Wow, Jools, that was fast! I'll have to Google the fish and see what additional info I can find out about them. Thanks Jools!!

Catfishers, I recently acquired 3 Otocinclus at my Local Fish Store (LFS) that were labelled as 'Zebra Otocinclus'. As you can probably see from the pictures they are clearly not. Problem is, I can't find out what they are. Does anyone know? The fish are about 1 inch in length. http://www.btdarters ...

I'm not the best at plants, trying to get better. However, based on the plants I have seen, I would have to agree that it looks like Heteranthera zosteraefolia. And a nice outcropping at that!

I always have much better luck with the Slender Madtom than the very similar Stonecat, or even the Tadpole Madtom. I've also found that Slender Madtoms will survive very long periods (at least many months) on nothing but flake food and can tolerate temperatures in the range of tropicals for at ...

The fish could be a madtom. Are the adipose and caudal fins joined?

nonamethefish wrote:All we need is to get the species into the hobby, with a dedicated breeder who is willing to distribute fish outside of the little nativefish clan.

I agree, and I hope that my company will be that breeder in the future.

Just wanted to let you know for the future, if you decide you want some native cats that are smaller, I sell Tadpole Madtoms that max out at about 3 inches. They look like bullheads but stay small. Check out prices on my site.

To those interested in American Native catfish, I offer the Stonecat and the Tadpole Madtom for sale through my website, "http://www.btdarters.com". I have found them both to be easy to keep in the aquarium, as long as you keep them with fish that are too small to fit in their mouths. They may like ...