I purchased 5 from Discus Madness and one from Trins Tropicals. I was worried they weren’t going to be able to compete for food because I put them in my tank with my synodontis grandiops that are twice the size of the granulosus. No need to worry. They eat first by swimming upside down and skimming t ...

Very cool. Thanks so much for the update. I'm sure I'm not alone in saying we all enjoy seeing the updates and see how your tank and fish are doing after all these years. I've followed this thread since the beginning and it's nice to see it's still going strong.

I was finally able to afford 6 granulosus fry at a time they were available. I couldn’t get any great shots of them in the water but did get a few of them out of the water as I transferred them from shipping bags to their new tank. The first photo is from the seller. 4402AB8F-E037-4D88-9520-4 ...

Below the photo of the stamp it says "closeup of head" and below the closeup of head it says "stamp".

Had to share a drawing I had commissioned because of how awesome it turned out.

I agree with Viktor on the cleaners. I had several synos with patches that lost color and finally narrowed it down to a chemical or cleaner having oversprayed into the tank. I did a complete water change and they healed up after a couple of weeks.

You'll be missed HH. Don't know how many "what kind of fish is this?" posts I've waited for your input on after making my own private guess. Best wishes for all your future endeavors.

I can't get the link to work right. Just go to etsy.com & search "BobMehenCeramics". He has several different ceramic tropical fish.

Was browsing the interwebs and found these cats on etsy. I can't get them here in the states or I would definitely pick up 1 or 2 for myself.

https://www.etsy.com/listing/484308722/ ... yancistrus

Synodontis nigrita I believe. Sometimes sold as Lace Catfish or Lace Syno.

Thanks Dave. I'll have to give them a ring.

Just putting a feeler out seeing if someone might have seen a granny or 2 they'd be willing to part with. I haven't seen any available in a long time. Just looking to add more to my group of 3.

Thanks,

JJ

It reminds me of this fish which I have been told is an old polli.

I was looking through reviews trying to find a new book to purchase when I came to Corydoras Catfish by Burgess and there is no review. Is it supposed to be this way or has the review been lost?

http://www.planetcatfish.com/books/book ... +Catfishes

coelacanth wrote:

unblinded wrote: I believe these are Synodontis acanthomias.

Unlikely give the location, S. zambezensis seems more likely
http://www.rgs.org/NR/rdonlyres/DC719BB ... unders.pdf

Thanks for the clarification.

Viktor Jarikov wrote:Majestic filming. There is some Clariidae featured too.

I focus so much on Synodontis that I forget there are big cat lovers on the site too Viktor. The people who recorded this video footage also did Jewel of the Rift.

Any ideas what kind of Synodontis this might be? Part of me thinks hybrid but I haven't seen a hybrid that looks like this before so I was curious for opinions.

Found a video of what appears to be a rare syno in the aquarium trade posted recently. Is this melanostictus?

Thanks so much. I can't ever seem to get them to work right.

Thought I'd share this one as it has quite a bit of interesting footage on Synodontis in the wild. I believe these are Synodontis acanthomias.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV8dnp-7H3Q[/youtube]

Just checking to see if anyone might have any available at this time. It's been about a year and a half since I've asked.

Wow, irresponsible owners ruin it for everyone. Politicians get involved and exacerbate the situation.

Wow! The transformation this fish has made since you first got it is AMAZING. Keep up the good work. This fish was on death's doorstep and barely looked alive. You've done a good job.

It appears to be a hybrid. Possibly a Synodontis eupterus & Synodontis grandiops cross.

Wow! I wasn't expecting it to look that bad. Much like Richard says "That is the most neglected syno I've ever seen " also. Please keep us posted on the progress you make with it. It would be wonderful to see "after" pics where it looks like a syno again and less like he flesh and bones in the ...

sbusby91 it's great to hear that even though you made an impulse buy you were willing to do some forward thinking. So many times folks in the hobby just buy the fish and don't worry about the future. Good on you for taking him back to the store and not insisting your situation would be different. My ...

Hagen/Fluval recommended vegetable oil for lubricating the o-rings on their filters when I contacted their customer service a few years ago.

Thanks for sharing your video. This is a Synodontis that is seldom seen here in the US.

Agreed on Eisenia fetida being fed to Synodontis. They eat them up without hesitation. I can understand why a fish with a smaller mouth may not care for them because they seem to be hard to break off into small pieces. My Mbuna fishes from lake Malawi will eat them also.

My wife gave the green light to go to this convention. I'm looking forward to meeting all of you that will be there. Especially looking forward to Birger's talk Saturday morning being the Syno nut that I am.