oooh that's cool! Giraffe cats are usually huge so this could be interesting.

Did you add them to cat-e-log or just to your collection? I want to see a picture

Cool beans, I like the last one the best though. Did you take those with or without flash?

2 of my catfish have chosen a new place to hide; one on the leaf and one on the sides of a log. I am pretty sure that when a tinfoil barb knocked over a log it upset the balance and new order had to be ...

Another good fish documentary is "River of the sun." It shows arowana, an oscar ,some piranha, a pacu, lemon tetras and neon tetras, and some big cats(a tiger shovel-nose shows up)... and a gigantic fish I forget the name but it inhales cichlids whole. It is for the amazon region so maybe not so on ...

Hey I moved some decorations around and added flat rocks and a plastic plant from my other tank. I saw two (2) catfish out and about swimming along the back wall, under broad leafed plants or on the side of the fake wooden decoration.

It was a magical moment to say the least.

Same here...

Still. I am kind of disappointed about the fact that I can't get the free tank. I'll see if begging on my hands and knees works... nah

Tinfoils are not a good mix & this will definately affect their behaviour!

The best set-up i've seen for these was a 30" long species tank, it had a sand substrate with leaf litter (beech leaves), vallis at the back & sides only, a foot long thin spindly, root with many fine branches on the bottom ...

They are in a 70 galloner. A bit small for tinfoils but I bought them before I knew much and now I am attatched to them... and budget doesn't quite permit a larger tank (and for the time being neither do the parents) There are 4 tinfoils and 4 UDC. That is all I have. My Pareutropius buffei are now ...

I have never seen these things ever before.

Those are the wierdest/coolest looking fish I have ever seen. Are they very active after dark? (like hyperactive) Or are they docile when they are swimming around? I want to see a chaca swimming.

(again)

Hey, I found some pictures of upside down catfish out in the open? I thought I would try and get mine to do this, and it has been unsucessful as of yet. I bought 2 more, (all they had in stock for months) so now I have 4. I plan to keep buying more until I run out of money or until they ...

I am in Fort McMurray and there is only one pet store... Those assorted synodontis... I might try to get a picture or two next time I go... they get more fish on thursdays.

Bumper to bumper:

I moved them to my 72 gallon tank because my oscar is no longer with us.

:(
I spent 200 bucks bringing him to the vet and got him injections for his rare illness.

The catfish have been in there for about 2 weeks and the temperature is a balmy 27 degrees Celsius, with my 4 8 inch ...

I saw one of them at the LFS when I was looking to increase my stock of Upside down cats. Would it bully them? The featherfin was so cute and fairly big at around 5 inches. I have a 72 gallon tank... (4 tinfoil + 3 s.nigriventris) that should be large enough... but I don't want to overstock (or ...

Well, I don't think there are any laws around here about miss-informing people around here... But it is the same pet store that brought in a 2 foot long young Red-tail Catfish and put up a sign that said "40 gallon min"

I'll look into the temperature that can suit the 2 species best until I can set ...

Hmmm, that is a lot of catfish. Is the neon tetra alone? If so, does it hang out with the pearl danios? Or is it all alone and lonesome...



Amazing danios, they looked like some sort of Kilifish to me at first. I like L021 the best.

I may have a pic of one... lets see here... I had these guys a couple years ago:

http://i229.photobucket.com/albums/ee86/88seds88/Picture1.png

I am a lucky one here: My brother asked for iridescent sharks back when we knew nothing about fish, I ended up with 2 "African Glass Catfish" I found out ...

actually I'd trade it in for a different species of catfish.



Aw...

:(

I tried to trade in 6 (SIX!) tinfoil barbs to my LFS when I had empty tank syndrome in my 72 gallon tank. I was such a noob at stocking... I had no idea they got that big, I had one for a couple of years and he only got ...

Fine, it would be based off of Sumatra, IIRC all those species are found there as well.


well, except the clown loach is found only there.

Well, it does get warmer in the summer like 26ish... should I put a heater to keep it above a certian temperature, like 22 or something?

:/

If I got some lilypads they could absorb a little nitrate and provide a perch for one or two... would that help?

I am having the same problem, I can't get an avatar or a tank image.

http://s229.photobucket.com/albums/ee86/88seds88/?action=view&current=P1010473-1.jpg

Here's the avatar I made (it could be better)


Also, when I try to put information on my tank, clicking "save and submit" resets everything :(

Those are beautiful animals, it is a shame how many end up in 10 gallon tanks... how big is your tank? I realize that in their native countries people eat them, but these are PET FISH... I dunno...



Someday, I plan to make a thailand biotope indoor pond with clown loaches, iridescent sharks, and ...

THE CATFISH ARE NOW IN 72 GALLON WITH 4 TINFOIL BARBS. THERE ARE 3 NOW NOT 2 ANYMORE. LFS OUT OF STOCK OF THEM. Haven't restocked for months. Bogus. THINKING OF GETTING ANOTHER KIND OF SYNO. DUMB OR SMART?


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I got a 30 gallon tank that ended up with my 2 Upside down catfish with 2 ...

that is a nice cat!!

er... how big is he again? I hear featherfins are somewhat territorial >_>

My Upside down cats hide under the filter during the day (and most of the night) I got a picture of my AGC! ...its not that great... He is about three inches long.

Here are a couple pics of my lil upside down catfish!! They are about 2-2.5 '' long. There is flash because the photographs were taken in pitch darkness; that's the only time you can see both of them. I also have a African glass catfish (yes :oops: only one, the LFS has none anymore) but he is ...

it's the other way around.
Different fish have the same common name.

Someone else will expound on this and answer your question better than I can.

how about barbus semifasculus
puntis schuberti
barbus schuberti
barbus sachsi
There may be several common names too;
gold barb
schuberti barb ...

what is wrong with using common names for catfish? whenever I post with common names people ask for a scientific name as well. I understand that there are hybrid catfish and some unidentified species, but some fish have multiple scientific names... :roll:
scientific names are basically common names ...

um... what exactly do "m" and "f" stand for?

I might be able to help if i knew what your post means exactly.

[/But like so many things, finding the right balance is a case of "which do you find most important". I'd rather have happy fish with a few less plants than a "rainforest under water" with a few fish...]


Yeah, me too.

But, then again, I have only ever used plastic plants... :lol:

Thanks for the info Matsp!

So... You dont have to dig as deep...
and some of the sand might get sucked up inevidably.

I see... >_>

I was thinking of sand so that I might be able to grow plants... Blue fake rocks wont cut it huh?

Its beautiful!!!!!!1

Er... how does one vacuum substrate with so many lush plants?