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walshy317 · Post by **walshy317** » 12 Apr 2009, 20:39

post your favourite catfish name and picture of you best catfish.
mines a albino bristlenose plec (Ancistrus sp.)

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 13 Apr 2009, 03:17

post your favourite catfish name and picture of you best catfish.
mines a albino bristlenose plec (Ancistrus sp.)

Let's see his/her lovely face

Good thread idea.

Phyllonemus · Post by **Phyllonemus** » 13 Apr 2009, 20:16

My favorites :

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L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 14 Apr 2009, 05:34

I've been thinking about this since you posted it, tough! Like choosing between your kids

I think mine would be my clown panaqolus, . Common and uncommonly cute. I freeze like a statue when I see him because he's only started venturing out in the daytime a little while ago so unless I happen to have a camera in my hand, no pics yet.

andywoolloo · Post by **andywoolloo** » 14 Apr 2009, 08:51

my synos are my fav

euptera

lucipinnis

walshy317 · Post by **walshy317** » 14 Apr 2009, 09:28

yer they are lovely fish i wish i had a few pics of my albinos i will try and get some pics soon ill post when i have them =D
i only have 1 male im looking for a few females to go in with him and try and get them breeding.

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 14 Apr 2009, 10:57

hands down:

my group of synodontis granulosus

visible ALL DAY......

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 15 Apr 2009, 08:35

Holy Smokes, Sidguppy! Those are awesome! How big and how hard to find??

Taratron · Post by **Taratron** » 15 Apr 2009, 14:13

My new hoplo littorale, who eat from my hand and play with my fingers when I do tank maintenance. No decent shots yet!

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 15 Apr 2009, 15:34

Hey Taratron,
Did you see the Hoplo breeding challenge? It's here, take a look, you should join up

:
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... =4&t=25730
There's a nice video of H.littorale building a nest too.

Taratron · Post by **Taratron** » 16 Apr 2009, 16:03

Ah, but they are in a catfish community tank, with a bunch of other egg-eaters, and I have no idea how to sex them!

L number Banana · Post by **L number Banana** » 16 Apr 2009, 21:07

Ah, but they are in a catfish community tank, with a bunch of other egg-eaters, and I have no idea how to sex them!

At least a few of us in the challenge don't have a clue what we're doing and have never had any sort of hoplos before (I get mine this Saturday). They build bubblenests so maybe the egg eaters wouldn't take so much notice of 'stuff' floating on top. The Cat-eLog page gives a pretty good description of sexing them, you have to flip them over or make them swim over a mirror and check out the space/or not between the so and so bones... Take a look at the ID part on this other hoplo: , describes it much better than I can.

Never know, they may spawn anyway and you'll have to let us know. Look forward to seeing the pics

Post by **Birger** » 17 Apr 2009, 05:07

Have five of these...slightly visible for others...for me not too bad because they know who feeds them...really hard to get decent shots of them

Post by **Birger** » 17 Apr 2009, 05:13

Phyllonemus · Post by **Phyllonemus** » 17 Apr 2009, 05:29

Birger, I'm more into African cats, but these are very beatiful cats.

Greets, Riny

Dave Rinaldo · Post by **Dave Rinaldo** » 17 Apr 2009, 05:39

Phyllonemus wrote:Birger, I'm more into African cats, but these are very beatiful cats.

Greets, Riny

Are you just teasing us?

Birger's fish are

Post by **Birger** » 17 Apr 2009, 05:41

Birger, I'm more into African cats, but these are very beatiful cats.

hehe...those are quite African

I also am really liking my ...they actually get more active when they know you are around and really look like a catfish should. I just do not have any decent shots...but they are not African

Birger

Kampfer · Post by **Kampfer** » 17 Apr 2009, 06:04

My fave cory-Corydoras semiaquilus

andywoolloo · Post by **andywoolloo** » 17 Apr 2009, 06:13

those are beautiful, Birger! do they play well together? I always hear such wicked stories about thier temperment. I saw one once in person at a fish store and was so scared of the stories I did not buy him. Am kicking myself now.

Also beautiful cory, Kampfer!

Post by **Birger** » 17 Apr 2009, 07:13

those are beautiful, Birger! do they play well together? I always hear such wicked stories about thier temperment.

I would not say play well together...it is more like tolerate each other, any change in the environment and the fur flies.

With more than enough hideaways they seem to keep each other in check as opposed to hassling any other fish, I have kept them with a few different fish and again they tolerate but if a fish tries to move in on their turf such as a S.shoutedeni male tried to do they managed to deal with the situation quite quickly(may he rest in peace) .Mind you shoutedeni males seem to get themselves in trouble no matter where I put them.

I do not keep any bigger syno's with them anymore but they did tolerate a group of S.nigriventris for awhile even letting them hang out in their chosen spot with them and only halfheartedly trying to push them out. I currently have them with a group of congo tetra's and six Phyllonemus typus (who are doing very well by the way) am growing out some Steatocranus casuarius to keep a pair in with them and have a group(15) of young nigriventris that will go in as well, the typus will then come out.

Birger

Martin S · Post by **Martin S** » 17 Apr 2009, 08:39

Mine is . Other favourites are , and pretty much the entire family! I also love and .
Martin

Shovelnose · Post by **Shovelnose** » 18 Apr 2009, 15:17

Well I cant get pics of most of my favourite cats (or see 'em for that matter) but jus about anything from Erethistidae or Sisoridae rocks my boat. A few pics I found on my phone (extremely bad quality though).

walshy317 · Post by **walshy317** » 18 Apr 2009, 21:02

yer they all are very nice fish
yer keep posting and lets see what everybody els has

Phyllonemus · Post by **Phyllonemus** » 20 Apr 2009, 11:21

Dave Rinaldo wrote:
Phyllonemus wrote:Birger, I'm more into African cats, but these are very beatiful cats.

Greets, Riny
Are you just teasing us?

YES

Bigcatsrus(the bf!) · Post by **Bigcatsrus(the bf!)** » 20 Apr 2009, 11:30

Well guys I can't choose between my 2 but if I had to it would probably be my hybrid.

walshy317 · Post by **walshy317** » 25 Apr 2009, 20:51

wow what kind of cats are they??? they look well good lol
thanks
marc

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 25 Apr 2009, 23:29

L number Banana wrote:Holy Smokes, Sidguppy! Those are awesome! How big and how hard to find??

It appears Sid mighta missed your question....I don't know how big Sid's Grannys are but they get to a foot long, & are a rare & elusive tanganyikan syno. They are fairly often available over here.....but at a price. That said, a wholesaler down south is the only person to have ever bred these successfully & it seems the retail price has tumbled on these t/b - i saw some at Prestwood Petzone ('home' of moderator, Coryman) for £15 each last week!!!!

walshy317 · Post by **walshy317** » 27 Apr 2009, 21:17

how much 1 of them cost?

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 27 Apr 2009, 21:52

at 6" a w/c will set you back £150 approx

andywoolloo · Post by **andywoolloo** » 27 Apr 2009, 21:56

I have never seen them anywhere in person. Very beautiful tho.

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