WOW, awesome story. :)
so i guess it wont be long till mine starts producing shocks so powerfully.

hopefully not so soon,
so you were 25 at the time, im 15 at the moment, either way, got ten years to enjoy before having to sneak fish into my student hause lol.

by the way sidguppy, are you ...

cheers for the concern guys,

380v !!! wow.
how did u react about that! thats intense, i bet you were terrified after that.

by the way, how close to the fish do you need to be to feel the shock. im sure this also depends on the size and power of the fish.

and sidguppy, how big was this fish that ...

cant believe it, my 5 or so inch electric cat shocked me!
:shock:

i was moving around the rocks so as to make a more suitable refuge and i tried to shimmy him away by pushing water in his direction. i accidently toutched his tail and he gave a violent shake and shocked me.

I was amazed as to how ...

yes, all appears to be going well, the shoal of striped fish are infact a young colony of cyphotilapia frontosa (Burundi)and will in time grow to 30cm

as for the electric catfish, the wounds getting there.
do you recommend i change rocks, perhaps smoother ones?
thanks again
Julian

heres some pics of him and his home, he seems to be getting there,
http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b213/julianfrontosa/P1010024.jpg


http://i20.photobucket.com/albums/b213/julianfrontosa/P1010026.jpg
u can just about see the cut in the first picture.
it seems to be improving.

by the way the ...

Hi guys, havnt been posting for a while but i have an urgent question.

i woke up yesterday morning to find that my electric catfish had an abrasion on its chest, its red and it looks like the sckin has split to show its flesh, there no whole or anything just like a red cut.

hes still feeding ...

no problem m8, cheers for that, rather have someone like you point it out kindly than some wod to take the mic...
cheers m8 you learn something new every day right.

anyone watch this game a few days ago?, Susuki ranked 203rd vs Federa world number 1. was an awesome match, Suzuki at times was all over him! but lost... anyway amazin tennis match!

hey sidguppy, u live in Holland!?
u you dutch?
me 2! i speak it but not very well accostamed to writing it.
nice having a fellow dutchman around!

i agree totally with you, like i said petricola would be most suitable. most other synos are from the congo (thanks for correcting me racoll), totally different water parameters. the tank is 510 litres,(135 gallons) im reassured this is big enough for malawi haps, but certainly not for the giraffe ...

i see, the problem is that if i know my bristlenoses are breeding i will make every effort to rear the fry. just seem tight leaving them be to die. i know for a fact that malawis will gobble them upso maybe i should try something different alltogether. synodontis are a possibility i guess.

cheers ...

i thought about throwing an old pair of bristlenoses in there but the multiply sooo fast lol. if i were to go for a species of bristlenose it would have to be a more attractive form such as dolichopterous or another attractivly marked species. the trouble is that the only bristlenoses my lfs sells ...

im afraid this ones gonna have to be a display tank. this means i will most probrably put my frontosa in there alog with some large Malawi Haps. probrably put some kinda catfish in there to please u guys lol. got any suggestions?
the most sensible and most suited fish for this would probs be ...

cheers m8, im gonna be poor for the rest of my life lol paying for this beast

amazing nice work

Im in the process of ordering a new 135 gallon tank (510 litres)(6ftx2ftx1.5ft). cant w8 for it to arrive

sry just had to tell someone who cares lol

thats a real specimen, how big is it?

bristlenoses, smaller ones are best, they work harder at eating it. The larger ones are more lazy

brill !

pfwa... bit of a rip off though, compared to the likes of tri mar

kwl !

cheers m8

cheers m8, how they getting on?, they seem like a kwl fish but...

im stuck as to whether to attempt to breed clown plec maccus or a hypancistrus species namely L66 king tiger or L333. L46 if i had a job...hehehehe. Dont worry guys im not a hobo (homeless guy) its just im only 14 lol.......

anyway ...

they are like tiny creatures, single celled i think?

anyone know of any additional mail order companies and their web sites, i am aware of tri-mar and fishcrazy.co.uk any others?

thanks

...............cheers

well, a site i know sells 4 " ones for £10.50
reasonable?

what is "L213 ancistrus"?, iv seen it on a price list but have no idea what it looks like, its not in the cat e log although my guess is it has various L number names, thanks in advance.

odontodes are the small tooth like spikes on the first pectoral spine, they are usually more prominant in males

perhaps they are finding nutrients in tiny infusorians found within close reaches of your plants, many of these lifeforms are found in java moss especially, just a guess

how easy are they to breed compared to ancistrus?
anyone with experience, really want to breed another species. any hints and tips, the cat e log just says they are cave spawners.

cheers for ur replies