Another Auchenipterid find

[Marc van Arc]

Today we celebrated the end of the holidays (well, almost) by visiting several LFS-ses in the middle and east of the Netherlands. One of the shops had few catfishes, but when I named some Auchenipterids he said he had some Tatias in stock.
I feared they would be T. perugiae, but to my surprise they were

Tatia intermedia

, a species that I never encountered overhere (I used to have a pair, but they were bought in Germany). I asked the man how many he had and he said he believed 7 or 8. I saw 5 which were in good shape, despite the fin nipping c******ds they shared the tank with. I would like to have them all I said.
To cut a long story short: there were 14 specimen in that tank and I took them all. Beside the fact that they weren't very expensive and still pretty small, I couldn't decide which ones should stay behind and be bitten to pieces by those c******ds.
So: another great and unexpected asset to my "collection".

Btw: for Dutch people who like the unusual: one other shop stocked

Chiloglanis batesii

[sidguppy]

14 Tatia's

too small for the big showtank? guess the non-Auchenipterids in the smaller tanks are going to move soon, with all these.

good find; in august. not exactly high season.

btw wich shops did you visit and more precise; wich one did have the Chiloglanis?

[Marc van Arc]

btw wich shops did you visit and more precise; wich one did have the Chiloglanis?

As this is of little interest to most members, you could send a PM.

[sidguppy]

OK
I will

plenty other Dutch catfish addicts around here, though.
As we all know from here, rare cats have been in severe shortage for years.

[Marc van Arc]

All 14 are doing very well and show themselves even with lights on while being fed. Their behaviour has also made the A. coracoideus a little braver. But as the tank is very crowded at the moment, I must see to it that water changes are made more often. And that's what I'm going to do right now .