Yes Ian that is what I was looking for, but I just wanted to confirm that the definition here of SL was what I expected and it is. Happy days.

Daragh

Excellent, thanks for the replies, I just wanted to confirm my understanding of where the measure meant was to.

Daragh

Just wondering how the size shown on the species pages are measured. Is it from the tip of the nose to the end of the caudal peduncle or to the centre of tail, e.g. if it is a forked tail it is measured to the centre of the fork???

Daragh

I got those dreaded worms in a tank with wild Leopoldi angels, there were also apistos and endlers (wild angels did not eat the endlers or the fry!) I made a video of the worms with a microscope, if you have already eaten it is safe to watch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NKTqfvjOX6I I used 2000 ...

Tá mé go matih, go raibh maith agat. And sadly that is about as far as my Irish goes, I thought I was seeing things when I saw the title on this thread. Anyway welcome to the forum, it's THE place to come for catfish info. I don't get to be here as often as I would like but I used to spend hours r ...

Eques are on the top of my wish list, so if you have got the real thing, I am green :-) Thre is an excellent discussion on Corydorasworld and photos from Hans-Georg Evers and Ian Fuller on IDing Eques, authors if THE cory ID book. Here is the thread http://www.corydorasworld.com/forum/identification ...

Hard to tell from those photos, but I would think they are too young to spawn at that size anyway. Someone else may have more info on breeding size.

Daragh

I will have to read up on Chilodonella, it sounds a very nasty disease indeed. Despite the loss of the young L066 and the BN's all are replaceable and if I get out of this with no more deaths I will consider myself to have had a lucky escape. Loss of the adults would have been 100 times worse. Daragh

Matt I did plan to do an update, but I did not want to speak too soon. The good news is that ALL the adult L066 and L333 and other adult L numbers are alive and seemingly well. I still have the heat raised and up to this morning still had the tank blacked out, but I uncovered one third today because ...

Interesting Larry, I had never thought of it that way. My thinking was that as the fish is blind it does not know what it's surroundings are like and therefore adapts the darkest possible colour it can. Most corys adopt to the colour of the substrate, some more that others, the most extreme I have ...

Is it just one fish like this or more?

It is not blind by any chance, is it? I have a blind rabuti and it is nearly as dark as that.


Daragh

Just an up-date since the other day. Only two more deaths. Tank B where all the young L066 died also housed some corys and two died the other evening, two C Spectabalis - why is it never the easy to get ones that die? Anyway, all remaining occupants including the baby angels seem fine, temp remains ...

The site was back up yesterday or the day before and there was a post from Ian saying that since he moved server he has been having trouble and is working on it.

Give it a day or two and I am sure it will be back.

Larry, thank you for all the information. The latest update is no more deaths and I hope that I am not being to optimistic to think I might get away this time. The fish are looking more relaxed, no gasping, no hanging around filters and very few spots left. Although I am satisfied that it is not ...

By the way those L66 will happily live at 32 deg forever you know,with enough aeration and you may not have the problem again. Matt I know but with nearly 50 tanks, the Electricity bill is a BIG issue, especially as that tank is a 450 litre tank in an unheated room!! But you have a point. Daragh

Thanks for the the additional info Matt. As no other fish is affected, you might be right about the "pleco" whitespot, I have not heard of that before. They do have spots around there heads too, so maybe not ? ? The temp ended up at 90, hard to regulate those fiddly knobs on heaters, so maybe I will ...

Thanks racoll, I think you are definitely right, I have read up on it and it is more like Oodinium than white spot. I ruled out velvet on the basis the spots were too big, but that's seems to be incorrect. Unfortunately the progression has been very rapid since last night, so I hope it is not too ...

I have lost a number of 8 month old L066, Acistrus and aspidoras in the last 24 hours. I don't know they cause. The corydoras and baby angels in the same tank are unaffected. In a separate tank where I transferred two plecs from the first tank to, last Friday, all the adult plecs (quite a few) have ...

It is usually harder to sex the long bodied corys, but a ripe female will be a little deeper bodied and slightly wider.

Daragh

Hi

Looks like Synodontis to me, feather fin cat.




Daragh

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Excellent photos.

It looks most like C simulatus to me, but wait until one of the cory experts come along for an opinion.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/im ... ge_id=8823

Daragh

Well then of you listed fish, I would suggest you start with L066 or L333, someone else may have other suggestions. They are frequently available and regularly bred, but still present enough of a challange to a new pleco keeper.

If you have neer bred plecos, I suggest you start with bristlenoses, Ancistrus. Most of the available ancistrus are fairly easy to breed and would be a better starting place than some of those you have listed. Just becuase a fish has been bred, does not mean it is easy. Regular Sp(3) bristlenoses ...

That's a tall order. It would take a week to reply. Have you done any research here by looking at the catelog or any of the threads discussing the various L numbers you have listed? IF not I suggest that is the best place to start until you can narrow down your search. http://www.planetcatfish.com ...

Excellent, thank you racoll.

I will see if he will pose for some more up-to-date photos

Just bumping this to see as time has passed, does anyone have any better idea on ID. The fish has grown a littel since, about 7.5" TL.

Thanks for the info, more fantastic photos and those shrimp have one smart home

Fantastic photos. I only recently got some cherry and CRS shrimp and have them in several tanks now, great little characters. Can I ask what substate that is in the pictures?

Daragh

Can't help with the id, but it is a stunning little fish. Would love to see these available.

Thanks for the input. I decided to let them stay a few days more. They came out today

They were longer than regular BN fry, nearly an inch, but extremely skinny. They are eating cucumber and browsing on the plants now so hopefully they will be fine.

Thanks again for the advice.

Daragh