Hi Eric, Jools,
hi guys,

dang Jools you awoke me from my slumber :) I think I last posted on PC like... 20 years ago?

Very nice Eric!

Yes, I bred E. minusculus and E. jerdoni , and I know from one guy in Germany that also bred what we call E. horai . What I call E. minusculus is what is exported ...

thanks, Achim
Your welcome! :)
Unfortunatly they didn't pic one of my pictures for the cover, but that was expected as they had an Akyis as cover just recenty ;)
An in detail artikle about breeding is likely to be published in the december issue of the german aquaristic magazine "Aquaristik ...

Hi,

Are they rarer then the other ones?

Well, i can't tell for sure, but i myself have yet only seen the uniform grayish/black one for sale and never the other one (only on slides).

Greetings,

Achim

Any idea how large they get?
According to fishbase approx. 20cm SL. Although i haven't seen such large specimens yet in Aquaria. But that might be because most ppl give them away when they start eating the other tank members ;) In any case watch out if you keep them with smaller tankmates like ...

3.Is it deadly?

Yes.


Ok, im dead then ;)
Seriously, there are at least two species of Heteropneustes which are sold as H. fossilis, a uniform grayish/black one and a rather brownish with a creamy lateral stripe. I don't know which one is H. fossilis, would be interesting to investigate on ...

Hi,

Difficult to tell from the pictures. My guess is Batrochoglanis ranius.

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Achim

Hi,

imo this is Otocinclus macrospilus . The caudal spot matches exactly the description in Schaefers cascudinho revision: "The presence of a double caudal pigment marking, comprised of a large, diffuse triangular anterior mark separated from the pigment of the midlateral stripe, followed ...

Hi,

yup your right, this is indeed Glyptoperichthys joselimaianus.

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Achim

Hi,

the picture is pretty blurry, but that looks much more like Brachyrhamdia meesi to me, considering the missing dorsal fin spot.

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Achim

well, it just took me too long to write my previous post ;)

Yes, catfish eyes are insensitive to red light

Not that i doubt you Rusty, but do you have any citation for that? Because like posted above, from what i read till now they seem to be able to detect red light.

Achim

Hi,

Can fish see red lights? The very same question hit my mind some time ago.
Im no expert on this, so if im wrong somewhere someone please correct me.
If I switched to red lights, will the catfish come out during the day so i can see them?
I don't know if they will come out during day his way ...

Hi Marshel,

I have experienced C. virginae as a very skittish and easily stressed species. Thus large tanks (at least 80x40cm "floor space", the larger the tank the better), with a lot of hiding places are suitable.Best place the tank where is not too much "traffic" in front of it.
They are also ...

Hi Xsu-Xsu,

just my two cents:

Number one is not Corydoras armatus , but a species closely related to it. Its sometimes called Corydoras "dorsalis" , a non existent taxon. "The real" Corydoras armatus differs on a first look in color (rather grayish) and the pattern of the spots.
Take a look:
C ...

Hi,

i have to agree with Christian, looks like a very stressed Baryancistrus (L18 imo) to me too.
I remember an article about color modifications in Loricariids by Ingo Seidel in DATZ some years ago, and among other things he pictured a miscolored L18 that looked like your fish.

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Achim

Hi,

Do you know anything about where it was imported from etc.?

http://www.catfishes.org/public/news.php?lang=eng&id=24

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Achim

Hi,

Mystus leucophasis

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Achim

Hi Alan,

there is no Rineloricaria filamentosa , but a Dasyloricaria filamentosa . Many Rineloricaria species have been identified as Dasyloricaria filamentosa in the past and all i am aware of turned out to be Rineloricaria . Your fish might be any species of Rineloricaria , some species that have ...

Natalie,

IMO closest to your fish is Corydoras sp. C 41 from Rondonia (See Evers, H.-G. 1996 Panzerwelse aus Brasilien DATZ 49(3): 172-173. Unfortunatly i couldn't find a pic online, but the coloration of your fish almost exactly matches the picture of C41 in DATZ.

Greetings,

Achim

Hi,

no Schizolecis , but a Pseudotothyris or Otothyris species, imo Pseudotothyris janeirensis Britski & Garavello, 1984 (see Welsatlas volume I page 384 for those that have it).
These are often imported with other Hypoptopomatins from the same region (like Schizolecis guntheri , Otothyris ...

Hi Allen,

it looks like the same species as this one . Its neither C. atropersonatus (Seuss callls it atropersonatus II in his book) nor C. kanei . Its also sometimes called Corydoras brevirostris (Aquarium atlas), which is also wrong. AFAIK its a currently undescribed species, and doesn't have a C ...

Hi,

ok here are some guesses from a non Loricariid specialist:
First is a Liposarcus/Glyptoperichthys/Pterygoplichthys , might be a VERY young G. gibbiceps .
I just realized you already wrote Acanthicus adonis albino, didn't see before :oops: ... so i edited this post. I agree with A. adonis albino ...

Hi,

They are very red in color, in what kind of water/biotope they were found?


I think it's a diet thing.
Like HH said, this is a diet thing. When i first got mine, some of the fish were brownish, some slightly orange.(The wholesaler i got them from already fed with Artemia Naupli) First i ...

as an alternative, perhaps I should move the L010a to a smaller tank? they are in a 2ft x 14in x 18in tank - perhaps if they were in a smaller tank they might find the food more easily?
That would be an alternative, but i don't think its necessary if you keep them alone/with non greedy eaters ...

Hi Collingwood,

juvenile Hemiloricaria can be tricky to feed, especially when they come from an lfs and have starved for some time. Apparently thats not the case in your Hemiloricaria though they have a filled belly as you write.
Hemiloricaria are omnivorous with a strong leaning to carnivorous and ...

Well,

like Jools said we may spring too quickly on the hybrid bandwagon, but after looking at the second picture it looks like a hybrid between S. eupterus and S. schoutedeni to me.

Greeetings,

Achim

Hi,

Benny, what species was it imported with?
Do you know what region of brazil exactly.
Could have benn caught close to the Surinam border or even in Surinam and then sold and shipped from Brazil...
It is not because it was shipped from Brazil that it means that it was caught there...
You are ...

Hi Phil,

so they would seem like axelrodis after all?

The one you bought and pictured at home in my opinion: yes.

Achim

Hi Phil

These fellas that we are seeing have a line along the top of their dorsal. In addition, they have markings on the dorsal fin, usually the first few rays. Besides that some of them have a smattering of markings along the lateral line. In some specimens this line goes into the lower part of ...

Hi,

difficult with that picture.
Maybe a Loricariichthys species. Definatly no Hemiloricaria/Rineloricaria/Fonchiichthys/Leliella.

Greetings,

Achim

Hi Philtre,

Looks like a C. axelrodi to me. Why do you think it's a different species?

Greetings,

Achim