Chameleon?

BoBzz · Post by **BoBzz** » 27 Feb 2004, 22:08

Anyone know the story on these?

http://sharkaquarium.com/store.cfm?menu ... 9&catid=21

Regards,
Sam

BoBzz · Post by **BoBzz** » 27 Feb 2004, 22:14

Oops, Missed it in the E-Log...

Anyone have info?

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 27 Feb 2004, 23:22

Yup, what do you want to know? They are pretty standard as far as <I>Pseudohemiodon</I> go.

Jools

BoBzz · Post by **BoBzz** » 28 Feb 2004, 04:26

Jools wrote: Yup, what do you want to know?

Whats with the color changing talk? Any truth to it?

Where are they from?

How big do they normally get?

Jools wrote: They are pretty standard as far as <I>Pseudohemiodon</I> go.

What would that be?
Sorry, Plecos arent my specialty.

Thanks,
Sam

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Whats a good price for them?

Are they pretty rare?

Post by **Silurus** » 28 Feb 2004, 10:07

What would that be?

Just look at the entry for for reference.

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 28 Feb 2004, 11:06

I will update the cat-elog entry for with what data I have. HH, any chance you can give me the detail on etymology?

Jools

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 28 Feb 2004, 11:16

I think they sell for about Â£30 each currently. The stringrays that are found in the same habitat are much more valuable to the fishermen, so the whiptails are not caught so often. They can be ordered by any good LFS pretty much all of the time however.

Jools

Post by **Silurus** » 28 Feb 2004, 18:21

HH, any chance you can give me the detail on etymology?

The specific name comes from the Greek apithanos, meaning incredible, in allusion to the color variability in this species.

BoBzz · Post by **BoBzz** » 28 Feb 2004, 19:59

Thanks guys!

What exactly is a lip brooder?
How does that work?

Post by **Silurus** » 28 Feb 2004, 20:06

What exactly is a lip brooder?

That means that the lower lip in males is greatly expanded and the eggs are carried on these. Encountered in some loricariine genera.

kwalker · Post by **kwalker** » 29 Feb 2004, 03:47

there is a thread earlier last week posted by paul turley. you may also want to contact him by private message. paul has vast knowledge in this particular species and could shed a lot of light on the subject matter.

ken walker

pturley · Post by **pturley** » 29 Feb 2004, 06:00

Ken,
Having killed two fish of the same Genus several years ago and doing water changes several times a week on the the trio of Pseudohemiodon lamina we picked up a couple of weeks ago hardly makes me an expert!

Bobzzz, I'll offer any advice I can. If you decide to get them keep in mind, these are quite fragile fish. You MUST keep up the water quality. I know of at least two so-called "experts" in keeping and breeding Loricariids in addition to myself(not claiming to be anything close to that) that has lost fish from this Genus!

The trio of Ps. lamina I have seem to have settled in quite nicely. They are feeding (which my previous fatalities would not do!) and behaving as expected. A little skittish yet, but seem to be calming nicely. I have a group of tetras in quarantine that might be added as dither in a couple of weeks. I doubt I will though unless I can shuffle some fish to get them (isolated) in a larger tank though.