very cool. the setup should be perfect for them...i think it was pretty well designed to start, and i took your advice on adding driftwood. i think the docile demeanor of the tank's other inhabitants probably encourage the zamoras to be a bit more outgoing, as well. in any event, i'm very pleased ...

alright, so i went out and bought 5 zamoras on monday. i also added some driftwood in addition to the rock caves and pvc. 2 of them seem to conform to most everything i've read about these guys: they come out a bit at night but otherwise stay hidden in one of the various hiding places i've provided ...

ah, the pipes aren't completely buried...the openings aren't anyway. under the gravel and under a couple larger rocks, i constructed a miniature "maze" (it's far less complicated than that, really) from small pvc pipes with openings above the gravel in 3 spots, behind a rock and in other ...

i have a some "underground-type caves" made from pvc pipes buried under the gravel as well...so they should be as happy as a seclusive nocturnal catfish can be.

so they should be fine in a well-planted, underpopulated tank with several rock caves?

after they get acclimated, will they actually shoal around together at night if given enough cover? i was thinking of getting a few i saw at a lfs to add to a well-planted tank with a large school of cories and a pair honey gouramis.

any experiences with these guys? opinions? observations?

no argument from me that a 55g is way too small for a possibly 20" fish, i was only throwing that out there as a temporary solution for the (currently!) little guy until a new plan for his well-being was devised...

comparitively little info about the keeping of this species is available (at least ...

currently in a 125. options for moving them are 55 or a 29, which is too small, so really moving the smaller one to a 55 is the only possibility.

i have two of these guys, one approx. 4 inches and the other about 5...think they are very cool fish if you are up late enough to watch them a bit! the larger one seems to chase the smaller one around quite a bit during late night feeding time, and earlier in the thread it was mentioned that they ...