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- 05 Oct 2021, 16:13
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Pleco Identification
- Replies: 54
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Re: Pleco Identification
Original description A. bodenhameri. Compare to your fish as she settles in. -Shane So given that it's been merged with a. Martini, can assume that beckateen has it correct then? The description is pretty spot on. Dorsal does have a pale tip restricted to the first 2 rays, causal does as well. Dull...
- 05 Oct 2021, 15:05
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Pleco Identification
- Replies: 54
- Views: 33258
Re: Pleco Identification
On the positive side you found something neat. On the negative, it is probably just one of the dozens (perhaps 100s) of undescribed brown Ancistrus spp in the Andes. Galvis et al (Peces del Catatumbo) show a fish very similar to yours and label it A. triradiatus, which is incorrect as this sp is fr...
- 04 Oct 2021, 23:30
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Pleco Identification
- Replies: 54
- Views: 33258
Re: Pleco Identification
Awesome then! Hopefully my L240 doesn't mind a neighbor in his tank. Going to assume it will fare best in 76F-80F range given if it is those species, they come from a warmer area, so probably a safe bet to keep her higher 70s than in a cooler tank then
- 04 Oct 2021, 22:56
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Pleco Identification
- Replies: 54
- Views: 33258
Re: Pleco Identification
My fish
- 04 Oct 2021, 22:54
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Pleco Identification
- Replies: 54
- Views: 33258
Re: Pleco Identification
Add after your edit, fish in the underside photos in store are of different individuals. The wider mouthed one looked more female to me while the other certainly had more bristle coverage classic with a young male. But one does have spots, the one I brought home does not. I will get a belly/mouth vi...
- 04 Oct 2021, 22:52
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Pleco Identification
- Replies: 54
- Views: 33258
Re: Pleco Identification
Hi Miss Noodle, Here are your last 6 pics, all laid out with same orientation and scaled to help viewing. Looking at the fish, and seeing the spotted pattern, this is certainly not Ancistrus sp`cucuta` . It is more reminiscent of Ancistrus martini , which has a spotted body and a wide head. That sa...
- 04 Oct 2021, 22:31
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Pleco Identification
- Replies: 54
- Views: 33258
Re: Pleco Identification
Acclimation and size reference.
- 04 Oct 2021, 21:50
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Pleco Identification
- Replies: 54
- Views: 33258
Re: Pleco Identification
Cucuta, which is a town on the Colombia/Venezuela border, seems like an oddly specific common name for a store to use. There are several brownish Ancistrus recorded from drainages in that area. I would take a hard look at those fish. -Shane I went back, got some more photos including belly shots an...
- 03 Oct 2021, 03:44
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Corydoras Eques setup
- Replies: 43
- Views: 30480
Re: Corydoras Eques setup
jffSuH3abPo 20211002_190815.jpg 20211002_190601(0).jpg 20211002_190553.jpg 20211002_184230.jpg No spawn yet, but lots of boys chasing the ladies and every now and again I'll have a pair swim off and play in the current together. I have officially started the "rain season" with higher flow...
- 03 Oct 2021, 03:39
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Can adolf take the heat?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2088
Re: Can adolf take the heat?
Short term should be okay, but watch for signs of trouble, increase oxygen, and change only gradually would be my best advice. Short term "heat waves" happen, but no matter which option you choose there are risks. Personally, for ich in the past, I have gone a half strength dose with Malac...
- 01 Oct 2021, 19:39
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Pleco Identification
- Replies: 54
- Views: 33258
Re: Pleco Identification
Cucuta, which is a town on the Colombia/Venezuela border, seems like an oddly specific common name for a store to use. There are several brownish Ancistrus recorded from drainages in that area. I would take a hard look at those fish. -Shane I may go back for another look, but may purchase any becau...
- 30 Sep 2021, 03:12
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Pleco Identification
- Replies: 54
- Views: 33258
Re: Pleco Identification
The first is one of the common plecos in the genus Pterygoplichthys, maybe Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps . But most of these are farmed and some of them can be hybrids. The second is probably a common BN, unless the seller went to great trouble to import cucuta BNs. Cheers, Eric They do import odd fis...
- 29 Sep 2021, 21:15
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Pleco Identification
- Replies: 54
- Views: 33258
Pleco Identification
Didn't purchase, but seen these guys at the store
1: labeled a common pleco, is a juvenile. Lovely coloring on this guy 2: labeled cucuta pleco, but to me looks like standard BN plecos. None were on glass to see bellies though.
1: labeled a common pleco, is a juvenile. Lovely coloring on this guy 2: labeled cucuta pleco, but to me looks like standard BN plecos. None were on glass to see bellies though.
- 31 Aug 2021, 04:50
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Hemorrhagic septicemia, any tips?
- Replies: 9
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Re: Hemorrhagic septicemia, any tips?
Nitrite poisoning can cause these symptoms, you say these are new fish in quarantine? Possibly a small cycle spike adding the new fish and the stress of acclimation has left them vulnerable to the symptoms of it, but the weaker one(s) got hit harder. And now that it's bouncing back better, it's like...
- 31 Aug 2021, 04:44
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Possibly CW048?
- Replies: 0
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Possibly CW048?
These guys have gotten darker and tbh the more they develop, the farther they look from my original group of elegans, AND my elegans want nothing to do with them either. Red flags for a separate species when the others won't bother with them. 20210829_225002.jpg The amount of red is also very distin...
- 25 Aug 2021, 23:53
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: New otocinclus, which species
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2167
Re: New otocinclus, which species
I believe O.macrospilus I have some more photos I can post, theyre a cute bunch. I did grab a couple more, but one looks different than the others too. Darker, smaller, different shaped tail blotch. Blotch isn't on the tail fin like the others, this one the blotch stops before the tail. USER_SCOPED...
- 17 Aug 2021, 01:22
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: New otocinclus, which species
- Replies: 3
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New otocinclus, which species
New to otos, but been wanting some for awhile. Store finally had some that looked good, nice round bellies. They only had the 3, will be grabbing more. Maybe? The tail pattern looks closest to this to me. https://www.planetcatfish.com/common/species.php?species_id=1158 20210816_212026.jpg 20210816_2...
- 16 Aug 2021, 06:21
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
- Replies: 65
- Views: 31377
Re: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
Hes been growing out in my corydoras eques tank until he was large enough to compete better for food with the larger adults, and he's done fantastic with them, but has been the only hoplo since his siblings all died. So seeing him back with some hoplos is a nice sight. He's following them around and...
- 16 Aug 2021, 04:27
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
- Replies: 65
- Views: 31377
Re: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
Hes so happy to join his parents!!
- 15 Aug 2021, 23:47
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
- Replies: 65
- Views: 31377
Re: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
Time for my oldest guy to move to the parent tank
He or she has grown so well
He or she has grown so well
- 31 Jul 2021, 06:29
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Some colourful elegans
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2791
- 30 Jul 2021, 22:51
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Some colourful elegans
- Replies: 2
- Views: 2791
Some colourful elegans
Added some more elegans and the ones I got are quite colourful, have some nice rust tones to them now they've coloured up
Apparently, these guys were imported from Peru- 20 Jul 2021, 14:58
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
- Replies: 65
- Views: 31377
Re: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
Spawn lucky #7 was finally able to witness and document the actual spawning process
- 09 Jul 2021, 05:03
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: C. Agazzissi vs. C. Leucomelas??
- Replies: 4
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Re: C. Agazzissi vs. C. Leucomelas??
1st 2 leucomelas, the last 2 agassizii
- 07 Jul 2021, 18:31
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
- Replies: 65
- Views: 31377
Re: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
High hatch rate these last 2 batches. Moved about 100 yesterday from the hatchery to the nursery, and today this is the ones that got moved. Still more eggs good left to hatch.
- 03 Jul 2021, 14:23
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
- Replies: 65
- Views: 31377
Re: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
Spawn #6
First time it's been 2 spawns 2 days in a row.
First time it's been 2 spawns 2 days in a row.
- 02 Jul 2021, 19:47
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
- Replies: 65
- Views: 31377
Re: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
Spawn #5 last night 20210702_134502.jpg Spawn #4 only had one fertile egg, go figure. It hatched and it's with the slightly older bunch from Spawn #3 which have been doing good with no losses, all growing steady and eating very well. I do agree there is something else with the water that contributed...
- 02 Jul 2021, 19:43
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
- Replies: 65
- Views: 31377
Re: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
Hi all, I wouldn't use the pH regulator if I didn't have to unfortunately. My street did work on the pipes and something contaminated the water supply, crashed my pH down to 6.4 from 7.6 but it creeps back up to 7.6 after 7 days by next water change, fish can't handle water changes without dying fr...
- 01 Jul 2021, 05:36
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
- Replies: 65
- Views: 31377
Re: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
I wouldnt use the pH regulator if I didn't have to unfortunately. My street did work on the pipes and something contaminated the water supply, crashed my pH down to 6.4 from 7.6 but it creeps back up to 7.6 after 7 days by next water change, fish can't handle water changes without dying from that. ...
- 30 Jun 2021, 21:25
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
- Replies: 65
- Views: 31377
Re: Hoplosternum Punctatum Spawn!
Hi all, I have them in a container of RO water with a pH regulator to keep pH at 7 same as my tap so it's not a major change when they are transitioned back to my tap once older. I think that might be your problem. If you have hard tap water? I'd just add that to get to a conductivity value, I use ...