Don't worry, this is clearly no S longirostris ;)

My vision is that this could very well be a S ocellifer

Silurus wrote:This is

Synodontis schall

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And a very nice specimen

Yes ;)
He and another friend came with the Parauchenoglanis idea

Great video Carsten!

Any idea what species this is? They are from a friend of mine who bought them as Notoglanidium macrostoma, but I had my doubts (which I also placed on my Catfish from West and Central Africa page on Facebook) A few people (including myself) strongly think it's a Parauchenoglanis sp., perhaps P gutta...

Thanks for the reply Richard :d The plans have slightly changed, however some species from that list are still one the possibly-in-the-future-list ;) Synodontis flavitaeniata, S alberti, S pleurops, Notoglanidium macrostoma, Channalabus apus My current stock is 5 S decorus XXL (2m/3f) 2 Coptodon dec...

Some more pics of my Chrysichthys cf nigrodigitatus male :X http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/tijn79/WA%20tank/20140103_100301_zps4e2434ac.jpg http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/tijn79/WA%20tank/20140103_100256_zps8353bf65.jpg http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/tijn79/WA%20tank/20140103...

I remember now

Great pics buddy!

The largest one is S intermedius, if I remember sid's words correctly ;)

Congrats with the new fish buddy

I am wondering, is it possible to add a third catfish species in my tank Please take in account that I will add a group of 15-20 Alestidae (most likely Brycinus longipinnis or Phenacogrammus interruptus)in the nearby future. The Pelvicachromis are possibly leaving the tank Species that attract me ar...

Yes, they are real oakbranches ;)






I forgot to mention my tankinhabitants in full:

Coptodon deckerti F1 pair
10 - 15 Pelvicachromis pulcher youngsters of 2 - 3 cm
5 large Synodontis decorus (2 m/3f ?)
Polypterus senegalus male
2 Chrysichthys cf. nigrodigitatus (1m/1f)

Maintenance isn't very high
My pump blows enough water to transport possible dirt to my biological filter under the tank
Only real maintenance is cleaning the window and changing water ;)

Oh and thanks again for the compliment

Thanks a lot b-) The only Chrysichthys that is available on 'regular basis' here is Chrysichthys ornatus. My fish came to me, via some befriended aqua-freaks, from a shipment of Oliver Frank Here a are 2 full tank shots(163x124x080, netto 1500 liters) Front http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/tij...

My dream catfish from West Africa was added 2 my West Africa tank last Monday! :d b-) 2 Chrysichthys cf. nigrodigitatus (male and female) In the transport bag http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/tijn79/WA%20tank/DSCN2467_zps61b8763d.jpg In the bucket http://i880.photobucket.com/albums/ac1/tijn79/...

november wrote: welcome to africa btw

hahahaha thanks mate!
Although I was already there with Lake Tanganyika

Can't wait to see some pics or videos from your tank ;)

Here a picture of a deceased specimen (at the previous owners' house)

Hi there, I currently have Tanganyika species in my largest tank (162x124x080) and after 20 years of keeping Tanganyikans, I'm planning something else: West Africa! b-) My idea is to make it a tank based around a large group of Phenacogrammus interruptus (20 - 30) It's very likely that I will have 5...

How are things now in this inspiring and beautiful tank?

Thank you for your input Birger, much appreciated ;)

I'll see if I can post some new material of my fish asap,
In an attempt to take all doubts away

I suppose it is a S polli, since the fish in the picture was 'classified' as S polli in the previously mentioned topic

There are a lot of similarities, however, with my fish the head is more like those in the picture below

Thanks Rich
If you want to upload a photo of your polli's,that would be great

Thanks for the input Trent. Their body, mouth, etc is very similair to the fish in this topic http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=26993 The only difference in length is that my fish are around 7 - 8 cm and the ones in that topic were 15 cm. The colours of my fish, meaning the...

Most fish in the picture are, as mentioned, S lucipinnis ;)
But there's one bigger, with different markings, bigger/wider mouth, orange teeth.
And I've put one in a close up picture, hoping to show it better.
They are physically very different from my 18 S lucipinnis

I recently got 4 of these beautiful fish. The previous owner told we S polli (Wildcaught). I do believe him, but some additional imput from you guys would be great ;) Sorry about the quality of the photo's, but I'm not a photographer lol The 2 species seen in the photo's are the presumed S polli and...

Not really,

last friday the ball opened up and some eggs fell out.
The loose membrane is still under her belly and she's full of eggs that she's still carying.
She seems to function normally

Hi,

Thanks for the reactions, I just requested my friend for some better pics.
Hopefully one of you can give a final conclusion then

A good friend of mine has above mentioned species in a Tanganyika tank. Recently he noticed some sort of ball on one of his ish. Doe anybody have an idea of what this could be? [youtube]<object width="640" height="390"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube....

Oh no, sorry, there's a few Tanganyika cichlids in there aswell ;)
But the multi's are going to move to a tank of their own, but there will, most likely, be a couple of L. meleagris in the large tank to replace them ;)