Hi Mike and all, the thing is not so clear for me since i had no contact with the real hastatus from peru or brasil. Argentinian especie is really similar and it´s the same that is in paraguay drainage and here is usually found in lagoons that in winter have a promedy of 10-12ºC water temperature a ...

If this helps to you, here where we find o. flexilis the water during almost all the winter have a temperature that around 5-8ºC depending the place (the temp that you mention about Buenos Aires is for the city, in the fields usually is below 0ºC at early morning) and the fish is found in qtty and ...

Don´t worry, fish in the wild during the winter are active in water that is usually between 6-10ºC, so your fish will be ok and it´s nice what your mention about your pond.
Good luck

Yes, upload some pics, it´s a nice fish!

Hi jorge: Yes, that´s help to id. But coryman you should do it with the fish that you received from Argentina because should be the same. Here the corys are: C. paleatus c. undulatus c. macropterus c. microps?? c. aff aeneus And then we have in the same area: C. polystictus C. aff elisae (the fish i ...

Yes Jorge, h. commersoni
Thanks for find the pics

Jorge: i don´t have pics and i don´t have one right now to photograph, but taking a good look, the fish is for sure hypostomus commersonii. The colour in normal conditions is predominant grey with small-medium (depending on the fish) black dots, when are not totally adapted to teh tank, the fish ha ...

Hi Jorge: Do you have another picture of the fish? The white pattern is because stress, it´s common in hypostomus, and i´m quite sure that the fish is hypostomus commersonii (it could be also h. bourengellii) - not from Corrientes but yes from argentina (90% of the fish form here are fished there, ...

Hi: If this help, some of my limas used to eat small corys specially when they are recently introduced in the tanks...I also found in a group one of 12 cm that died trying to eat anotherone of 7 cm appx. Anyway is extrange that this thing happens, more with an ancystrus. About the food i think that ...

Hi:
I saw the behaviour that you mentioned specially when they were feeding. The sure thing is that h. paraguayensis have more day activitie than other doradids with or without another specie in the tank.
Good luck
AG

Hi to all: the article It´s a brasilian law for may 26th. In resume the point number 3 says that the species in risk of extinction according to this law(described in the annexe N 1) are prohibited to be fished (and trade), except for scients purpose. The zebra is in that list (page number 6 of the p ...

Hi Jorge:
THe maximum size that i saw in the wild was 45 cm. This should be near the maximum size for the specie. Keep the fish, the adult pattern it´s great!
good luck
Ag

It´s sure an hypostomus for parana drainage in Argentina/paraguay. The name used here is H. albopunctatus but i´m not sure if it´s correct.
Cheers
Ag

HI!. In my experience the best allways was wardley cichlid pellets in sm size. Also it´s really good Tetra for discus but i think will be more expensive there and for the first moment wardley pellets iare better because floats in the top. Your fish are in size to eat pellets, i´m sure they will do ...

Hi:
Max size that i saw of S: lima in hte wild was 63 cm, i think they don´t grow up much
Cheers