Suddenly I feel like a bad fish parent for keeping 5 full growns in a 55gal. Mine were happy, I had plenty of hiding spaces. They were happier in the 90 gallon, sure, but I had no problems in the 55.

And because you're asking for opinions, I say [insert feigned disdain] NO cichlids are good! Then again, I'm completely biased against the more aggressive fish. ;) I've heard decent things about Parrot Cichlids, so they're the only ones I don't completely turn my nose up to. (My friends and I have ...

Do you mean one of these?

If so, probably. The size looks to be about what one of my Raphs got to. He might like having someone to catfish pile with.

Case and point. ;)

You probably CAN have one, but do you really WANT one? And are you willing to upgrade if you managed to snag the one that does get super huge on accident?

So, you probably SHOULD not. ;)

Out of curiosity, what else are you looking at?

I never had any of my striped Raphaels go after smaller fish, but then, I keep to the fish mouth rule - If it CAN fit in the fish's mouth, it will eventually find its way there. They didn't really go after the ghost shrimp, either, when they were full grown. I can't comment on my spotteds, though ...

I am sorry to hear of your loss :( I lost 6 elder Raphaels to Velvet just a month before yours. If you wish to try again later, for ICH, I have had a lot of success with raising the temperature to 82°F/27.78°C and adding a bit of aquarium-safe salt - half dosed for the scaleless fish. My babies made ...

My experience with them mostly include almost buying them and going to Raphs instead. However, my LFS guru, Chris, manages a bunch of tanks for clients, and recommends a larger tank for them to be comfortable, especially in large groups. A 40 should be fine. If you feel like escaping the snow any ...

I never see my spotteds in day time. I concur with everyone who tells you not to worry about him. He probably even got himself stuck because you were messing with his hidey hole. As for your stripey, I would just watch him. He may pull through it. I've heard stories of large gaping wounds being ...

I kept them together for at least 3 years, maybe 4, up until the raphs all passed away. The corys are really fast swimmers, and my Raphs were never interested in anything but cuddling with them. I just added new baby raphs and still the same dynamic. They'll outgrow the corydoras for sure, but they ...

Also, video here: http://youtu.be/nQQJA6O_DB8

I agree, Plecomania. I haven't found the time to try and tie them down, yet. It's on the list! That, and acquiring fishing wire. Supercorygirl, But of course I didn't see your reply until too late. Yeah, I avoided the blues for that reason. Coupled with them being technically illegal in Arizona, and ...

Some of you may have seen in the other forums that I upgraded my 55gallon to a 90gallon, but I was daft and used chain store fish for cyclers. They apparently carried velvet and wiped everyone but 2 corys out. I just wanted to share what the reboot looks like. :) No striped raphaels, yet, but I may ...

Okie doke. So, at about 7", he might get 1 or 2" bigger, but not much?

I'll keep everyone posted. Looks like only one other user has any.

Silurus wrote:This is not S. ocellifer, but a hybrid [almost certainly

Synodontis sp_hybrid(7)

].

Oh, that definitely looks like him! Any idea how big they get?

That poor fish. How's it doing?

Good to hear! In case it happens again, just know that I've had a silverdollar that had popeye on only one side for over a year. No matter how I treated it, it didn't get worse, and it didn't get better - even doing 3 complete erythro cycles in a hospital tank. *shrugs* I'm just glad to know it can ...

Not from dementia, no. Some of my older fish did that when they developed septicemia, though. I know it's been over 30 years, but you really might want to test your water if just for the nitrate content if nothing else. High nitrates can lead to septicemia. A plant or two can lower the nitrates over ...

Tanganyikafreak wrote:Don't worry, this is clearly no S longirostris ;)

Oh, phew. ;)

Tanganyikafreak wrote:My vision is that this could very well be a S ocellifer

Ok, thanks! That was what I was guessing after the secondary Google image search. I'll run with that one unless someone says differently.

Awesome, thanks!

Hi guys! I just bought an orphaned spotted Synodontis from my LFS. S/he's about 7" long. Could be macropunctatus (hard to tell when the specimen image is preserved), nigrita (if it doesn't grow), ocellifer, or zambezensis, but I don't rightly have an idea. I'm not worried about the size too terribly ...

Those guys ranged from 6" to 8". So, I guess they could be considered stumpy ;)

It took a few weeks for mine to show up. And even then, it was other fish, not my cats. The say quarantine for about a month. If you're like me and itching to introduce them after two weeks, I would say give the newbie a methylene blue OR malachite green bath (not both, don't mix them) and then move ...

Good eye ;) He probably really wasn't feeling well. Shortly thereafter, my entire 90 gallon tank came down with velvet. Only he and one other cory survived my fully stocked tank. (I was devastated, and that was why I didn't see these until today. Sorry for the late response!) I promise he's much ...

For those reading this at a later date: Considering I just had to bury my 18" common pleco this past weekend after his skin sloughed off from what appeared to be a very mild case of velvet, I would warn against shrugging off plecos getting velvet just because it's "uncommon." He looked healthy minus ...

Kyasha, Was there ever an update to this? My entire 100 gallon tank is/has gone through something similar and I'm looking around for any information.

Thanks!

Nox-Ich was a bad, baaaaad idea. Even the half dose killed my clown loaches and stressed everybody out. Pretty sure that even adding the extra aerator didn't help prevent a couple of my Raphs from developing septicemia - probably from lack of oxygen. Emergency 50% water change and carbon filter ...

Crap. This post probably should be moved to Tank Talk. Is there an admin that can move this for me?

I hope they recovered! I had issues like this when my 55gal suffered a bout of Old Tank Syndrome and my nitrites spiked overnight - suddenly killing off half the tank. Make sure you are testing no2s in addition to the no3s. No2s prevent oxygen from getting into their bloodstream and into their ...

:-O Safety pins and pennies???? Still can't get over that part. I've never had good luck with sand by itself. It traps too much gas and I have diggers, so I've always stuck with gravel with "natural planting" substrate under it. I also like the aesthetic contrast of the black and tans (artist ...

Oh, feesh, it's like I don't even know you at all! I was told upon purchase (bought a whole tank that was already stocked back in '10) that this little guy was a "Spotted corydora." Browsed some of the photos on here and came to realize that's probably not the case. Looks a little like a cf_sterbai ...