I don't see it as a problem, I have kept cupido with pygmy cories which bred regularly with surviving fry, cupido have a very small mouth

another Irish man!, welcome along to a great forum packed with info.
Victor, Dia duit is a common irish greeting, it is generally just used as a form of hi or hello, it is a shortened version of 'Go mbeannaí Dia duit' which means may God greet you , or bless you or something along those lines

yep, they are in my top 5 too, the huge scales and the amazing oily colours have to be seen to be believed, my pictures don't do fish justice at the best of times and in this case the photo is a million miles from what the fish looks like in real life

a couple of African ones, not a great pic but here they are
Brycinus longipinnis and an Arnoldichthys spilopterus in the background

Muhahahahaaa! You fell into my trap!

coelacanth you got me there, teach me to make more than a quick glance.........


kruseman....... the sailfin tetra, Crenuchus spilurus one of my favourite fish, super interesting to watch their interaction with each other

black line hemi also called slender hemiodus....Hemiodus gracilis

here is a video of two male sailfin tetras battling over territory
it is a bit long, 9 mins, but skip to 3 mins and then 7 mins if you have no patience!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpDvAcj9tJs

very nice, great to see this thread revived, I must root out some pictures or a video of the sailfins I posted when they reached adulthood, in the mean time here is another GREAT characin http://s429.photobucket.com/user/joemcjoemc/media/028-2.mp4.html have patience and wait for them to appear out ...

would anyone like to take a guess at their sexes? or give pointers on how to sex them, tks

thanks for the link and the info, the ones in the link look pretty skinny, they are one of my favourite tetras, a very cool tetra that thinks it is an apistogramma!

fantastic photos and you have answered one of my questions with them! I wondered where that form (maybe species?) of Crenuchus spilurus was found, if was offered for sale here last year, but no catch location

I was moving tanks about recently so took the opportunity to take a quick picture of my frogmouths, the container is 150mm by 210 mm for reference

the answer to both your questions is no, Cork city and county fishkeepers are starved of fish in general, never mind catfish, most of the shops buy from one supplier and generally stick with bread and butter fish, occasionally you can be lucky and find some nice cats that were miss ordered! if you ...

the two in the front are septentrionalis and the ones in the back .. maybe undulatus?

you will not be disapointed, they are an amazing and interesting fish, supply them with a cave as that is where the male will take up residence, and fingers crossed you may get a spawn here is a short video of a young male courting a female and trying to entice her into his cave, it is not the best ...

here is another beauty of a tetra well worth picking up if spotted
the sailfin tetra Crenuchus spilurus

No bother you are welcome, if you do go ahead and buy the B. multiradiatus once the shop has treated and settled them I would recommend buying at least six and picking the smaller younger fish in preference over the larger ones, I have had more success with the smaller specimens, I lost most of my ...

The Brochis cats are one of my favourite fish, amazing little armoured tanks cruising about rooting through leaf litter and sand for food,burying their snouts down eye deep with their tails up in the water as they search for food, to see them at their best you will need to keep a good sized group of ...

Hi, my suggestion was based on a reply I got here earlier re the i.d. of some cories, here is the link to the post. http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=36926 in the group of approx 100+ I had there were a lot of slightly differently marked fish, along with some obviously ...

maybe Corydoras leucomelas?

Looks like a blue cedar, Cedrus atlantica 'Glauca', def a cedar, a bit washed out and starved i would guess

thanks, I think you are on the mark with your i.d. i must have looked at every other bristlenosed catfish picture on the cat-elog bar these!
tks again
joe

nice fish, have a look here there is some info there which should be of help
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... ies_id=911

just bunping this back up before it gets lost! would anyone like to take a guess as to the i.d.? even to rule out some of the posibilities, tks
joe

here are a couple of pictures of a female bristlenose i bought 2 years ago, they came from Colombia, wild caught, have been very slow growing in comparison to other bristlenose cats i have kept, they were bought as Ancistrus brevifilis http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq13/joemcjoemc/075-2.jpg ...

two more pics of the fish that was in the bottom pic, i just noticed that it has a metalic green color on its flank in parts and in the second picture you can see the dorsal spot a bit clearer http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq13/joemcjoemc/082-2.jpg http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq13 ...

hi, thanks for the speedy i.d. yes they are wild caught fish and there is one elegans in the second shot, the fish on the left in the fourth shot is different i don't have a clue, there are a few like it in the batch with similar markings, larger spots and the black marking on the dorsal breaks ...

thanks in advance, and appologies for the poor pictures. http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq13/joemcjoemc/043-5.jpg http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq13/joemcjoemc/044-7.jpg http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq13/joemcjoemc/046-4.jpg http://i429.photobucket.com/albums/qq13/joemcjoemc/048-5.jpg

the tank and fish selection are beautiful, some of your photos should be in a book, well done, very impressed

i would agree it sounds like Camallanus worm, i suffered an outbrake of them a few years back and they broke my heart trying to get rid of them, i brought them in on a group of bolivian rams i bought, in the end i used Sera Nematol, i followed the instructions on the pack and that was the end of ...