When I got them, they were still young and very skinny!

Darter, Are you saying your Banjo Cats have bred in the community tank and you have some fry? That's pretty cool if you did.

I have tried off and on for 30 years and have never been able to turn my "golf balls" into fry.

My compliments on the discus, too. I have a strong preference for wild type ...

Do you know what local variety yours are?

Actually, I do not. They were given to me at the beginning of the year. I had been taking care of them as part of a traveling exhibit we had on display at the museum where I work. When the show was over, they simply gave me the fish.

I wish I had more ...

Cool beans! My intial reaction was, "it's full of eggs!" but I wanted to be sure.

Thanks!

Hello all, there is something up with my only banjo catfish. I introduced it to my 75-gallon, planted discus tank about 2 months ago. It was pretty small, maybe around 2” in length. It always seems to be doing the banjo cat thing, you know; laying around the bottom, moving little and eating well. I ...

I found this photo on the link you provided.

This does look a LOT like her!

It is roughly 3.5" to 4" long or so. The male fish is about the same length.

Cool beans, now I know the male I had is a "Medusa Pleco."

A freind gave me a female pleco she suggested may be the same species but I am not sure. Her size is correct, she has the similar fins and the two white tips on the tail. Her head is not as wide/triangular though. Her mouth seems more ...

So far, I cannot catch this little guy. He has some good areas to hide, where I can SEE him, I just can?t catch him without really scaring a lot of the fish and mucking up my plants.

I can tell you this though, his head is very wide. His bristles are smallish and only along the front lips, not up ...

Cool beans, thank you.

OK, I will try that, if I can catch it that is...

I'll also photograph the new one before I put her in the tank.

I have a small, around 3? long, jet black Bristlenosed Pleco. The armored scales are somewhat distinct and it has a very white tip at the top of its tail fin. I hardly ever see it as it hides in the shadows of caves or driftwood all day. It will only come out at night, or if I?m having a bad green ...

I know this isn?t a very exotic, especially after doing a search of this part of the forum and seeing some of the really interesting species, but I like to know the specifics of what I keep.

Can anyone please tell me exactly which species of Otocinclus this is?

http://farm1.static.flickr.com/243 ...