... I did not make them breed it happened . While on the subject I do and wil...

Thought I would get this reaction
There are many strains of fishes that have been man made ..
I bet you have owned at least one
Please tell the truth

Had a nice little litter of pups this evening from the rays . These are crosses . P.Henlei male (Black fish with cream coloured dots) P.sp Mantilla (red scribbled fish) http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/1802/hentillas.jpg I know there are a lot of people who hate hybrids but as long as they dont ge...

Was too busy looking at the pics to see the writing
I think this will be a very impressive tank !
Hope the aquarium stand holds out until your upgrade

Looking good Alex ,how many of each are there in the tank and do the etroplus bother the barilius or not? maybe the tank size has relevance to this but some fish etroplus take a nip at.
But in the shop they are only in a 24" tank.

Keep up the good work
Nice photos .
Well done with the breeding .

This is what you can look forward too :wink: http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/943/bariliuscanarensis.jpg amazing lookers http://img819.imageshack.us/img819/6849/bariliuscanarensis2at.jpg As I said my favorite Indian fish . Enjoy Alex (Sir Sid) and next time you are in Wigan we will try to find you...

Barilius canarensis ...Sir Sid . Thanks for your kind words I will tell the Staff they did a good job . Just showed Adele your post . Hope we see you again in the future . You should consider the CSG convention its a great meet up. I would like to see the Barilius when they are settled in and you ar...

Hey Sid , where are the pics of the best fish from India

Hi Alex , Im sorry you did not like your stay in Wigan. If you live somewhere you dont need to try the local accomadation. :oops: Glad the barillius made it ok . Hope you liked the shop even though there was no Afican stuff . Again apologies for the local digs .. Hope we see you again soon All the s...

Hi Marc, You are always welcome
Hope things settle in the tank.

This colouration is common on fishes that have had a stroke .
Half the head is blackend after the trauma right down the centre of its skull.
I am not trying to be negative, I have seen it a few times usually on cichlids

Hey Marc, got the e mail but then it went busy and I didnt get to reply.
I think there are 2 individuals left .
I will check the sexes tomorrow
Apologies

Hi you may find your fish has suffered a stroke .