Lovely fish Easy, the Royal Panaques always remind me of a cartoon character! I have one that is 4.5" long and just about getting over his 'shyness'...

I have a 4" Galaxias who goes mad for chopped prawn and regular high protein Catfish pellets, I have never, ever seen it touch any greenstuff. It has grown 1.5" in the last 6 months (which isn't bad for a pl*c)! It will end up in the fish house come summertime(when it is built) in a river ...

It could've been Hemisynodontis Membranaceus or Moustache Catfish. I have finally managed to get two 2.5" specimens and they show spotted markings in certain light and have a very dark belly region. I know that Stingray has one at his shop in Dudley, W.Mids but I couldn't travel to get him. Luc...

The fishing topic kinda takes a new twist for us in the UK... Fishing for Salmon/Trout and Sea Fishing off the coast generally means that you can eat the fish you catch. Think of our ancestors catching animals to eat then it is not a problem. 'Sport' fishing though I do have a problem with. I would ...

Fantastic looking tank (and sounding, once planted) Tim, never ever thought of the roof slate. I have a Degree in photography and it is an excellent idea for a 'photo' tank as well

Sorry to hear about your Gold Nugget. Didn't think of Oxygen before, don't know why? All my tanks have good turnover and surface agitation so that could've been a factor. Your LDA33 is a Baryancistrus sp. also so feed as Pier suggested with a bit of meaty food as well a couple of times a week. If yo...

May be bacterial infection/fin rot? Do a 40% water change and then treat with myxazin by Waterlife. Cut down feeding for a week or so. Any medication (even if it says differently on the bottle) will hammer the filter bacteria so feed a little only. It may have arisen from damage (a cut etc) but like...

I've seldom seen them either, they look great little guys. A large shoal in a planted tank with Tetras would be great (I've heard they like to swim in mid water a lot).

Nice fish Ben. I just picked up a 3" Spotted Raphael today, my first Dorid.

I have 5 of these guys. They like a bit of current to the tank and are very easy to keep. My water perameters are pH 7-7.5, gH 7. They spawned within 4 weeks of me getting them but because they were in a community tank the eggs didn't get a chance to hatch. Good frozen livefoods (bloodworm, Artemia)...

Thats a lovely specimin Brian!

They'll most likely be Peckoltia sp. or Hypancistrus sp. from the sounds of things. If they're still small then the markings may be more vivid than those of the adults. Have you checked the cat-e-log on the main Planet Catfish site? Did the shop have an L-number for them? (Most should nowadays).

I use river sand for my L134's because they love to dig under the wood and stones and it makes life a little easier for them. They're constantly churning it up so it dosn't compact at all...

Just do as Dorad did (geddit)!!

Richard Hardwick of Wharf Aquatics in Pinxton has a near on 2 ft specimen, although it was quite large when aquired (from the wild). I have a 3" youngster which I obtained about 5 wks. back and I am observing 'him' for growth rate (yes, they are slow growers)! I wouldn't expect mine to get more...

Very interesting fish! I will have to look it up I think.... this planet is getting ever smaller!

Oh dear, poor little fellow.... :cry: There are some truly evil and greedy people out there who are only interested in the cash and prey on unexperienced hobbyists and defenseless animals to make their dollars and cents! Their time will come if we have anything to do with it. Name and shame is the g...

It's really coming along nicely Chill

That is a very impressive fish Smiler, any idea as to max. size if it isn't full grown already?

Anyone in UK seen these for sale at all lately? I know they are plankton/Filter feeders (Shrimp/Daphnia etc). Anyone had experience keeping them at all? I was at London Zoo Aquaria 15 years ago and I saw one of these and never, ever forgot it!! He was a beautiful fish and he was bigger than the 25-3...

It's all looking mighty impressive....

Crikey, this is making be dizzy!!!
Will be rearranging tank in week so will remove one and photo it comprehensively!!

Difficult to Photograph them but will try (with patience) to get a good head shot. From what has been said though they do have shorter whiskers and a more oval shaped eye. And we thought some Loricariids were difficult to ID

Damn that big piece of cold water between us!! Any gone to the UK do you know?

How big is he Jay? Sounds like a real pet fish!!

L134 (1 of 3, future breeding project..). http://photo.starblvd.net/gibbo/1-2-3-1041734784?m=0&pg=0&ro=1&co=2 Acanthicus Hystrix http://photo.starblvd.net/gibbo/1-2-2-1041734708?m=0&pg=0&ro=1&co=1 Corydoras Sterbei (busy feeding). http://photo.starblvd.net/gibbo/1-2-4-1041734...

I think it would be suitable diameter 'plumbing' pipe that runs down from the powerhead, angled 45 degrees and run the whole length of the tank with an 'upright' at the end to take in water, thus creating a single flow direction as opposed to 'tumbling' the water. ps Just checked out your site Paul ...

Sorry, pics didn't work.... I'll try again! Hopefully this works :oops: http://photo.starblvd.net/gibbo/1-1-2-1041729189?m=0&pg=0&ro=0&co=1 http://photo.starblvd.net/gibbo/1-1-3-1041729256?m=0&pg=0&ro=0&co=2 http://photo.starblvd.net/gibbo/1-1-4-1041729318?m=0&pg=0&ro...

A bit of a dilemma... I got three Syno's (labelled as Clown Syno's, which as you all know is Syno Decorus) knowing that they would be Notatus. I recently got the Baensch atlas series and my fish, according to that book, is Syno Nummifer (vol 2, p545). I Looked up Nummifer at Planet Catfish and it lo...

I had a 5" Leopardus early last year but he passed away after what I can only suppose was an internal bacterial infection. He seemed too thin (but no worms in sight) when I bought him and although he ate well, still seemed to fade away. Havn't seen any since although my lfs has L282 in stock an...