Hi,
if anyone is interested and able to read german:

http://www.welse.net/seiten/bratzuch.htm

Klaus,
I can be sure as I have collected both spp. in the wild. C. nudirostre is found in just a handful of quebradas (streams) in Carabobo State, Venezuela. Since there is no commercial collection of tropical fishes in this area, there is no chance of C. nudirostre just showing up at a local pet ...

Shane wrote:It is actually a Colombian sp. from the Magdalena basin or Orinoco basin up above Villavicencio.
-Shane

Hi Shane, how can you be shure - just by looking at the picture? If you take the pictures before and after it, they seem to me to be more in the nudirostre-direction...
Klaus

Hi,
can anybody tell me something about this cute little catfish?

I believe the reason it crashes the PH is a digestive enzime.

Hi,
Do you just believe it, or do you know something, that I don't ?

SirMinion wrote: They also have a strange ability to crash the pH in a tank very suddenly with disaterous results.

Hi, then you should read this:
http://www.welse.net/seiten/chacsco1.htm

just wondering, cause I'm always looking for a nice pl*co, from experience ... what pl*cos usually show the best personality/ the least shy/ the most out in the open?

I'm afraid, you won't get one nowadays, but of all the lots of different plecos I keep (and kept) is only one the boss wherever ...

Silurus wrote:Chaca are best kept in a species tank. I suppose one could house it with larger tankmates,

Better not!
My first Chaca has been killed by a Gibbiceps, who thought, the chaca might be an old oakroot.
Klaus

pmnovak1 wrote:How can I tell if he is eating or not then?

You can't, but he will!
I keep seven of them from different ages and they all are still alive and well. They eat under cover when they are young.
You may try and get them eating when you use a torch by night..........

I've recently purchased a leopard cactus pl*co and I'm wondering how I should actually feed it. The site here talks about prawns, mussels, etc. Thats fine, but I'm not sure if I've ever seen him move from his hiding place.
Thanks,
Paul
That's the way they always behave, when they've come into an ...

Shane wrote:It depends on the species. Most Chaetostoma spp. that are imported regularly for the hobby do not reach over 4 inches SL.

Shane, what is this in cm?
Klaus

yannfulliquet wrote: this

That's exactly the one that keeps on breeding here.

I currently have a royal pl*co, I was wondeing what other toothed pl*cos can get along with it. This is in general what ones can get along with out killing each other. I had a royal and a blue eyes until I believe the royal killed the blue eyes.

Fish is currently in a a 55 gallon w lots of ...

Hi,
are there more than L 27, 190, 191, 203, 330 and LDA 63 ?

Best wishes
Klaus

Hi,
some guys over here in germany seem to be proud, that they have hybrids from Hemiloricaria sp. RED and Hemiloricaria lanceolata and they keep on selling these cats! Although it is not quite clear, what the relationship between these to species is - I think one must not do this (spreading ...

It mostly depend on the size of the aquarium - I have two pl*cos in one 180 liter aquarium, and there´s no problem - but I think, that it´s a boy and a girl. . however I would never keep two Panaques in the same tank. .
Well - I can't agree!
I keep 5 Panaque nigrolineatus, 1 Panaque cochliodon ...

If there ever was one fish taylormade for the speciestank; it's Chaca spp
Their adult length hovers about 8" or so, but their sheer lack of activity makes them suitable, even for small tanks.
Big and weird enough to look impressive, lazy, docile and social enough to keep a few in a small tank ...

Chacas are best kept by themselves. They do not seem to like tankmates much, even if they are too big to be eaten.
That said, they are impressive predators that can eat fairly large fish relative to their body size (and therefore not to be trusted with tankmates).
More info here .
And one more ...

let's hope this is the same 'thing. Still I find it weird, unnatural.
btw ... how many did you keep ? and did you aver get a spawn ? which waterparameters did they live in ?
I keep four species of banjos and three or four of each.
No, they never spawned here. :(
They live in different waters ...

Well, they liked the bloodworm!
well I really hope it's just that.
when I typed "swollen belly + fish" in google you get real nasty articles :?
... Well let's hope for the best.
Hi,
I used to keep the banjos since years and they all have swollen bellies from time to time. I just dont't really ...

I am a biology teacher and a rock'n'roll-guitar-player
Klaus

I would guess it's a bristlenose but the pink skin on its lips and nose confuses me. Anyone know what this is?
I think it is an Ancistrus sp. which I have as well.
http://www.welse.net/seiten/ancistsp.htm
It has that pink skin on its lips and the restcolor changes from the color on your picture ...

corydonna wrote:Hi all,
My name's Karolina,
I hope I'll have a great time here, and hopefully have most of my questions answered. Thanks in advance!
Sincerely,
Karolina

Welcome aboard!
Klaus

My farlowella vittatas have spawned twice to date.
My conclusion was they did not get enough to eat, but I am not sure on this.
I would also be interested in hearing other peoples breeding successes and fustrations with this adorable fish. I love mine, they make me laugh!
Best, Fishes
You must ...

yannfulliquet wrote:Hi!
Could be but it seems the head pattern is a bit different so I would still go with thePanaque cf maccus id.
Yann

Hm....why don't you use PANAQOLUS sp. aff. maccus?
Klaus

What kind of snails? I have a lot of "Malayan sand snails" (directly translated from norwegian; don't know the english name), but I think they eat eggs. I suspect them to have eaten an Ancistrus cluch...
Melanoides tuberculata - they can't eat eggs, but they crawl over them and clean them thereby ...

bernt wrote: I've read some place that you should brush catfish eggs a few times a day to prevent them from fungusing. Have anyone heard the same?
Bernt

Yes, but you can let some snails do the work as well.
Klaus

Yesterday, my pair of Farlowella spawned in my comunity tank. I've had them for about one year now, and after conditioning and lots ov water changes the last months, they finaly spawned. This is my first "non-ancistrus-loricarid" that has been spawning, so I need some advises. I've heard that the ...

Caol_ila wrote:Hi!

And imo the base population of L144 cant be very big, because from what i understand how nature works this species doesnt have a whole lot of advantages in the wild. Or else we would many more xanthoristic fishes that are wild caught. Wouldnt we?

Yes, yes, babe!

Hi!

It only appears to be that light in the lower head region. With a little imagination you can see the beginning of a triangular spot between the eyes that is very reddish, also at the base of the tail.
I also have another one that was supposed to be a female for him but its turning out to be a ...