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Hello, I'm new on here. I've been into the hobby of tropical fish about 3 1/2 yrs. now. I only have 3 cats, they live in a 29g tank in my living room. 1 is an otto, 1 in a melanistius cory, and 1 is a featherfin synodontis. The synodontis is the first one I bought when it was just a little baby, about an in. long. It came from wally world where they told me it was a cory. It is now about 6 in long and 5 in. tall. :shock: I thought it was full grown when I bought it so I learned a couple of lessons out of that. :idea: It's not aggressive towards my other fish so it lives happily with a number of much smaller tankmates. It's also well fed just in case :wink: I'm currently cycling another 29g tank and can't wait to start adding fish. I intend to have about 15 harlequin rasboras, 6 albino corys and I'm hoping to find about 4 red fin dwarf pl*cos, parotocinclus maculicauda. If I can't find them then I'll probably add regular ottos. Talk to you all later, mikeingeorgia
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Welcome along Mike,

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P. maculicauda are not easy to find but there seems to be some P. jumbo in fair supply. They only get 2 inches so don't ask me why they are called jumbo. All I know is that they are superior to common Otocinclus as algae eaters although not anywhere nearly as common. Other than that, bristlenose tank raised as Barbie originally suggested are your best bets and if you are lucky enough to find the Paraotocinclus they are compatible.
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apistomaster wrote:They only get 2 inches so don't ask me why they are called jumbo.
It's because they are the largest Parotocinclus.

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OK, thanks jools, what a difference a couple of mm makes. :o
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Well, considering the SL of P. jumbo is only 3mm shorter than the TL of any near competitor, I would say that it's winning by almost a full caudal fin... And most other species are significantly shorter than that... However, I agree that "jumbo" makes you think "HUGE", and it's by no means huge. It should reach about 2.5" total length tho'.
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Yeah, it's all relative. I'd be surprised too if this fish stays in for any length of time, it has an Hypostomine air to it and it doesn't look anything like its congeners. Time will tell.

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Jools,
I can see that resemblance, too, but if it keeps the pattern it would make a nice addition to the hobby would'nt it?
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