I have a single lucipinnis I picked up about a year ago. The same pet store now has a single multipunctatus. I'm pretty sure its probably a grandiops. They are similar in size. Do you think they will cohabit peacefully or with just 2 will there be bullying?

The pattern, especially towards the tail, looks like smaller spots making up a semi or complete circle; similar to a jaguar's spots. I bring this up only because I noticed a tank at an lfs that was labeled Jaguar Synos. Tank was empty, somebody thought it was a good buy. These were listed as a eupte...

Cat-eLog mentions: "Although reported to grow up to 15.5 cm in the wild, S. flavitaeniata is rarely if ever seen at more than 8 cm in the aquarium. " I was wondering if anyone has any experience with this. A local shop has one at about 3 inches and its the first I've seen in the area. They...

I have a very similar group that were sold to me as C. elegans. I was leaning more towards napoensis as well, but, I'm no expert, and I think that's what it takes to definitively identify members of the elegans group. I believe there is a lot of variance within the species, especially C. elegans. Be...

I looked through the hybrid photos, it does bare a resemblance to hybrid 3 picture 5. The pattern on this fish is not quite as "busy" as that one but there is probably a lot of variance with hybrids. You don't think there's any chance at aterrimus then?

Size is approx 3.5 inches SL. Pictures aren't the best and the tank/glass needs cleaning but here they are. http://home.comcast.net/~rhendricks28/HPIM0958.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~rhendricks28/HPIM0960.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~rhendricks28/HPIM0963.JPG http://home.comcast.net/~rhendricks28/H...

I see other people post a "What is my catfish" with only a description, and I think, a picture would be nice. Sorry, now I'm the problem. I was in the area on business, without a camera, when I stopped in to the shop. I had my cell, but it takes bad pictures. Thought that would be worse th...

Its not eupterus, at least not like any I've kept or seen. Pattern is not quite the same. Base color is charcoal, white veining is finer. Thinner if you get my meaning. There's more of the charcoal than the white percentage wise. Maybe two thirds to one. Body type is more elongate. Actually, reminde...

I was at a shop yesterday and saw a syno I didn't recognize. Sorry, I don't have any photos but it looked almost identical to the subadult pictures of S. aterrimus in the Cat-elog. Its roughly 2.5 inches in length. I asked the shop owner and he told me it was S. schoutedeni. I trust the shop owner b...

Sorry, somehow I missed that earlier thread when I searched. These were exported from Zaire. The LFS is asking about $18 (U.S.) for each, which isn't bad compared to what some of the other syno's are fetching. Cat-eLog puts the size at 11.5 cm, is that about what you're finding or are they staying s...

It seems I may have purchased an S. batesii believing it to be S. marmoratus. Does anyone have any experience in keeping them? The tank this fish was intended for is a 200L, heavily planted, and already has a group of S. nigroventris as well as Cories, Dianemas, and Tetras. Will it be a peaceful add...

According to the dealer, the CITES documents list this as S. marmoratus, but I didn't think it looked right. It was exported through Zaire. I also thought it bore a resemblance to S. afrofischeri. Thank you for the replies.

I purchased this as S. marmoratus. There's no photo in Cat-eLog and it doesn't look like the one in Baensch. Its about 5cm. Any opinions?





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You might try http://www.loaches.com.

I don't know how big the EM fields produced by pump motors and heaters are, but I do know those produced by flourescent lighting are measureable. You can't however measure them with a standard voltmeter, it takes special equipment. Grounding a tank will bleed off any potential produced by an EM fiel...

These are excerpts from The Aquarium Encyclopedia, edited by Gunther Sterba. My copy is dated 1978 so the information may be dated as well. This edition doesn't include Aspidoras or Scleromystax. "All species are compact, fairly high-backed and laterally compressed. The line of the back is alwa...

There's no reason to feel shy or paranoid. The customer is always right. If you're not comfortable with what you've been sent, any reputable vendor will want you to return it. With so many companies to choose from, (thanks to the internet), the only thing that may differentiate them is the service t...

I've seen "Olga" cories for sale locally that were actually Corydoras septentrionalis.

Thanks Kim. Do you know if this is a color variant of C. elegans or a separate species? I have one which I believe to be a male and he reminds me a little of C. bilineatus.

Found these at a Petsmart in a tank labeled "Spotted Cories". It was the stripe along both sides of the back that caught my eye. http://home.insightbb.com/~rhendricks28/images/c8df03ff49.jpg http://home.insightbb.com/~rhendricks28/images/b77885ff4c.jpg http://home.insightbb.com/~rhendricks...

My trilineatus do that as well. I've always assumed it was some kind of male sparring.

Brachyrhamdia - Pim like but stay small.

I've always heard that salt is bad for cories so I've never tried.

I've used and had success with Melafix before. I've also used and had success with Maracyn and Maracyn-two. Melafix is a natural product, tea extract I believe, and the Maracyns are antibiotics. I don't know if these are available in Canada but I suspect they are. Your success will depend on how lon...

A good solar distiller should produce water fit for drinking. It would take a lot of collectors to produce enough water for anyone with more than a few tanks. There are electric distillers available that would produce the amount of water necessary. Some are even for converting sea water to drinking ...

From your description they sound like they're external, in which case the Paraguard might help. 'Worms', are a pretty broad category and an effective treatment might depend on identifying what they are. I have treated livebearers for an intestinal nematode, camallanus. The nematode is clearly visibl...

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I've used two products in the past, Seachem Paraguard and Mardel Coppersafe. Both are suppose to be fish and filter safe and in my experience with S. nigroventris and S. eupterus they were. They are both copper based and need to be used carefully. Read the instructions, they can interact with other ...

Judging from the fish that are effected you may have Killer Guppy Disease rather than common Ich. Its caused by a protozoan of the species Tetrahymena. It effects livebearers, some tetras and some labyrinth fish. I don't know about killis. You might search the net on it to see about treatment option...

I don't have any personal experience with RO systems but what I've been told is that they at best only output 50 percent of the water that's input. That doesn't seem like an efficient recycling method. I think a biological process would be the most efficient, but I agree that most people would not h...