Much thanks Silurus, I'll relay the ID to the owner.

Dave

Folks,
Friend of mine picked up this fellow today, and though it looks familiar, I can't put a name on it, so I turn to y'all.



Dave

You folks need some more shots of the fish?

Dave

Folks,
At the behest of someone else, I'm trying to pin down the species name of this whiptail catfish. The fish will reach 11 inches, according to the seller.

Thanks,
Dave

Its been confirmed; the catfish was the Pseudomystus species. Thanks very much for the help, folks, I do appreciate it.

Dave

Howdy all,
Friend of mine at another forum is looking for an ID of a black catfish with 'three glittery-gold thick lines' running vertically on the fish. Now I can ID most any catfish but that really doesn't ring a bell with me. Any ideas, folks?

Dave

Thanks guys I really appreciate the help. Only concern would be whether the 8 inch Randahls would eat the 2 or 2.5 inch neon rainbows in the wee hours of the morning.
I might just have to bite the bullet and use loaches but it'll chaff me to do so.
Hmm Dave R that N. ater is a definate possibility ...

Hi all,
I'm in the reseach and planning stages of a 200 gallon planted tank housing two species of rainbowfish. As I like to keep fish from the same part of the world, I've been trying to find an Australian catfish suitable for this setup, preferabley a schooling species. The largest rainbows will ...

Been a while since I've been posting on PC, but I have to say thanks to Jools, Shane et. al. for the thought they put in on the bee in my bonnet about suggested tank size for catfish.

Thanks guys,
Dave

First victory for an African team over a European side since 1964.

Err, didn't Senegal beat France in the last WC opening game in Korea? Maybe the stat is first victory over a European side in Europe since 1966 (no WC in 1964).

Given the mess the Italian game is in and their displays so far ...

Italy - US; could have been better, but could have definately been much worse for the ole US. Officiating? No comment as this is a family site.

The shocker, at least for me, was Ghana snuffing out the Czech Republic 2-nil. First victory for an African team over a European side since 1964. Amazing ...

Amanda,

I've lived in a area here in the southeast where 1700 kids were enrolled in youth soccer, from little guys and girls to 15 and 16 years olds. And this was in a town with a population of about 5000. Every summer semi-pros from Europe would come and instruct.

But its just as you say, Amanda ...

Sorry Dave, don't agree. I think your statement is much more appropriate for the Togo-team than the US-team.
Mind you, DaMarcus Beasley plays for PSV-Eindhoven :D

I think I can count the number of Americans who play at the top levels of football and are prominant in your part of the World where ...

Dwarf Cockatoo c*****ds are really interesting fish...they are more intelligent than a lot of the others and will be the ones watching you rather than it being the other way round! My female does like to pick on my peppered cory sometimes...just because he is smaller than the other corys!

Keep ...

Y'know, I spend a decent amount of time during the day trying to point novices in the right direction on another forum but the upshot is this; 99 percent of the new, and sometimes older, aquarium keepers never buy an proper aquarium book and READ it and a similiar percentage doesn't do a lick of ...

Fairly soft and slightly acid is my thing, so I keep flotillas of several species of tetras and the houdinis that are Apistos, among the loricaria and coradine catfish, in my heavily planted tanks. If the tanks are established and well planted, six Apistos will become eight or ten, then 12 or 18 ...

Even though the US football club is the red-headed, left handed step children (no offense meant to those who are) of the World Cup, I still pony up to the TV at 3 a.m. to watch the Cup live.

Pity those who live in the football desert that is the US.

Dave

I wont mention the egg and fry tanks which are 50% twice daily ( dont you just love fish keeping )

The fellow at my LFS told me thats its no good to change your water every day, but could not give me a reason. so now i have conflicting oppinons. who's right? i dont mean to insult anybody im just ...

Hiya 'Manda,

Thanks for the welcome, I've been advising novices on another forum on basic aquarium keeping for a while (Amazing no one reads a book anymore . . .), and recently recovered from a Brown Recluse spider bite on my arm.

Yep, a sump is easier to isolate and drain than the main tank, at ...

I keep a bunch of tanks, so I change 40 percent of the water in the freshwater tanks all day Saturday and 40 percent of the water in the marine reef tanks all day Sunday. Those with sumps are easier as I drain the sump and refill it with new water. Takes about 10 minutes.

Dave

nmonks,

My male P. nigrolineatus has been Lord of All He Surveys in a 350 gallon tank for many years. It's perfectly normal for them to come out during the day when food is available, or even if its not, especially when they feel secure (good hiding places, double-digit schools of tetras). Bigger ...

Too true, medaka. Black market freshwater aquarium fish rustling? What next?

Dave

I concur with yann; a very healthy, gorgeous L201. Dan must have excellent water parameters to develop such rich color in H. inspector.

Dave

Zuccinni or Courgette to give its other often used name are immature vegetable marrows so the likelyhood is they do not contain the same amount of fats etc along with Curcubitin which as I suggested has worm removing properties. Pumpkin seeds come from mature plants.

PP :D

PP,

I've been using ...

A number of wild caught fish like your zebra otocinclus come equippied with various pathogens and parasites, which isn't much of a problem in nature. It is, however, quite virulent due to the stess of capture, wholesaling, holding, transhipping, and delivery to LFS and ultimately your tank in vastly ...

This week is my favorite; I get TFH in the mail one day, and Smithsonian the next. A boon to a reader like myself.

Amanda, you should shake that postman. Great shot of a clown fish nestled in a pink-tipped anenome on the cover.

FYI, Lee Finley's catfish column is a Synodontis overview.

As a ...

Some of you folks who read Tropical Fish Hobbyist may remember a reply by TFH in March that Acanthus adonis grew to 10 inches and was a herbivore. There was a thread here about the gross error.

TFH must have recieved a lot of letters, for in the May issue that came in the mail today, at the bottom ...

Figures. Boll Weevil. Now if I can just find a cotten blossum . . .

Dave

Amanda,

I was lucky to be born with both a green and wet thumb. I throw it into the dirt or the water and it grows. Being a water sign (Pisces) I can't help it.

Right now I have a pair of Avacado trees (two species) about two feet tall that I grew from pits, and I'll eventually try to turn them ...

Amanda,

Once they get three or four leaves, the runners can be cut. I can't count how many young E. bleheri and E. tennelis have ended up in the composter . . .

By the way, pretty tank . Planted tank dude meself.

Dave