Marc's fish room build

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Thanks NewPlecoKeeper!

The L095 are doing well, two have grown significantly chunkier than the others so I'm hopeful I have both sexes, occasionally I see two or more swimming around side by side, but nothing to get particularly excited about.

The mouse catfish, Hassar orestis are also doing well and are fully grown chunky fish. One repeatedly gets a long flowing filament on its dorsal fin, I'm assuming that is a male, maybe it's not always the same one, but only one fish has it at a time, after a month or so it disappears, then comes back in a few months.

Pleased you enjoyed the thread :-BD .
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Amazing, nice to hear that things are going well. I hope you Get some breeding out of the Hassar Orestis. Seems like it’s little to no info about breeding the different mouse catfishes 😅
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The fish room has been ticking over for a while now, without any changes. A visit to the CSG (Catfish Study Group) convention this past weekend encouraged me to shift a few things around and pick up some new fish.

I brought home, 2 pairs of , 2 pairs of , 2 pairs of , a pair of , as well as 5 young .

There is a bonus picture of some swimmy fish I got too! Hopefully once settled I'll be able to breed some of these, and report back.
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Hi Marc,

Those are great fish. Congratulations! Did you enjoy the CSG convention?

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Thanks Eric, yes the convention was great, really good to see everyone again.

Going around the shops and convention hall looking at fish, then talking to people about them got me excited about keeping fish again. Now I just need to find the time to re-arrange a few things in the fish room, once the new fish are through quarantine!
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Those are nice pics too. Not to get too far off-topic, but the convention was great, spent lots of time with many folks I've not seen for a few years. It's bloomin' torture to see so many great fish without any means to keep them at home mind you. Must get fishroom sorted!



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Hi Everyone,

It's been a while, but thought I'd update on a surprise spawn, a few months back I found some small along with a presumed female who was looking very lethargic. I assumed that the small fish was a skinny male not doing well, but it soon disappeared and I thought no more of it. I moved the female to another tank and she has now fully recovered.

I suspect that the battered female was involved in a spawn, as I noticed a few more 'skinny males' recently and got a much better look at them, they are about half the length of the adults and much skinnier, but observed to be eating well, they are smaller than the adults when I purchased them ~3.5 years ago, so I'm confident they are the result of a spawn. I managed to get a picture of one of the young alongside an adult. I'm amazed any eggs survived as the adults are fierce feeders, the Barilius in there also aren't shy with food!

They are housed in the tank below:

Young and adult - apologies for the dirty glass!
Young and adult - apologies for the dirty glass!
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Congratulations Marc! That's spectacular!

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Thanks Eric, I see you are speaking at the CSG convention next year, see you there!
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