Definetely a Rhamdia species. You might call it cf. quelen and nobody can proof you wrong, but if you happen to find out the catching location there is a chance to identify the fish more properly on on species level.

I did not enjoy keeping them to be honest, wouldn't recommend the genus.

Hi, thats L 502 and pair. You should get them, all three. It is a rare species in trade and a single specimen staying in the shop is without any value for the hobby. It might even be the specimen you need to breed in case one of the pair dies. Suriname imports are only going out once a year, and ...

Yes, see you there! Looking forward to it.

More branches and leaves for sure, just a few big boulders here and there, behind which the current creates small holes where leaves etc. gather and form a nice hiding place for fish such as the Corydoras.

Hi,

I think this is the first documented spawn for the species. It would be cool, if you'd try to get as many details as possible.

cheers
Daniel

Hi, D. picta lives in biotopes with a pH around 4. Your water simply doesn't seem to match their needs and instead of getting a third one I'd look for something in the P. vittata complex or maybe a Panaqolus species, they are good looking too and pretty similar in pattern. The oxygen level might be ...

Hi, I have never seen submerse plants in the biotopes there, in general most running waters in the area are not home to aquatic vegetation. Your tank looks spot on! I'd add some more wood, maybe a large piece, behind which they can hide, but that would be all. Iguanodectes are living in the same ...

Thats possibly the smallest P. granulosus I have ever seen. If you should happen to have a decent lateral shot, let me know please, I have use for one.

HI, I'd say P. armbrusteri has more contrast and depending on the catch location also a bit more colour. The difference is not huge though and I wouldn't call any of the two "better looking". How about getting two P. nigrolineatus for the price of one P. armbrusteri? Definetely more fun to watch ...

Hi, thats L 201 indeed. L 471 will turn out as the same species as L 201 I assume. There were a few specimens kept and bred by danish hobbyists in the beginning, and they stayed small over years and generations (few only), hence it was published to be a relatively small species. But at new places ...

Now we are talking, this really is a nice fish that is rare and will look stunning when adult.
Hope Haakon keeps one or two in the big tank on display.

That star destroyer on the water made me think of something I hadn't noticed before, did the empire or first order ever build ships and boats for the fights on water? I don't think so. There are no fights on water in general I think, similar to the first age and Morgoth, who also never tried to ...

HI, its in the area of the border between Bolivia and Brazil, but on the brazilian side. Check it out on google maps and you will easily find it. The exact location is not given anywhere, but I expect the species to have a rather large distribution in the region. Most likely in creeks with clear ...

Hi,

they can, but I expect it unlikely to happen. I wouldn't get rid of any of them now for that reason.

cheers
Daniel

Hi,

some years ago your individuals clearly would have been classified as the c-type, now they are nice b-specimens, compared to the "good" c ones.

I am feeling sorry for all three of us and the future viewers of those videos. Plus, I don't think the big one really ate the smaller one, what can be seen on the video is the typical intraspecific behaviour and not a sign of aggression. Since the guy seems to be omnipresent with his phone, whenever ...

Morning, I have seen offspring of L 260 looking just like this one, but that doesn't mean a lot. It could make a nice breeding project if you are into selecting and waiting some time. Get this specimen and some "normal" looking ones from the same shipment and see what you end up with after the first ...

What Jools said.

Hi,

if anybody has a pdf of this already, I'd highly appreciate a copy.

Hi,

looks like a female L 7 to me, if not it is L 29.

Hi, they are definitely captive bred. All the thousands and thousands of L 519 are going back to a good dozen of specimens that were once brought back from South America. They are comparable in their demands with most of the longer known species of Ancistrus and easy to breed. Meanwhile many ...

Hi,

I'd say Jools is correct.

Hi Jools, Yes, I think @Acanthicus also photographed a similar specimen if memory serves. I can provide you with a good dozen of different phenotypes of L 333, thin and broad lines, white and yellow, albino and normal, but unfortunately I haven't come across a leucistic or simply white specimen yet ...

Hi, I bet it is not the only misidentification that happened in the past of this little Hypancistrus. There was surely no P. compta involved. It is not H. furunculus though, for which the head shape and the eye position is not correct. But L 450 isn't a bad call, neither would be L 333. Both are ...

Agree with Hypancistrus, one of the debilittera group.

Hi, 1, 3, 4, 5 and 7 are L 66, or at least this is the closest name for them of the ones we use in the hobby. They look a lot like the ones we collected in front of Altamira back in 2014, which are said to origin in released specimens from several locations of the river. 2 is actually L 260 The ...

Hi Karsten,

fish 1 is Auchenipterichthys coracoideus, agree
fish 2 might be Trachelyopterus cf. galeatus
fish 7 made me think of Hassar orestis first
fish 8 is Pterobunocephalus dolichurus, agree
fish 9 is an undescribed Bunocephalus I think
fish 10 is Pterobunocephalus aff. depressus

Eric, I see you already headed southwards. Good luck down there, you will possibly regret your choice though.

Hi there, I know the convention this weekend will not be about catfish, but anyway, is there anybody going? From what I hear it is going to be an amazing meeting with people from all over the US. I'd be happy to meet there and have a glass. https://convention.cichlid.org/?_ga=2.136354608.1037149518 ...

Hi, indeed, this is H.basilisko. Normally, at that size they are about two years old, a typical size they have when imported. What makes you think it is between 10 and 15, did it come back from another customer before? They get old, but it is always hard to tell the maximum age, 20 at least, 30 ...