Hi all,

A friend of mine is after some Blue Whale Catfish (Cetopsis coecutiens) - if anybody knows of some of these for sale if they could pass the message on that would be great.

Cheers!
Harry

Glad to hear it. Hope it all geos well.

Harry

Hi Mats, sorry to hear - though I'm glad your able to retain (some of?) your fish.
Are you able to keep all of your fish or are you still having to sell some of them (and if so, which)? (I'm sorry, I couldn't think of a better way to put the question).

Thanks
Harry

Thanks for fixing those Mats, and thanks for the IDing too!

Thanks very much - I've not seen those before, and I think that yes, it highly probably is. Sorry for letting you down guys!

Hi, I apologize in advance in that I am unable to directly load images, as the image link to imageshack says that it cant determine the image size. Anyhow, here are the links - much appreciation for helping. Sorry for the poor pics. Harry 1) Black Lancer or a syno? http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/753...

I went back in today, and am not 100% sure its a Lancer - maybe some kind of Syno. By the sounds of things they're contemplating £85 (if it is a Black Lancer), but theres been a lot of interest so not sure if that figure will rise. Does that sound a reasonable price? Anyhow, heres the pics (i cant s...

Yep, sure - I should be able to get one tomorrow if not in the week . also that way I'll know if it is definately a Lancer, leaving me looking rather silly. But will try and upload one ASAP
Harry

Thanks everyone - I should expect then that this fish is likely to go up at around £50 there or thereabouts. I will let you know of any updates.
Harry

unfortunately we went away and the fry didnt survive. am hoping for more results with my new ones now though. sorry about that.
Harry

I doubt it will be of any use to you, but we have a fully gorwn, probably female, black lancer in the LFS in south east england - no price on it as of yet though, if you were interested. Good luck with the breeding - it won't be easy but should make for a great project.
Harry

Hi,
In my LFS they have now in a fully grown (around 35cm TL), probably female . No price is up on the tank as of yet, what sort of price do you reckon she's worth? Thanks,
Harry

matthewfaulkner wrote: I can only really speak for plecs, but I think the prices are great. A good comparison would be their current price of £32 for a 15-20cm/6-8" Hemiancistrus subviridis aka L200, compare to your normal LFS.

wow! If only my parents would allow me more than one tank...

Harry

brilliant. I'ts a must for me if I'm ever up that area of the country. I've seen some of the pictures of it on their website and the Room with a View article - looks amazing. What were the prices like there?

Harry

I'm not sure the tail is the right shape for an L191, and like you i cant seem to think of anything with a spotted dorsal fin. I'll have a think and get back to you in the morning if i can come up with anything.

Harry

I've thought about Dianema - lovely fish - but I haven't seen them in my area before. Maybe the LFS could order some in for me. My Corys are kept in a semi-planted tank on sand, and ive had some of them for at least 3 years, and they were nearly fully grown when i got them. I think I'll ask the LFS ...

For my Christmas present this year I am allowed to get a/some new catfish. At the moment I have 2 Panaque maccus , a Hemiloricaria parva , a Hypancistrus inspector and 5 very old Corydoras aeneus . I've thought about either Banjos, Scleromystax barbatus or a Sturisoma or Farlowella. However, I'd qui...

How much do you think they're worth? Is £10 about the right kind of value?

Thanks
Harry

yep, thats the one!

Thanks very much
Harry

Hi,
In the LFS, there is a large catfish(around 15cm SL). It has the exact body shape of an but has a steely gray body with a golden diamond around the gill area. No pictures yet, though I may be able to get some tomorrow.

Thanks for your help
Harry

Hi, In the corner of my tank I just found what may possibly be a fish skull. Unfortunately, I am currently unable to upload any pictures, though I will ASAP. From the top, the shape looks a little like this emoticon :an: but with a rectangular extension to the bottom. There is then a flimsy attatchm...

Hi,

For the first time today my Bleeding Heart Tetras spawned, but in 36 hours I go away for two weeks. What can I do to give the eggs/fry the best chance of survival until I return?

Thanks in advance,

Harry

oops, must have had the insert key on. sorry. the other part should have said they are fed tablet, algae wafers and flake twice a day and cucumber every week.

thanks

harry

Hi, I'm thinking about purchasing a pair of Farlowella vittata cucumber every week. The other cats they'd be in with are Panaque maccus , Hemiancistrus guahiborum and Corydoras aeneus . pH ranges between 5 and 6, temp around 25oc. Would they be OK in this environment with this feeding? If not, how w...

I think I read somewhere that the FULL stripe in the males isn't evident until their first attempt to breed, but a fainter one is evident upon reaching sexual maturity, or around 6cm TL. (I'm assuming this is the Rio de Janero variety). I'm not totally sure on the information, but I seem to remember...

Thanks for all the help.
Harry

its more of a flat type algae - I've had ancistrus before and they were great with the green algae, but they seemed to leave all the brown algae. Are there any species of ancistrus that are better than others with the brown algae?

Thanks
Harry

Hi, I'm thinking about getting a shoal of Otocinclus, as in the last month I've had a bloom of brown algae. The current "workforce" are a shoal of Corydoras aeneus, a pair of Panaque maccus and a Hemiancistrus guahiborum. Are there any better fish for the brown algae that are commonly avai...

I'm really sorry to hear that...slightly off track, but what treatment did you use for the whitespot? - the common one (malachite green) is poisonous to all scaleless fish, so maybe that was why you lost the C. perugaie?

Thanks for the help!

Harry