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have identified my catfish as synodontis robbianus
Posted: 19 Sep 2006, 14:43
by something fishy
thankyou to all who tried to help. i have identified my catfish as synodontis robbianus have looked at the data sheet on this catfish but there isn't any information on their nature does anyone know about them?
I had a pair of these
Posted: 19 Sep 2006, 15:08
by Ryan S
I had a pair of these fish, they lived for ages.
In fact I gave away my remaining female about 6 months ago â?? she was over 10 years old.
I think they come from west africa or maybe Zaire (rainforest areas I think) and prefer soft acid water â?? much like that of the S.Amercian species.
I had to split mine up because they were squabbling all the time â?? but they never bothered any of the other fish â?? I kept a few small tetras with them from time to time.
They were mainly active at night, and the spots on the flanks faded with age.
HTH
Ryan
*Edit - they were in the region of 6" long
Posted: 19 Sep 2006, 15:18
by Ryan S
My bad - looks more like central Africa from the map on fishbase...
http://www.fishbase.org/Summary/species ... =robbianus
pH range: 6.0 â?? 7.8; dH range: 10 - 25
Climate: tropical; 21 â?? 24°C
Distribution: Lower Niger and Cross River (Old Calabar) in Nigeria.
Posted: 19 Sep 2006, 15:20
by Chrysichthys
The one I have now is kept with a
. They sometimes squabble but never hurt each other.
