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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 , 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

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?

sidguppy wrote: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.

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.

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 .