Great find. They've been hard to come by the past couple of years. Where were you able to find this one?

They probably look like the ones in this thread http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... =8&t=23026 I know the ones at my local Petsmart do.

I thought it was my imagination when seeing the pic in this PFK magazine of a Granulosa, but it appears to have the same head deformity.
http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.uk/m ... p?sid=4927

This made me laugh. :d Here in Texas most people with a pond are trying to keep brown bullheads out. If it's anything there like it is here, they'll find their way into your pond. I've got a 2500 gallon pond that I never put any into and I've found 3 in the past 2 years about 6 inches long. And yes,...

Lake Malawi is near the Equator & stays in the 70s year round. He probably wouldn't survive in an outdoor pond.

If you paid a "blue channel catfish" price for him, great! Aquabid.com is a good resource if you're looking to sell it. They were selling on there last year for 100$ or so. Another common name is kampango catfish. There are aquarists out there who have tanks big enough to house one of thes...

I agree with Silurus. It doesn't look to be euptera, however may have a parent that was.

I have had 5, still have 3. The leading edges to the fins is the tell that it's hybrid, as Richard pointed out. They are getting closer to the real thing, though.

I had to watch this one a few times because it is so close to the real thing. The OP of the video gave me the ok to post it here. The tail and spots just don't look quite right to me so I'm thinking hybrid. Thoughts?

What kind of cichlids do you have? When I feed my mbuna I feed my catfish at the same time. I actually reach my hand into the tank and put food on the bottom. I understand if some don't like to feed this way, though. Another thing I have seen done is to use a piece of tube cut the depth of the tank....

Does anyone know where I can find Plotosus lineatus for sale? If anyone has purchased these in the past, I'm curious as to what they cost.

Well lets hope they get the same study that the Tanganyikan's got and then we should know. Hopefully this comes sooner rather than later. I'm certain these are a genuine species if not absolutely typical of the majority of fish labelled njassae. FWIW, my opinion is there is too much that is unknown...

Looks like lucipinnis. Nice and healthy too.

What's the price tag on that beauty? Looks genuine to me. The price tag will tell a lot, too.

Finally got this book! Was a gift from my cousin for picking him up a 90 gallon setup. Here's what I look like...

Lol, that's because they taste better than cats.

I wonder what the findings were in relation to species flocks in Lake Malawi.

http://www.envirobase.info/search/Searc ... B=RES21253

Is this the post you were referring to, Richard?

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... hp?t=17915

I tried to lure the ones here out with some New Era food to get a picture, but they knew what I was up to and just laughed at me. Apparently mine knew what was up, also. I tried and tried to get some good video of them but they apparently paid off the mbuna to get in the way of every shot. 1.Next s...

Richard B wrote:Do you have a pic?

These guys won't sit still or come out of the shadows long enough to snap a decent pic. I'll try and shoot a video this evening when I feed and post the video.

Wow Viktor, it's coming along nicely. Cograts and good job with all the progress you've made. I know, from spending the last year building a fish house, it seems like you'll never get done. Congrats and keep it up.

I had to break out my BTN and salamander books. I agree, they look exactly like the one in BTN and very close to the salamander one. Mine don't look like these. Mine are a lot darker with a lot more spots. I wonder if there aren't several varieties in the lake. Either that or the ugly alternative.

Welcome. You've got a nice list of cats.

Synodontis grandiops. There's nothing like their interaction when you have a nice sized school of them.

The only thing I've had similar to what you describe is when my tank got too cold one day. I had several synodontis floating and lost one. When I went to take them out they would swim back to the bottom. Once I got the temperature corrected the rest of them were fine.

Thanks so much, Dave. I'm gonna have to buy that book and my wife's gonna kill me. That one page from the book is just a bit more temptation.

I took some pics out of the water but they weren't very good. Once they settle in good I'll break out my better camera and get some shots. They look just like the fish in the link below, though. This is where I got them from. I agree with your assessment of the 2 on Scotcat. I put off getting them f...

Richard, were you ever able to find the post on the 2nd species of Malawi Synodontis? I recently purchased 6 of them after putting it off for several years. They're nice catfish but they are the small spot variety & don't look like the one pictured in this thread or the one in the Back to Nature...

Thanks for the feedback guys. I'm gonna have to break down and buy Seegers' book. The German edition has tempted me a few times b/c it's almost half the price. However I keep coming back to the fact that Jools says the technical German doesn't translate via google translator. Too bad it's not in Spa...

I have been curious about Synodontis victoriae for a few years. Perhaps some of you guys can satiate my curiosities. First, has anyone ever seen these available for sale. Second, I wonder if there is more than one species in Lake Victoria. My reason for this wonderment is that the picture in the Cat...