Found that his actual LLC is registered in Delrey Beach, so he is not far from you Viktor. Also found this https://www.cruisingfreedom.com/bass-fishing-productions/ "Bass Fishing Productions has come under intense social media controversy for their fake ‘pet store dumpster rescue’ stunts. While...

I get that many of these are escapee populations from fish farms and that he may catch the occasional fish released by irresponsible aquarists... But L330? Can't see someone dumping a fish that expensive and they are not captive bred in Florida fish farms. It's a shame his collecting techniques are ...

Congrats Eric!
-Shane

My initial "medication" if I note something out of the ordinary is always a water change. I have found water changes often do more good than using medications without a concrete diagnosis. I keep my tank stocking levels low and all tanks get a 40-50% water change every 7 days. I see two po...

This young man (Brigs?) posts You Tube videos of himself collecting exotic tropical fish in ponds and ditches in Florida. A video came up today on my Facebook feed showing him collecting Pangasius (adults and juveniles) as well as a Synodontis sp and a Pseudomystus sp. Was anyone aware of these catf...

The most common cause of this condition is low O2/ high CO2 levels and/or high levels of ammonia. I would suggest a series of water changes to confirm this is not the case before trying any medications. The damage can be permanent but often the fish live out healthy lives. There are times when this ...

Looking great!
-Shane

Welcome, I have not collected in the Rio Pachitea, but have collected in other Andean piedmont rivers and they all share similar characteristics. In the rainy season they carry high volumes of water and become white water rivers due to the massive amounts of sediment coming down from the Andes. In t...

Was the type series collected from both drainages?
-Shane

This might help.
-Shane

Another find today in the files.
-Shane

The origins of it all. Found while filing papers today.
-Shane

I am skeptical of "remineralizing." I have a chart of tap water/rainwater mixes capturing pH and GH from 90% tap and 10% rain to 90% rain and 10% tap. Works for me. I would never do 100% rainwater except to hatch very sensitive eggs. Just too easy to crash the pH.
-Shane

Need to get access to this. We have Cat e log rearranging to do.

Under are photos of Lasiancistrus I collected in the Magdalena.
-Shane

On tanks with an exposed side I write there. Thought some might find this funny. About a year of water changes.

Who said, "One more bucket and the farce is complete."

-Shane

So sorry Eric. I have done the same thing. Now I add Prime immediately after draining a tank (before moving on to the next one) and use a dry erase marker to write a big "P" on the front glass. This way, when I start filling I can see that the tank was dosed. As I am often draining and fil...

Jeanne, Throughout Africa the most common wood used for dugout canoes is teak. Iron wood would not work as it is so dense that it sinks in water (hence why I collect it for aquariums). Other than Chewy eating it... the wood lasts forever in the aquarium. I have pieces that have been in tanks since 2...

My comments were less about the paper's argument than the fact that such a debate has even crept in to the scientific community's published literature. Agree with Bas that the entire thing is a bit language based. English lends itself to a PC vocabulary that other languages (especially Romance langu...

This is so silly that I would have assumed it was tongue in cheek humor.
-Shane

Great looking fish.
-Shane

This is a piece of South African black iron wood I collected near Kruger. It is one of the hardest woods on the planet, but Chewy can make short work of it. Now you know why one common name for Panaque is Coma Canoa (canoe eater). You can easily see how a Panaque could sink a dugout canoe.
-Shane

Everything you need here.

https://fieldguides.fieldmuseum.org/guides/guide/842

-Shane

Very interesting. Looks more like a Sturisoma type in these photos, but not any species I have ever collected alongside L. llanero. Need to get Norman's opinion.
-Shane

Eric, Two things: Reading up on raising rarer tetra spawns (also egg scatterers) I have come across two pieces of information that you might want to experiment with. Light sensitivity is a well known issue with tetra eggs and newly hatched fry. We don't talk about light sensitivity much with catfish...

It's possible it is a contaminant caught alongside L. llanero. It is also possible it became a contaminant somewhere in the shipping process. Once a holding tank is down to a couple specimens, it is common for new shipments to be dumped in with them (even exporters need more tanks), especially if th...

Please do. I have been working with some tetra spp (rummynose and wild Bleeding Hearts) to build up some nice schools for Chewy's tank. Your method would seem to work for them as well.
-Shane

I may have missed it but how are you collecting them?
-Shane

I have not kept that species, but have seen this behavior in many Hypostominae. Sometimes it is the sex, size differences, not enough hiding places, or just conflicting temperaments.
-Shane

If he is in a clean aquarium with good filtration he should heal just fine on his own. That said, I would keep a close eye on him for any signs of infection resulting from the wounds.
-Shane

During Jool's last visit he opined (based on his collecting experiences in the Rio Xingu), that Chewy was most likely from the Rio Xingu. Leandro Souza has also looked at photos of Chewy and agrees she matches in shape and coloration specimens he has collected in the Xingu. Thanks to Jools and Leand...