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Atmichaels wrote:This species seems especially prone to ich, probably due to being so easily stressed. I have used API general cure (metro/prazi) successfully with zero losses.
Thanks Atmichaels, I'll pick some of that up today and keep you all updated. I found that they were not nearly as relaxed as the Amaralia (behaving like rocks) or the Pseudohemiodon (happily scootering on top of the Amaralia) but rather they would bump into the sides of the bucket until I added some driftwood for them to nuzzle into (before I did that some of them where using the amaralia to hide under!
I can stop keeping catfish whenever I want. I just don't think I'll ever want to do that...
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Just had a question about your dosing with 'General cure' @Atmichaels did you use half the dose or what it reccomends?
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Recommended dosage.
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I am the proud owner of a group of 7 Spinipterus Sp 1
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:-)
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Jools wrote::-)
I've seen you already used my pictures in the cat-eLog.....I have send some more pictures yesterday to the webmaster
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Close but no cigar. Had a female Tatia sp. "II", Marble Tatia, lay eggs within the last day. Unfortunately they are infertile but another female appears to be gravid. A big thanks to Ted Judy for getting these in! They will get there.
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Marc van Arc wrote:Last summer I got inspired by the Dordogne once again, so I'm going to make the tank more open (less wood, some stones, more current). The inhabitants are going to be barbs (Sahyadria denisonii and Dawkinsia filamentosa), combined with Awaous lateristriga gobies. That should give me plenty to see.
After nearly two months I have to say that I'm really pleased with the current set up. Apart from the above mentioned species, I also added Devario pathirana, Stiphodon atropurpureus and Hypeleotris compressa. The only species that was already in the tank with the catfishes, Acantopsis choirorhynchus, is also still around.
75% of the wood has been removed as well as all Java fern and swordplants. Stones and pebbles have been added, as well as some kind of Nymphaea and giant Vallisineria.
Lighting has been changed (different colours) and the water colour is now clear instead of tanned.
As I was unable to find a suitable catfish species, I will leave it like this for the time being. As I said previously, if I want to see catfishes I will have to go to my pond.

Saying goodbye to my beloved Auchenipteridae was indeed hard, but I'm happy for the fishes that they have found a good home. In all honesty I'm also happy for myself, because I have refound my hobby. After all these years of seeing very little to nothing during the day, it's good to see fishes that are apparently unable to disappear, not even when I'm working in the tank. Arjan Kruseman labelled them as "forgiving" and that is exactly what they are. Moreover, they are lively, colourful and hungry!

I'm sorry for the off-topic, but I wanted to make my last PC posting in "my" thread.

Thanks for reading and have a wonderful 2016.

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Thanks for all your contributions, Marc!
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kruseman wrote:Thanks for all your contributions, Marc!
Yes indeed; many thanks
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today I placed mine spinipterus to an another tank
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I had originally posted about these back in November, 2014. Bought 6 of these from Ted Judy as Tatia cf. galaxias. The first pic is shortly after arrival. The remainder were taken today of the fish on the right. 3 have grown into what look like intermedia, the other 3 look like the pics below. The spots on the body have completely disappeared and only remain on the tail. SL is 115mm.

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It is Spring and love is in the air! Or in this case, water!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yg1i8Hnimo
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Atmichaels wrote:I had originally posted about these back in November, 2014. Bought 6 of these from Ted Judy as Tatia cf. galaxias. The first pic is shortly after arrival. The remainder were taken today of the fish on the right. 3 have grown into what look like intermedia, the other 3 look like the pics below. The spots on the body have completely disappeared and only remain on the tail. SL is 115mm.
Interesting! I bought some very similar fish from Ted (small intermedia-complex Tatia), but they have barely grown at all in the 10 months that I've had them. They started out at about 3cm SL, and now they're still about 3-4cm SL.
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jeremybasch wrote:It is Spring and love is in the air! Or in this case, water!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Yg1i8Hnimo
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XY4mSxSB50A
Sorry for breaking my promise, but Jeremy, this is mating, not spawning. Once the eggs have been fertilized, the female will spawn in a week or so.
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?

my best guess anyway and I'm only going off the one Clog picture and the caudal fin appears damaged
I can stop keeping catfish whenever I want. I just don't think I'll ever want to do that...
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Very cool fish!
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bekateen wrote:Very cool fish!
Agreed! What size is the fish (just the one?) What size tank, and what is it feeding on?
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My first thought was , but now I do agree with the first ID. Nice find!

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Been a while since anyone has touched this thread.

Currently I have and .

The perugiae spawned twice in the last month; I moved the eggs to a 10 gal with a bunch of cory eggs and little cory fry, but I never saw any oil cats hatch. Next time I have to go back to my old habit of hatching eggs in a dedicated egg tank. To this day, I believe all my orca are females, so I need to source a male.

Anybody else want to report?

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My Tatia strigata seem to be going strong. 4 spawns in the last month! Centromochlus perugiae also keep on producing. Hopefully the rest of the woodcats get with it!https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_dZtZ2Plbl8
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jeremybasch wrote: 20 Aug 2017, 20:11My Tatia strigata seem to be going strong.
Hi Jeremy,

I see you're bringing some to Catfish Cataclysm. Those will be a choice catch for someone... who knows? Maybe me. ;-)

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It has been a while since a picture has been posted here.
Let's bring a little life back in this old topic.

I bought 5 Tatia gyrina. 2 males and 3 females.
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kruseman wrote: 24 Feb 2018, 19:35I bought 5 Tatia gyrina. 2 males and 3 females.
@kruseman, how are your T. gyrina doing? Any spawning from them?

It turns out your finder's luck was mine yesterday: I came upon a group of six Tatia at a LFS (I think they're ), three females, one male, and a couple of immature subadults. Had to get them all.

Now my list of currently kept auchenipterids is: Sadly I lost the .

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Put these in a tank with dead leaves. That's some great camouflage... Not that the fish disappeared amonst the leaves, but the midlateral line, which looks so obvious in a bare tank, suddenly becomes the dark central petiole of a dead leaf. This fish is crafty! ^:)^

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bekateen wrote: 20 Jul 2019, 20:01 @kruseman, how are your T. gyrina doing? Any spawning from them?
They're doing fine, but no spawning. I think I need to provide them with softer water probably.

Nice to see you have a group now. Good luck with them, they're the best!
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It's been a while since I posted here, but today I received two pairs of , so I thought I'd update my list: On the T. exilis I got today, they are good sized, the largest about 6cm SL. One of the smaller fish was almost pure yellow in the shipping bag, while the other three were pigmented normally. I was disappointed to see the yellow fish had regained color (but still yellow in its base) only a few hours later. Oh well...

I never would have imagined I would be keeping so many. Such neat fish!

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Supercool :) is this the longest running thread on here?
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