There is a little device called a " Oxydator " which is a safe way of using Hydrogen Peroxide in aquaria to boost oxygen levels.

Saratoga wrote:I personaly would not put them with bettas or kuhli's... eppies will eat anything that fits in their mouth... even at 2inch.

They will not eat anything that fits in there mouth.

As long as the cichlids are not one of the more aggressive species I see no problems.

Colin Keightley wrote:All I can add is the hard spine on its dorsal fin only runs about two thirds the length of the fin and then the rest is like a soft tassle

This is still a young fish at this stage so lets see.

You're quite right there m8.
I,ve even had to change powerheads due to the power cables being almost eaten to the cores.

S.Eupterus. NOT A HYBRID....

You could rebrace it with some acrylic or glass using Underwater Aquarium/Pond Sealer from Ultimate Aquatics mabie.

I think a positive ID and treating the whole tank it came from would be better than amputation, as its not in a life threatening place yet.

Tri-mar claim to have tank bred grannys at £115.

Looking forward to you're spawning logs Sid.

Good luck.

racoll wrote:I would also add that as they get rather large, they may well upset the sleeping discus with their nocturnal foraging.

Yup you're quite right there m8

Pterygoplitchthys joselimaianus is an extreamly good algae eater.
Unfortunatly the waste from these plecos can give quite a heavy bio load on filters.

I was just a word of caution as I have used many diffarent "Baking soda" Labeld products that contained cream of tartar.

I found Kent Liquid calcium, Epsom salt and bicarbonate of soda is good for buffering water.

PS: Don't use Baking soda it has other ingredients, Bicarbonate is pure.

Could even coat them in fine gravel or sand using silicone sealant.

I had seen them a week before actually buying them.
I thought as long as there Petricola or lucipinnis and not hybrids they look like fun.

Thank you sidguppy, as I suspected.
Luckly I didnt pay much ££ for them.

I keep 7 adult S.Eupterus atm, the pecking order situation is quite normal. The dominant cat usually has a more spectacular plume on the dorsal fin and much darker healthier appearance. If you have 150Gal for 3 Synos with a few cons then moving things around could lead to more trouble in the tank ...

http://farm2.static.flickr.com/1142/125 ... 7d.jpg?v=0
Only 1" long , I picked them up as S.Petricola.
What yer think?

Nice heavy build, should be a big un.
A word of caution, S.euterus should not be transported in bags....!!
They can pierce the bag with no problem, I use tubs for mine.

Did you acclimatize them properly?
Changing from dirty water to clean water/ clean water to dirty water to fast can have the same effect as hmm,, "the bends"

Yes, they can be territorial bullys but they rearly kill or damage other fish.
With adiquate hiding/housing places they should be ok.

Fresh prawns they love but dont over do them. Feeding at night is the first key to feeding S.eupterus. Live bloodworms he/she wont say no to, also earthworms(left in a tub for 24 hours with 2mm of water to clean the pop out of them) are a real winner. Cyclops and artemia I find are a bit small for ...

well i went to about 10 different fish stores to look at adult sail fin cats, Turns out a bloated belly or rounded belly that seems a little bit to big is common. About every 1/3 had a larger then average belly area. I highly doubt that out of the 200 some i saw, that 60 all had dropsy, and various ...

To heavy a build for sp(3).

(I do have sp(3)BTW).