I have access to very few catfish, in fact I only saw a total of 4 catfish in the 7 or 8 stores I went to. The shop I got the schoutedeni from was a small freshwater fish store, but they cater to cichlid owners. I travel almost 4 hours to get to Boise, so it's a total of an 8 hour drive so it's not ...

Is this in reference to the Schoutedeni or the euptera? My understanding of the Schoutedeni is that it is a Lake Tanganyika catfish and well suited for this environment. Have I been misinformed?

I was planning on only one catfish in my dwarf mbuna tank, so hopefully no fertile eggs. I purchased a Synodontis schoutedeni which had currently been residing in a cichlid tank and seemed well adjusted. I went to 7 local fish stores in my one day trip to Boise, and hopefully have a fish that will ...

When you say rockwork, do you mean lots of caves etc?

Thanks for the pointers! Would any syndontis work in a mbuna tank, or only specific kinds? I am thinking the cuckoo would probably be the easiest for me to find, but I will be looking for the others too just in case!

How important is having wood in the tank for them?

I have mbuna c ichlids and would like to put something into my tank to clean up extra food, and add some interest to the bottom of the tank. I love the antics of my cory's in my livebearer tanks, but know that I can't put them into the aggressive environment of a mbuna tank. I am looking for ...

I had two of these for over a month in a 3 gallon eclipse tank. Yesterday I found one dead, with no apparent reason associated with it. I saw it the day before and it seemed normal, didn't notice anything wrong with it. My tank is at 78*, my pH is 8.0, my nitrates are at about 20, Nitrites at 0 ...

I have spent all day trying to find out how long it takes for a cory to grow from fry to mature size? If you know I would appreciate a general answer, thanks.

BTW, I guess all three photos did make it into the post, for some reason only two loaded on my computer at first. The cory has dark sides and a brown to its dorsal fin and other places on it's body, plus a white belly. It is the same age as my peppered corys (about 7 months in my tank, purchased at ...

Thanks! I got real busy and wasn't able to get back right away. I have a couple more pics of this cory at: http://picasaweb.google.com/JoJos.amazing.circus/DropBox?feat=directlink if you click on slideshow it will give you bigger pictures, or simply double click the one you want to look at. Thanks ...

MatsP wrote:This has been discussed several times, and mature cories can certainly reach the surface of any tank for domestic use - you may get into trouble if you are thinking of public aquaria for sharks and such.

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Ok, sorry to repost it, but I couldn't find anything when I searched for it.

I am setting up a 25 high tank for my platy's and blue danios and am wondering if it's to tall for cory's (they are currently all in a 10 gallon together). I really enjoy these wonderful little fish and would like to have them in my living room where I can watch them all the time. I know they have ...

Is this a bronze cory or something else? It was purchased at the same time I bought my Peppered Cory's (beginning of september) but it is definitely not a peppered cory. They have grown quite big and this one has stayed not even an inch long. I thought bronze cory's were supposed to grow to be 3 ...

Thanks, I will be looking for some of these varieties and reading up on them in the meantime. I have a couple really good LFS in the Boise area that we found the last time we were there, just don't go there very often! One had a zillion different fish, all well cared for from the looks of things and ...

Thanks! I'll keep that in mind. Is the US importing from these areas? I thought most of the fish that we would get here would be from within the states?

People keep Ancistrus cf_cirrhosus the common bristlenose with malawis to help with algae & they get on fine. Synodontis njassae is a real beauty & comes from malawi so is ideal :thumbsup: , but you could put in any Tanganyikan synos too :D Are Synodontis njassae like cory's, they need to have ...

Are there any catfish that are tough enough to be in a tank with Malawi Lake C ichlids? I have cory's in my community tanks, and I find them to be a lot of fun to watch. I wouldn't want anything real large, since most of my c ichlids are around 4 - 6 inches when full grown.

LOL, my dh is reading this and says, "So, you need MORE of each kind?" What a silly question! I knew exactly what to respond with, "Of course I need more!" I didn't realize their were different temperature requirements for the varieties, sounds like I will need to do some more reading. I've really ...

That video was great! Makes it look pretty easy and the sand seems to just fall right back down, but I can see that I will want my filter intake to be a few inches higher than when I use just gravel. I actually mostly use a small natural greyish color gravel with rounded pebbles in tan colors on top ...

Malaysian Trumpet Snail? That rather sounds squishy and slimy.... , but why would I need them in the tank? I'm hoping to find sand that is colorful, or at least a natural beige/brown color. I have seen blue, but wonder if it would look yucky after a while from algae and stuff in the tank. Fish are ...

Ok, my understanding is that cory's prefer either small rounded pebbles or sand[/color] for their tank. I am thinking of setting up a tank the is predominately cory's and am wondering what is the best for them. I gravel vac regularly in my tanks and heard that sand can't be vac'd like that, or it ...

The trouble is that the medications were used almost a month before this last fish died, and she has a Seachem ammonia alert meter that is inside her tank, so I am assuming she would notice any big spikes for ammonia at least. The 6 in 1 strips don't test for ammonia, just the other levels. The ...

She uses 6 in 1 test strips to test with, so whatever they measure is what she has. I guess at this point my original guess is as good as any, which is that they were inbred to much and it caused a defect. The only other thing that makes sense is if the meds effected them. Thanks for all your help ...

That is really interesting, about the pH and soft water. I just talked to her and she says that her pH has been running closer to 7.2 this past month, with a hardness/softness number of 75. I'm really interested in the pH crash that you tank about and if these numbers from her tank could have led to ...

Thanks, That's about the same thing I've been saying to her, although the infections came along shortly after stocking the tank which to me implies that it was the original fish that brought it into her tank. She really has had a horrible time getting good fish to start with and has lost quite a few ...

Thanks, She tests regularly and only has a slight amount of variance in the reading. The pH is always close to 6.8 - 7.0, and the Seachem Ammonia tag stays at yellow (no ammonia present), Nitrites are at 0, Nitrates are at about 10, she uses about 1/2 the recommended amount of salt in her tank and ...

My daughter had three albino cory's since September of this year. They seemed to be healthy and happy, until this past month. Her water is slightly acidic, but pretty close to neutral and seems to be soft water (have not tested to find out exactly what it is). The ammonia levels are zero, she used ...