Some new photos :) https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190410/25d0db70d2d9d8cf9ac68f9d96d36726.jpg https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190410/de9431ecb704861c40eaed77a0e21c17.jpg Andrinoacara rivulata https://uploads.tapatalk-cdn.com/20190410/92287092be5d3bc05b286d17aad16c4d.jpg Green Terror & Cry...

After a long time, here is a video of the tank as it is now

Thank you Victor Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus rasps on the Echinodorus bleheri leafs. For the rest of the chewed up plants, Severum and Mesonauta are to blame. I hope plants grow well enough to cope with the damage and still look good enough.

Thank you very much Jools Means a lot

A short video of our 3400 liter, 850 gallon tank

Just an idea of the tank now

Blue eyes like it cooler, 24-26C is warm enough for them to be in breeding mood. L27 "Araguaia" on the other hand like it at 30+C

Yup, with reef epoxy(Aquarium Munster Construct). I am still searching for it though

Here is how it's done :) Emptied the aquarium, dressed the aquarium base glass with 4mm HDPE and slate above as a solid base for the rock work http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/Kostas_G/3m%20Aquarium/1CA755A2-A271-4BBD-89ED-59F0852FEB26.jpg http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/Kostas_G/3m%2...

First trial fill http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/Kostas_G/3m%20Aquarium/EB338A32-795A-4818-968D-4B0A1EE768C7.jpg http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/Kostas_G/3m%20Aquarium/2D3565F8-6F2B-4CB9-B22E-E1986622E2B7.jpg http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/Kostas_G/3m%20Aquarium/0E476BC2-50D...

Thank you :) It will be setup as a breeding tank for: Panaque L27 "Araguaia" pair Baryancistrus L81 trio Leporacanthicus L240 'Special' trio and maybe Pseudacanthicus L25 pair I have all of them apart from the L25 I got the sump in place today http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/Kostas...

And here is the sump http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/Kostas_G/3m%20Aquarium/8D41BFC5-C6D3-4098-A8AB-B4911008B7F2.jpg http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/Kostas_G/3m%20Aquarium/1639E079-2208-45AD-96A3-99ABAAB5D5C5.jpg http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/Kostas_G/3m%20Aquarium/5F9E383E...

What Shane said about the feeding problems is actually the biggest concern with any cichlid and plecos. They are very fast at gobbling up huge quantities of food. That was the biggest problem I had as well keeping large cichlids with plecos of varying size. The way to tackle this issue is offer food...

How I intend to setup the stones in the tank:

:) Thank you for your help with the calculations! I did the math with 90 instead of 93 just to "sum it up" since glass brings it somewhere around there. The sump is around 850l as well, so the total water in the system will be even more. The houses in Greece are made of armed concrete. Thi...

Thank you :) It will be setup as a breeding tank for Panaque L27 "Araguaia", Baryancistrus L81, Leporacanthicus L240 'Special', Trachelyoprterus insignis, Megalechis thoracata, Platydoras costatus, Cryptoheros nanoluteus(a beautiful small cichlid) and maybe Pseudacanthicus L25. The other i...

Hi, I wanted a temporary setup to upgrade my 220g tank till i have a place i can build the 6x4x2m one i want. So, i went to order a 500g tank to upgrade the living quarters of my cichlids and plecos. When i told a fish store i know and are friends with the owner, about what i wanted, he offered me h...

Just to update on the Platydoras, they look pretty normal now with the exception of the one with the deformed head(its the one of mine that i have posted pictures of. It needs a good look to spot the head deformity and its even better looking now. The gill deformities are mostly not noticeable now)....

Beautiful pair of L25's!! Has she gotten better?

I see they change color at will... They can become plainer or intricately patterned at will. 1 is always darker but don't know if it means anything. There are squabbles among them and split fins happen Any general help sexing them even with other species in the family as examples or even confirming ...

Thank you Martin :) I am trying for better pictures. What do you think of this one? http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/Kostas_G/Trachelyopterus%20insignis/D27AB067-855E-45CF-80E2-5F7510F195B2.jpg http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/Kostas_G/Trachelyopterus%20insignis/F838592E-292C-4F58-AB82...

I also can't be sure when trying to sex them as i don't know how a female is supposed to look and how a developing male. I am finding it quite hard to know. Even for the no1, i don't know if it truly is a male or if the first ray of the anal fin is supposed to look like that in any sex(a bit thicken...

I feel the same way about them. Even the head and dorsal fin markings match with the CLOG photos, though indeed the photos were not good enough to judge adequately the characters to be 100% sure

Any ideas on sexing at their current size?

Thank you very much for your replies! Thanks smitty, I thought the same too! I quickly checked final sizes and sexing, and got them. Its very rare to see these here and i had space in my 2m tank! The body shape and everything seems the same from up close. The first 6 photos where taken from a strang...

Thank you very much for your reply Eric! The mouth does is terminal on my fish. But so it is in the T. insignis photos I can find, so it's not very clear to me. None of the specimen has a dorsal fin shape like in the fisheri photos, including my 15cm long male(no1). The common name they are sold und...

I think I have one sure male, no1, and the rest are debatable. What do you think?
How to I tell apart T. insignis from T. fisheri?

Thank you very much in advance

Another(No. 3)(the one in the front). Can't really decide. Male/female? The one in the back is the No. 2 specimen http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/Kostas_G/Trachelyopterus%20insignis/5266707A-F06E-4CCF-A1C5-377674FC102A.jpg http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/Kostas_G/Trachelyopterus%20in...

I got another two today as they are supposedly a social species and wanted to help them feel secure and at ease to cruise throughout the day. I took some photos of the new ones Specimen (No. 2). Female? http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/Kostas_G/Trachelyopterus%20insignis/0BE48566-C017-48FA-94...

Is this is a male? What do you think? http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/Kostas_G/Trachelyopterus%20insignis/CD058BDF-6F57-4076-924E-98210627ACF1.jpg http://i162.photobucket.com/albums/t244/Kostas_G/Trachelyopterus%20insignis/F846514B-A9E0-4E39-9ACE-276F8FE3B167.jpg http://i162.photobucket.com/...

Hello, I just got 2 of these I think, bought as Colombian woodcat but IDed them as this species. How can I sex them at about 12cm size? The store was selling them as Fisher's woodcat, which they seem not to be, so I tried seeing them by the dorsal hump and wasn't very able to of course. I now saw th...

Treat with metronidazole in the food if they eat or in the water if they don't. It's a fast, safe and effective cure for protozoan infections. You don't have to know if it's velvet or chilonodella, treatment is the same as they are both protozoan