Keep in mind brown hoplos get quite a bit bigger than spotted. Spotted are probably better with small fish.

Looks like Auchenoglanis occidentalis to me.

Signed previously. I've been on their email list.

Every time I lose a fish, I learn from it, as you seem to have done. Your experience is really what makes you a more trustworthy fish keeper now.

I have no experience, but it's questionable if these are fertile?

Adding congrats. I always wanted to keep a group of these.

Not to be overly technical here, but prairie dog and gopher are different animals. I have an advantage since I have gophers in my yard

Also emu above is not an emu. Here's an emu as I know it:

I'm not familiar with ponds without filters. What kind of maintenance does one need to do on it?

On the Forum tab which opens the drop down menu, there is no link to "Wanted & For Sale".

Wish you were closer, I'd buy some fries. Congrats!

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Mike_Noren wrote:Also everything downstream will be impacted, as the river is expected to completely dry out (!) in the dry season after the dam is built.

I did not realize they were going to dry out the river downstream. Not just fish, but all river life will be gone ... really depressing.

Silurus wrote: Price aside, is there any reason to confirm that your fish are hybrids and not something like

Synodontis caudovittata

?

Seems really odd that someone would breed such a plain looking hybrid for retail.
But it also doesn't seems like it's caudovittata as the eye is not round but oval.

With the series of dams starting from Belo Monte to (unknown to me)? The river is flowing from south to north in the diagram above I assume? So everything up river will be impacted, as shown in flooded areas. Seems like there will be a dam downriver also from Belo Monte, as the area is also flooded.

Congrats! Those fish look great

Eyes are really small, but that might be distortion. Nigriventris? ... especially if it swims upside down.

My guess ... sort of like a leucistic nigriventris.

Hard to see ... look anything like this?


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Those neosilurus and madtoms are too cool! And I was under the impression that madtoms just hide under a rock all day.

i therefore take it these animals are not likely to leave detatched mouthparts embedded in the fish when manually removed like say a sheep tick? A parasite like that would have to have hooks of some sort. Seems like no harm in treating it like a tick. That is, blowing out a lighted match and ...

I learned a lot from your posts, HH.

BTW, a few years ago I suggested mods list favorite catfish (like Jool's list). So the rest of us with limited experience, can find which fish might be groovier. Would be interested in your list before you fade?

bigcatsrus wrote:Where's the proof that he was a pervert and I'll agree with you.

The courts are made of people, thus they don't always get things right ... OJ.

Now you're talking!

I'd like to see S. Polli in your tanks. Only because in my parts, I've never seen them ... also not bred.

sidguppy wrote:
Doras punctatus for examnple (usually sold as opsodoras). this one reaches 4-5" and it's a fairly visible social fish.
wich means you should get a small group.

I've never seen these in these parts unfortunately, but if I ever come across them, I'll grab some ... thanks!

Many dorades - in fact, I think all of them, are much more nocturnal than Corydoras. Above is the main reason I never got into doradidaes. I've always wondered if there were small species that were not nocturnal. Number 7 on Jool's favorite catfish list seems to indicate they are an exception? "7 ...

If the information is for fishkeepers, we should, therefore better have at least 2 numbers - normally grows to XX cm, but exceptional cases of YY cm have been found I asked the same question once. The average size is too hard to establish given the number of species and the number of samples one ...

nvcichlids wrote:Thanks guys, I am really excited about it. The next thing on my to do list is to get a house (and stop renting an appartment because there is alimit on the number and size of tanks allowed )

Boy, if only my wife felt the same way about my fish tanks ... congrats.

MatsP wrote:Yes, I'd like to know what that is too - Hoplosternum littorale?

MatsP is probably right on that ... but captioning the pictures would be great!

Jørn Kåsa wrote:EVERYTHING,and i mean everything.

Just in time for lunch! ... I'm really enjoying the pictures in this thread, keep them coming.

andywoolloo wrote: What is a comp?

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