Thanks Medaka, I was sure it was (indeed it was sold as such) but a friend and writer for PFK cast doubt upon this.

Thanks Sidguppy. I have uploaded some better pics onto my album.

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Thanks!

Please don't suggest gill rakers!

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Be very careful with p. bufonius. They are highly predatory and though more limited by gape than, say cephalosilurus, they can match their aggression. I tried to keep a 5 inch specimen with eight 6 inch silver dollars only to find two savaged overnight. I've heard many similar stories ...

Though I wouldn't recommend it and open myself to criticism, I have successfully kept 3 adult jaguars with cardinal tetras! I kept them well fed; perhaps they were too small to interest the jaguars.

Sorry never kept vittatus, Out of interest though, I have kept 2 pairs (at seperate times) of marmoratus. Mine were very active too - and didn't behave nocturnally. they weren't remotely interested in sitting under bogwood. It took a week for them settle them. At first they would only take feeder ...

I've never seen one in the flesh, yet David Sands reports them as widespread. Why the disparity?

Not that I'm complaining, a fish that's best left in the wild.

Nick.

Cool Fish. Expensive in the UK + rarely encountered these days. Biggest I've seen had a length of approx 18 inches and cost £295 (GBP). Feisty when younger and very aggressive from subadult on. They have wide heads with a gape 1/4 of their body length, making most other fish fair game. As quoted in ...

Ditto - kept two with a shoal of twelve cardinals for a couple of years.

Common sense would advise against though!

http://img67.exs.cx/img67/9451/DSC223.jpg Realise this post might invite criticism, but my tigrinus has lived peacefully with discus (!) for more than six months. http://img20.exs.cx/img20/1665/DSC203.jpg He's well fed (see pic) and has grown from 2 to 9". I'm low on trust, hence he's about to move ...

Would anyone dare use a CO2 diffuser in a tank containing a tigrinus?

There is good aeration with a tank turnover time of approx 8 minutes.

Cheers,

Nick.

Do the Eheim classic filters come with stop valves, or do you have to remove the inlet/outlet hoses from the aquarium to access or replace media?

Used to have one that weaned off feeders quite easily.

He soon caught on from his cohabiting s.lima.

Preferred foods were frozen muscles, prawns and even tetra doromin.

Thanks,

think I'll keep him (or her) solo!

Nick

Sound advice - thanks!

Would you guys recommend using two 2217 filters in preference to the 2260?

Secondly, do any of the classic filters come with media baskets?

Cheers,

Nick

Are goldy plecos territorial with their own kind?

Any thoughts on the best external filtation for a 400L

?Eheim 2217
?Fluval 404

Ideas greatly appreciated!

I recently kept two cordoras cervinus with two sterbai, two duplicareus and three barbatus.

The larger cervinus bullied the smaller one to death, quite literally

Anyone else experience such behaviour?

Are we sure nobody's breeding them?

I have seen a recent flood of two inch tigrinus into the UK market (most unusual).

Can the sand be kept clean with conventional siphon 'gravel' cleaners

Is sand difficult to maintain if you keep wood eating plecs (+wood obviously)

Does anyone know how long Merodontotus tigrinus can survive in an aquarium

I gather 12" specimens fair badly and rarely take to eating, but in the days of more juvenile imports, can anyone speak of success [/i]

A UK importer had six in one tank. Two days later he's had to separate the only two survivors - nasty indeed.

Ditto,

Awesome fish.

Thanks,

Ended up buying a 2" baby Merodontotus instead

Goslina wasn't meant to be

Rarely exported, but does anyone have any experience / info on keeping them