Fish give off growth pheremones into the water. When the tank has less water volume they will run into these growth pheremones more often which tells them to slow their growth so they don't overcrowd. If you change a large amount of your water very often theoretically this should make them grow ...

I was under the impression schoutedeni needed water around 7.0-7.5? The store I bought them at had them in with african cichlids with a ph of 8.5!!! I have both of them in straight tap from my house that is at 7.5 which I thought was a little soft for the multipuncs but still ok and just about right ...

P.S. the schoutedenis are around 3 inches long maybe a little smaller.

Hello I have six synodontis multipunctatus babies about 1.5 inches long and I just today bought 2 synodontis schoutedeni(sp?) and I was wondering if you guys think it would be safe to put them together or if they are too territorial? I currently have them separated but I would like to put them ...

Well the chaestoma I'm afraid wil not let my hillstreams get enough food. The madtoms are a great idea though! .....if I can find some. I'll look into the hara you suggested. I don't really know much about them but I'll find out! THanks silurus!

Ok they don't have to be asian but since my other fish are asian I thought I'd post it here. I'm setting up a 20gallon long tank that I'm going to be putting my five Beaufortia hillstream loaches in. I want to put some catfish that can take the current from a river tank setup and won't bother my ...

Thanks Silurus. Anyone have any idea what they might be for real? ~wayne

Thanks Rusty! I figured it was probably a synonym with something else and thats why I couldn't find any info on it. It might not be them I think I might order some though. I'll get to find out what they are :P They are wild caught so they aren't some strange hybrid. Any idea how big these fellows ...

Anyone have any info on these? I saw some for sale online and I did a google for them and didn't come up with anything at all. Anyone have a pic can you tell me how big they get have they been bred in captivity before? Thanks guys.

Ok Thanks for the Info!

Ok so the Synodontis Multipunctatus are around 2 months old. How long does it take for them to be sexually mature? I've read several different accounts ranging anywhere from 14 months to 5 years. Anyone else have some ideas? Thanks ~wayne

Thanks for the suggestion corybreed. Thats what the lfs owner suggested. I really like those demansoni's though. I don't know my cuckoos are still small though so they will be by themselves for another month or two at least it gives me some time to decide they are only about 1.5inches so I don't ...

I just bought 5 multipunctatus and I don't know much about africans. I went to the lfs today and looked at some. The ones I really like are the Psuedotropheus Demansoni but after reading further I'm afraid of two things. 1. they are too mean and will tear up my poor little cats. 2. They are too ...

I'm interested in one too.

I've never seen a banjo in a lfs. I would like to get some but have never seen any maybe I'll ask the lfs if they can order some for me.

It's better to keep cories in groups of six or more. You can mix species but they like to be in groups.

You should be fine putting them in the 29gallons

I just bought some river pebbles from a home depot. (which is just a chain of home supply stores for all you peeps outside the usa) I got .5cubic feet for $3.37 us dollars. I rinsed them today and am going to put them in a tank tommorow.

your mean

This sounds like a statement made by a little kid.

Yes there is hikari and some other brands make algae wafers that sink to the bottom and most plecos love and its more balanced nutrition for plecos.Read the thread on what foods to feed plecos too I don't remember exactly what the title is but it should still be somewhere near the top.

silurus your suggestion on not feeding them until they have emptied theyre bowels has a flaw in it I think wouldn't the earthworms have some protien from what they had just recently eaten? If so you would be taking that out of the worms. Just a theory but I think its a valid one.

I actually think farlowellas are slow water fish. Don't quote me on that though...

Can anyone clarify this?

OOh good idea oh what about bulldog plecos those are fast water fish. I need some topwater fish now and some more catfish would be fine too also if you guys can think of something else I like more I could put them in instead if it needed to be kept as a species tank.

Well I can tell you how to tell if he's hungry you can look at his belly when he's on the glass if its caved in a lot then that means he's hungry.

I've never heard of those cyprinids. thanks anyways though any other suggestions anyone? I think I'm going to put my two farlowellas in it unless I put some synos in. It's going to be a big tank I think it will be at least one hundred gallons.

thanks silurus are syno. eupterus fastwater? also what are some examples of fast water cyprinids are you talking about things like zebra danios?

Yeah but aren't most synodontis from slow moving rivers and lakes? I'm not really big on the africans so I'm not sure.

Oh forgot to add they don't neccesarily have to be catfish species even though I know this is a catfish forum.

Well it shouldn't cost too much so I think I'll probably put the plan into action as you said zach thanks for all the suggestions. Anyone else want to help me out with ideas of what to put in it?

thought about those how about farlowellas? I'm confused some sources I've read say they like slow moving water and others say fast flowing water?