Ahh, excellent! That puts my mind at ease. Thank you!

Hey Folks, So I noticed in the last week or so a white spot developing on the tip of my BNP. It was sold to me as a "Green Dragon Ancistrus". Looking at the pic again, it almost looks like there is one developing on the tip of the dorsal fin, too. Is this something I need to be concerned about ...

Ah, ok then! Yeah, male was the only part I was 100% sure on. haha. I guess those eyes just fooled me and my lack of experience. Or he's mad at me and his eyes get dark like my fiancé's do.

Thanks a lot!

Hey cat-nuts! About a week ago, we responded to a craigslist ad that listed a free 37 gallon tank, "MUST PICK UP TODAY!". I was like....sure, I'll take a 37 gallon for free. We can sit on it for a while and start it up later. So I responded that I was interested and could be there whenever. So we ...

Fascinating stuff! I could get really wrapped up in the taxonomy of these little guys really easily. It feeds my need for pedanticism. lol Thanks a lot for the info! FWIW, I think I'll be ordering a group of C. Aeneus to accompany the Albinos, just to be sure to keep it in family (ok species..lol ...

Ah, great information, thank you! Also, my apologies, I posted this topic this morning via mobile, and apparently wasn't quite awake yet. I didn't get the right South American category, and didn't realize this was under the husbandry section, either!! Ooops! :) I don't intend on breeding them, but ...

I was at the LFS today talkin corys, and the guy showed me what was labeled as a Red Sailfin Venezuelan Cory. They looked remarkably like bronze corys. So with a little bit of digging, I think I figured out the scientific name is Corydoras Venezuelanus. Through a recent craigslist deal, I ended up ...

before i went to bed last night, i added an air pump to the power head that is running the under gravel filter, and they haven't gone up for air yet this morning. so maybe that was it, or maybe they were just going for the pellets...

either way, thanks again guys!

ok....in further trying to diagnose this tank issue i got going here, i now have a pleco that is darting up to the top of the tank, and then right back down. Now there are some cichlid pelets up there, so i suppose he could be going for those. Is that right or is this leaning more to a water ...

man...i wish i possesed an 8th of your knowlege on our finned friends!!!!

Thanks again!!

holy cow that was fast!!!! Thanks as always Silurus!! Do you think you could explain what you look for when IDing these?

another view

My buddy bought this as a common, but doesn't think it is. Its about 10-12" long currently. I don't really know where to begin trying to ID it, so I figured I'd ask here....

thanks!!!

on channels here like the discovery and history channel, at the end of each show they say "If you would like to purchase a copy of the show you have just seen....blah blah blah blah blah blah...."

Was there anything like that???

well, if i didn't know better, the fish looked like he was blind. he would be sitting on the bottom, kind of in the front of the tank (which was unusual for him). He would also be listing slightly (leaning to one side). Then when he swam away, it would be very slow, and then it looked like he was ...

well....he died. :( From reading on the internet about other fish breathing hard, it seems he was probably stressed out. I'm guessing from keeping him by himself as the only multi in my tank, and along with the ocellifer..... does this sound right? I know you guys said that I need to keep the multi ...

Ok, i have another problem....my multipunctatus looks like he is really breathing hard. His mouth is even moving when he is breathing. Does this have to do with the water conditions? I don't feel my filter on the tank really is adequate, so i am going to get a new one today, but in the mean time, i ...

overcrowded?? seriously??? I guess it could be, when the fish get older....but for right now, the labs, the lamps, and kenyi's (pseudotropheus lombardoi) are no bigger than 3", and the bottom dwellers are all 4"....so thats 30" of fish currently....i figure thats going to be ok for a while ...

hmmm...well my only option to seperate them is to put one in a 10 gal. tank..lol...i don't think that would do so well.

Maybe this will be the excuse to convince my GF that we need another tank.

thanks for the info guys...

Hi guys (and gals), It looks to me like my ocellifer and multipunctatus (both about the same size) are fighting. I can't tell for sure because they are behind rocks in the back of the aquarium, but there is deffinately some kind of struggle going on. I see fins wiggling and all that. and then every ...

the long wiskars remind me of a pimelodus cat....but the absence of a adipose and dorsal fin have me confused....

sorry...i couldn't resist putting it on here...lol

we couldn't hardly get this cat in the net.

ok, so here another newbie question....when identifying these fish, what kind of things do you look for? I mean, coloration and pattern can vary, right? Are there other specifics to look for that never lie??

Thanks again!!

I just wanted to make sure this is actually a synodontis ocellifer with a few more (better) pics. :) not that i doubt you guys, i just want to make sure. I really appreciate the help! :D http://img192.exs.cx/img192/1687/snout8vc.jpg http://img192.exs.cx/img192/5071/snout23as.jpg http://img192.exs.cx ...

well then, i guess that settles that. I have some better pics of the mouth and barbels and such, but i guess i dont' need to post em, unless they want some for the cat-e-log... Thanks for the quick info!!! Any idea if it will live happily with my cichilds and the 2 multipunctatus i have ordered?? or ...

Good evening!! I am pretty new to fish keeping, but am learning relatively quickly. Right now, I have a 55 gallon tank with 2 Electric Yellow Hap's, 1 Kenyi, 2 Spotted Sailfin Pleco's, and the mystery cat. I love catfish, but didn't know what kind to get. When researching online, I came across the ...