Which Auchenipterids are being kept by PC members?

[Bijn]

[Marc van Arc]

Oh, that poor pleco facing a hungry giant like that while eating a bit...

The Ageneiosus are in very good shape!

[Phyllonemus]

I'm not that experienced with Auchenipterids yet, but to my opinion the Augeneiosus from Bijn's two pictures are females.

Am I right ?

[Martin S]

I'm not that experienced with Auchenipterids yet, but to my opinion the Augeneiosus from Bijn's two pictures are females.

Am I right ?

Looks to me that the lower one is a male and the upper a female...

[Bijn]

I'm not that experienced with Auchenipterids yet, but to my opinion the Augeneiosus from Bijn's two pictures are females.

Am I right ?

Looks to me that the lower one is a male and the upper a female...

I think you're right.

[Phyllonemus]

Cool pics Bijn.

[wrasse]

Blimey! They are 'at it' again...

Not the clearest video, but as you can see, the female is now very ripe. Just need her to spawn

Richard

[sidguppy]

but what species are they?
kinda hard to see......

could be some kind of driftwood cat or Lio's or even yellowish striped ageneiosus.....

[Martin S]

Just a few shots of these cats. Note the greeny-gold colour and dash-dash pattern.



They are feisty when the food goes in!





They have settled well and are quite greedy!



Richard

I'm guessing they are the same Richard showed off earlier in this thread.
Martin

[sidguppy]

can anyone share his or her experiences with

Centromochlus heckelii

?

I'm tempted to add this species to my Rio Tocantins tank.

there's a short vid in the Clog by Jools;

are they always like this or do they hide regular Driftwoodcat style once settled?

and are these like Hassar et al; afraid of other bigger fish or no?

[MatsP]

Not the clearest video, but as you can see, the female is now very ripe. Just need her to spawn

Here's my best wishes on that. And if she was any riper, she'd probably do a "Mr Creosote" impression.

--
Mats

[Phyllonemus]

are they always like this or do they hide regular Driftwoodcat style once settled?

Lex, I've seen them on a regular basis at Utaka Amersfoort, and i've never seen them behave different from the movie above.

[sidguppy]

can you tell me some details?

like what size they are, are they healthy or very thin, can they be sexed etc

tnx!
;)

[Phyllonemus]

Offcourse Lex, I'll send you a PM with more specific details.

[Phyllonemus]

A short movie during feeding my wildcought Brochis splendens and wildcought Tatia intermedia with a cocktail of red- white- and black mosquito larvae.

[Jools]

Johnny Jensen visited this weekend and took photos of all my fishes. Some nice ones, but here is one showing teeth of Centromochlus. Has anyone ever seen the teeth of these things before?

Cheers,

Jools

[Shane]

I am out of town, but the wife called and said that the injured jaguar finally ate an earthworm tonight. For the record, his fast lasted from 17 Feb to 1 May. Just shy of six weeks.
-Shane

[sidguppy]

we used to have a large female Trachelyopterus galeatus in the big Orinoco tank in my former home

it was one of the females from Marc and we assumed she would be fine

however; she didn't agree; she wedged herself between a piece of wood and the left pane of glass and refused to move or eat.....for almost 7 months!

only if we disturbed her, she would move and within minutes return to the same spot

once we got her out and gave to Bijn, she was reunited with her former group (by then Bijn had taken in Marc's other galeatus) and she started eating again.

[Phyllonemus]

Not eating for 7 months
And still recovering in a other tank, very strong fish.

[wrasse]

I am out of town, but the wife called and said that the injured jaguar finally ate an earthworm tonight. For the record, his fast lasted from 17 Feb to 1 May. Just shy of six weeks.

Pretty good... a small earthworm every other day and it should be back on the rails in no time. Did you manage to sex your jags?

[Shane]

Did you manage to sex your jags?

Not yet, but I would like to. Problem is that they live in ceramic "pleco burritos" so I have no idea how I would ever get them out of those things.
Eventually I'll need to find a way.
-Shane

[Marc van Arc]

Problem is that they live in ceramic "pleco burritos" so I have no idea how I would ever get them out of those things. Eventually I'll need to find a way.

Getting those caves out of the water will do the trick. Lios are not nearly as stubborn as Spinipterus or Trachycorystes, so they will abandon the "burritos" quite quickly ime.

[Marc van Arc]

While I added the last 3 Ageneiosus cf atronasus to the large tank last Monday (I keep 7 specimens atm), I had to get another Ageneiosus (sp. 3 actually) out today. Not too difficult, for it was dead(*). Imho this dominant male died of old age, as it was completely worn out.
The ironic part is that the inferiour male (my last specimen of this species) is still alive and is health wise improving when compared to some weeks ago, when I was absolutely sure it was about to die.

: nevertheless, even dead it managed to tangle itself up in my net, but this time I didn't have to hurry to get it out.......

[kruseman]

The Tatia strigata's are doing just fine overhere.
It is the most vivid and visible Auchenipterid I have:
During dinertime the 3 show up as first and swim frantically around the whole tank.
I like 'm.

[Marc van Arc]

So it's a good thing you didn't pick the Tatia sp. Baruri (which were T. exilis). A very nice fish, but no match for the T. strigata!

[The.Dark.One]

Anybody up for Tatia schultzi? (in at Pier Aquatics, Wigan)

Probable male


Probable female

[sidguppy]

A very nice fish, but no match for the T. strigata!

depends on taste; IMO Trachelyichthys exilis is far more beautiful than any Tatia.....

[kruseman]

What a beautifull Tatia, Steve!
It looks like a crossbreed of C. concolor and C.perugiae in a way.

Great! Have fun with them.

[The.Dark.One]

What a beautifull Tatia, Steve!
It looks like a crossbreed of C. concolor and C.perugiae in a way.

Great! Have fun with them.

They are something aren' they?

Unfortunately I don't own them, they were at Pier Aquatics, Wigan

[CoryWally]

I've been keeping a group of 4 Centromochlus romani (3m, 1f)for a few years and seperated them to their own 15gallon tank a few months ago. I noticed a few babies swimming around which appear to be doing just fine after about 8 weeks. Actively feeding on bbs. I fished one (of the youngsters at 6 weeks) out for a pic last week.