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Hello + pics

Posted: 10 Aug 2009, 16:48
by Fristeh
Hiho

My name is Fristi, i'm 21 years old and i live in belgium :)
my hobbies are Fishkeeping and Ultimate frisbee.
i gonna skip the frisbee part and go directly to the fishkeeping :P
atm i keep fishes for 3 years.

at my house i have 3 tanks
1x 80 x 30 x 40 with mostly emotional value.
1x 116 x 30 x 60 i know, weird size but its custom made to fit in the kitchen
1x 200 x 40 x 60 in the bedroom
( all in cm! l x d x h )

my smallest tank contains a couple of honeygouramis, 7 coryd. trilineatus, alot of feederguppies.
the gouramis and corydoras are in there for 3.5 years now. guppies come and go ofcourse :p

my 116 houses tanganyikas.
2x calvus
1x tretocephallus
2x syno. multipunctatus
3x leleupi
5x brichardi
6x mpulungu
2x j regani
5x multifasciatus
i know that it is a bit overstocked but the filtration makes up for it :)
they originally where housed in my largest tank.

in my largest tank (105 gal ) now are 3 baby oscars, 3 catfish wich i'm not sure of. some say its a normal pleco,
some say its not, some say its gibbicepses some say its not ... ( one of the main reasons i made an account here :P )
and 3 clownloach
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i was looking to add another catfish, but not a catfish like a gibbiceps, more something like an RTC
i was noticed of this fish by a monsterfishkeepr friend of mine. he told me to get one and when it was to big he would
house it for me. i looked up the rtc and it was just a stunning fish. but i cant be *rsed growing a fish to ship it to someone else later.

tough now i'm looking for something that has the same shape, as a rtc, but doesnt become as big. a miniature version of the rtc would be ace :D
i trolled already trough the cat-e log but i couldnt find anything. so now my question to you guys is if any of you know a lookalike
to the RTC wich becomes approx 40-50 cm and has that typical very broad head and giant mouth.
all i can find wich looks a bit like him is the centrodoras brachiatus :(

Re: Hello + pics

Posted: 10 Aug 2009, 17:21
by L number Banana
Hello and welcome to Planet Catfish :)
I can't help you with the names - I'm still new to this but I'd love to see a picture of this tank if you have any:
1x 116 x 30 x 60 i know, weird size but its custom made to fit in the kitchen
I'm currently shopping for kitchen cupboards and have a long wide blank spot... :beardy:

Re: Hello + pics

Posted: 10 Aug 2009, 17:24
by Richard B
Welcome to Planet Catfish! :D

I'm actually quite interested in ultimate frisbee - what is different to an ordinary one?

Re: Hello + pics

Posted: 10 Aug 2009, 17:33
by DutchFry
Hi welcome to PC!

nice pictures you make :thumbsup:

maybe you like or ? Both are best kept in groups of about 5 or more specimens.

Re: Hello + pics

Posted: 10 Aug 2009, 17:33
by Richard B
Would fit the bill? Or Calophysus Macropterus?

Re: Hello + pics

Posted: 10 Aug 2009, 17:39
by DutchFry
great suggestion Richard! such a nice cat that is!

I think though, this species will be quite hard to find in the shops, right?

Re: Hello + pics

Posted: 10 Aug 2009, 17:47
by Richard B
Er, dunno about Belgium, but i can get a couple today if i wanted to (presuming they are still there & i remember where i saw them :oops: )

Ferrybridge was one...

Re: Hello + pics

Posted: 10 Aug 2009, 18:39
by MatsP
Welcome to Planet Catfish.

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Mats