If this fish is small ie Juvenile it could be an atterimus (excuse spelling) S Ornatippinis is miles apart in comparison to angelicus.Ornatippinis are banded rather than spotted I think there is a good photo on the cat e log but I will try and send you a pic of mine. On the other hand it stands a ve...

Although I have seen a couple of synos around this size , ive never seen angelicus more than 35cm, anything is possible I suppose. All of the budgeti I have had have been aggresive which can be said of several synos. How old do you think those angelicus are, they still show excellent colour which is...

Charly you now know why it took so long to even get a reply in the first place, Some of us feel very strongly about our pet fish as Dinyar said we will end up with all sorts of cross species if people insist in buying these cross bred fish. I am sure your intentions are honourable to our trade and h...

Does anybody smoke or use aerosols in the house? We have had fish poisoned this way in past.

Hi we have had L200 cats in at 6inch but I beleive they can grow to 8-9. Prices in uk are always higher and 3-4 inch specimens can go for anything from £25-£35 around $37-$52. The L128 it very similar but has blue spots and is a little dearer.

Such a shame . Check the water quality at your lfs Ph etc and give the one you like the best a go. Good luck.

While on holiday in Menphis, some of the restraunts had catfish on the menu, would this be the same cat?

Try an L82 opal dot they are nice cats and we keep them in Malawi setups with no problems.

We have kept L82 cats in these conditions with no problem. They are one of the nicer spotted plecs

Charly, I would have a chat with the people at profi aquarium in czech rep. I know they sell synos which have been hormone bred, they might be willing to share some information with you . Let us all know the outcome.

You will find it very tricky to get these cats at the moment. We acquired several which unfortunately perished very quickly, and speaking to several people in the trade they are becomming more and more difficult to import. I would not buy these fish if you can't keep in a pond or very lge tank.Brach...

We have kept these cats in with discus at extreme temps with no problems. As you say the extra aeration helps, but I would normally keep at 75 f. We have had had these fish in the past with almost peach coloured spots is yours the same.

Id prefer the true rtc to the false one. When we have smaller ones they have been fine even in tanks with peaceful fish, unlike the wyckii and numerus which can only be described as pure evil. I have a wyckii called lucifer and a colleague as a numerus which is now growing well. True character fish.

We are constantly topping up our aquariums due to fish being sold. Recently we have had no choice but to use a purifier as the mains water is terrible and was causing a lot of problems when frequently water changing. 40% weekly changes are ideal with good water as the benefit to the fish will be vis...

Hi all, can you check oxygen or co2 levels in the tank, the co2 can affect ph. If the tank as recently been set up ammonia levels can suddenly go high.

Oops, sorry misread as argulus in first place ignore reccomendation. As anybody had bad experiences bathing catfish in potassium permanganate. We normally use this on koi in same circumstances.

Melafix will work fine on a red tail. He should make a good recovery. I bet revenge will be on the cards when he is bigger.

Hi are you able to remove them with tweezers? If possible do this and then rub some honey into sore spot left behind. See if you can see any eggs on the glass? They look like parralel rods. Remove them with a razor blade if possible.Can you get interpet products? If so ther anti crustacean remidy wo...

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Hi all , if the fish are very small they might sway in the water current if the pumps are very strong, and may not actually be sick. We had a juve Tigrinus which also looked very sick when he came in but was fine after a few weeks of tlc. I have never seen any albino pims in the flesh and would imag...

I do not know what happened to him but I beleive he was up for £200, a real bargain .

Small L001 look more striking than gibbys of same size .The super leopard cat L128 is completely different in colour and markings. Do you have a picture.

We have sold L264 cats around 6inches in size but they are usually smaller. Bigger specimens may actually be Pseudoacanthicus Spinossus. They are easy to mistake at a glance. A lovely cat all the same

A lfs had a S Acanthamias in 2yrs back which had come out of a trop pond. Said fish was 29 inch in length approx 80cm and was a real beauty which was unusual as Syno cats tend to lose their colour as they mature.

Katt what have you done to these cats to get ich in the first place? There body armour usually prevents the parasites boring in. Do you do any maintanance on your tank ie substrate cleaning,water changes etc? Are they kept with a sand substrate?

We had some talking cats in december I will let you know if we get any in the near future. We also kept them with the spotted dora ( I only call angel cats S angelicus ) and some raphael cats no obvious fighting but the tank nearly bubbles at feeding time.

They spend most of their time spent in the middle of the tank. There is no decor otherwise in the tank and they dont bother with the filter uplift. I will move them over the weekend to a larger tank with suitable caving, but I bet they spend most of the daytime hidden. They get on very well together...

The water in the UK is terrible at its best, most of the time it is undrinkable. I always advise people to use conditioners in tap water but I know that most of our customers use ro water purified or still mineral water as more often than not our water is too high in nitrates, phosphates and phenols...

Pseudoacanthicus cats are among my fav Lnos especially L273 but must admit lge L25 cats are simply amazing we recently had 3 over 12 inches in our shop and they sold within a week of being taken out of quarantine, we currently have 2 in @8inch and a juv @ 3inch I will try and send a pic of this one ...