Paleatus tend to like 15-25 degrees, so I don't think they'd go well in this tank.

What a funny coincidence!

I will be getting moenkhausia naponis as well in a couple of weeks!

Welcome to PC, AnfibioRana!

The reason I could rule out coriaceus is because it is the only species of trachelyopterus to lack an adipose fin, which these fish clearly have.

Seems like they should be fine...

The woodcats are definitely . I don't know the species, but they are definitely not .

Okay. Until now, I've never seen a coracoideus larger than 4 inches. However, the one time i've seen a hypisura it was nearly 6 inches long. Of course, that is just an estimate, as it was curled up. It could've been shorter. I guess I've been corrected.

If you could beat that ich, i'm sure you can beat that algae!

Amiidae has had them as well. If it were me, I'd have 3 in that size tank. They are a bit bigger and much thicker than normal coracoideus, as you probably know. In nature they eat a large amount of fish eggs, so they might like pellets because of the round shape. Amiidae's 2 amaralia went crazy for ...

Most of his photos are here, as opposed to the one I sent you originally. https://www.facebook.com/belowwater/photos_stream

Try to get in touch with Oliver Lucanus (below water), if anyone in canada could get them, it'd probably be him.
https://www.facebook.com/oliver.lucanus
He's a wholesaler, but if you could get a local store to order from him you could ask about amaralia.

I know a guy in the US who got two in… but that doesn't really help you.

If you know stores that import directly, ask if there's a "banjo boa" on the list. That is amaralia.

I believe he's talking about identifying the growth on the nose, not the species of fish.

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Don't worry, i'll post pictures.

I've never been able to get woodcats, and now suddenly I have too many to get! Gyrina, s. acsi, intermedia, the unknown "brunnea", the unknown "dunni", "neivai", and otorongos! It doesn't help that I am terrible at making decisions...

Yes… I will be very cautious this time. I might remove all the driftwood temporarily, and put varying lengths and widths of PVC pipes in the tank, along with clay hideouts, so I can observe them for the first couple of weeks. Is this a good idea?

I was thinking the top picture was … but the pattern on dunni is not as complicated as on these. I have a chance to buy them… should I go for it? I'm already getting the one you thought was brunnea.

I've not seen the larger helogenes in 3 days… thinking it may be dead as well. Used to see it on a daily basis. None of the denticetopsis are sick. And they all appear to eat well. Looks like the ich is starting to give up.

And these two? https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t34.0-12/10997115_10206112741928480_1994486681_n.jpg?oh=822f684526c650abdddef222d62da463&oe=54EAB4AC&__gda__=1424670077_8936b76baca9e6a68d05987d10a3f4ff https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t34.0-12/1...

What species are these 2 tatias? https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hphotos-ak-xpf1/v/t34.0-12/10996355_613123852155291_6483551046529586890_n.jpg?oh=ee01c7cdb824f37f1fb3493749340248&oe=54EB06E3&__gda__=1424611100_28f0673b37306a1d9a2720d5fcc4b8ea https://fbcdn-sphotos-h-a.akamaihd.net/hph...

I'm thinking denticetopsis... but i'm not sure.

What is this cetopsid?
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The denticetopsis, especially the bigger ones (the ones in the video) eat very well. I've not seen the helogenes today… but the last time I saw it it did eat. The smaller denticetopsis eat what gets past the big ones.

The smaller helogenes and the last neon tetra are dead.

At least the denticetopsis are looking good...

No, I don't spotlight them like this on a regular basis. Lol.

Unfortunately the ich hasn't left. Still on the last tetra, and 2 spots on the ill helogenes. Been using the rid ich… I'll start salt. The smaller of the two helogenes is the ill one… so it could be fighting that gave the ich a way in.

1 Neon tetra (used to be 7), 2 helogenes marmoratus (one is not doing so well), and some denticetopsis (Ordered 5… I consistently see 3-4 at night… sneaky little buggers). The denticetopsis are by far the most resilient.

One of the helogenes doesn't look so good…

4/4 myoglanis dead

Unfortunately the responsible aquarists (us) are always going to be lumped in with idiots like the people who released snakeheads in the US. Which leads to situations like this, where "all exotic pets should be banned because they always get released". If they want to do something like thi...