They are active only after water change.

Here is a new video about my little jewels:

This is the one I found later (about 3 cm now). The first and smaller one is still under 2 cm long.
http://koti.mbnet.fi/moskari1/monnit/akvaariot2009/okapoikanen060409.jpg

The weekly water changes (50-60%) make the male very active. He dug a ~10x10cm pit to the sand in his cave immediately after ...

Great news! I discovered another baby Raphael. This one is bigger (~2 cm).

Jools wrote:Just wanted also to say I'd be DELIGHTED to add these pictures to the catelog. Is this something you'd consider?

Cheers,

Jools

I just sent you the pictures.

Jools wrote:I wonder if they spawn in the bubblenest of the other fish? Would that have been possible?

Jools

I'm not sure if there was a Hoplosternum bubble nest when the spawning happened.

Yann wrote:Have you noticed a courtship before the spawn?

The male bites and chases the female and sometimes the fishes swim circle when the female goes into male's cave.

Thank you. The baby has grown a bit and has got more coloration.

Phoxinus, could you PLease, Please tell exactly EVERYTHING there is to know about their tank?

Of course. The dimensions of the 420-liter aquarium are 130cm x 61cm (height) x 53cm (width). There are two filters: Eheim 2228 canister filter (1050l/h) and a mat filter with Eheim Aquaball pump (600l/h ...

It looks like a miniature Raphael catfish to me. And it has already great appetite!

I wanted to show you this black colour variant of Corydoras sterbai. This 3,5cm long fish is three months old. The strange thing is it has grown about 50% faster than the normal colour variants from the same batch. Both eyes are weakly developed. I don't know if this one is a result of inbred ...

Hi

I bought seven fishes that were sold under the name Lepthoplosternum pectorale. Do you agree with this identification? Many thanks.

Hi

I found this little catfish (~1cm) swimming in my 120-liter Hoplosternum littorale fry raising tank. I have a pair of Raphael catfishes (Platydoras armatulus) in my main tank (420liters). I believe this small one is a baby Raphael catfish? Another possibility is Banjo catfish (Bunocephalus) fry ...

Thank you for your advices.

Here is a video about my little jewels:

I'm glad that you like my video.

Jools wrote:You can put youtube video direct in posts by putting the video reference code (the stuff in the URL to the right of the v=) into tags like this

Code: Select all

[youtube]7JqeMYy-e64[/youtube]

Thanks.

Here is a video about my 400l South American Catfish Tank:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7JqeMYy-e64

What is the best way to tell apart Acanthodoras cataphractus and A. spinosissimus?

At the age of two weeks they are clearly miniature littorales. They have started to gulp air from the surface.

Is this Bunocephalus coracoideus?

The fry are now one week old. They are about one cm long and have dark vertical stripes on their flanks. They have a very good appetite like their parents.

http://koti.mbnet.fi/moskari1/monnit/akvaariot2009/rantamonnit1vk1.jpg

http://koti.mbnet.fi/moskari1/monnit/akvaariot2009/rantamonnit1vk3 ...

I have about 200 two days old frys swimming in the hatching container. I feed them with microworms and decapsuled artemia eggs.

My H. littorales spawned today. I put a large ketapang tree leaf into the tank. The male quickly picked it up and transported to his nest. Soon the fishes spawned and the female stuck eggs on the surface of the leaf. When they finished spawning, I removed the nest and took the eggs still attached to ...

Very good! Is it an elegans-group species?

No success so far. The male littorale built two bubble nests, but the female didn't lay eggs there. However, here is a video about H. littorale building a nest: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eed4hETJOLg

Here are some pictures of my Hoplosternum littorales. I got them two days ago and the male has already built a floating nest. He has gathered a huge pile of java moss and pieces of plants. The diameter of the nest is approximately 20 centimeters and the height is about 5 cm. The nest is filled with ...

Finally I got my Raphael Catfishes. Both have white bellies so I paid more attention on their body shape. Hopefully I got a pair.

I heard that the male raphael catfish has black belly and the female has white belly. Does this make any sense?

My colleague has so far managed to raise seven punctatums, but once they have started to spawn, they have done it many times and nothing seems to stop them spawning..

Here is a short youtube video of the punctatum reproduction:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_TiVuRtqao0

Anyone knows? The Raphaels (Platydoras costatus) in the aquariúm store are 6-8cm in lenght. I would like to get a pair.