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I've copied the post below from a different thread as it really should be in a separate one.

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Mats has posted elsewhere with a few details but to highlight some of the fish seen...

At Wheatley there were some Rama chandramara & in a tank of C.Axelrodi was an oddity which i think was Corydoras sp(c057).

At St Albans was a stunning unidentified syno which looked like it was a genuine fully adult male Synodontis njassae(small spot variant). Also good sized & well marked Synodontis greshoffi & Synodontis clarias. In one tank was Pitramutra sp which is actually Megalonema platycephalum & there was a whole tank chock-a-block with tiny Nannoptopoma sp`peru`.

At Wildwoods were some beautiful full grown Peckoltia sabaji & L134, 128, 200, ....the list goes on & on for L No's! Some Glyptothorax dorsalis, a large Clarotes laticeps, a single rita, possibly Rita gogra (i think it was labelled velvet Rita or similar), a single pseudopimelodus most closely resembling Pseudopimelodus sp(1), but the individual was darker all round. A couple of fish labelled Hemibagrus Olyrus (fighting catfish) but i'm not sure if they were Hemibagrus olyroides or an Olyra species - they appeared stubbier than the species in cat-e-log. A tank of small (& some very well marked) Synodontis pleurops. To be honest there was a whole range of great cats & if you've not been Wildwoods is well worth a specific visit.

Amwell had some w/c tang synos: petricola, dhonti (Only one that went home with me - although i think it may be Synodontis irsacae), 'true' polli (not zambian/white), & some that were possibly ilebrevis. Nice, but very expensive fully adult L46, actually a whole range of L No's & others.

The only think i was really uncertain of were at Wildwoods labelled Gagata sp "Black eye" - there were 3-4" TL but the body shape reminded me not of G.cenia but more of Cetopsis coecutiens although it may well be a gagata not in cat-e-log.

Thanks to MatsP & Chrysichthys for the company on what was very good day

We also saw some different looking fish in a tank with (the most likely candidate): LDA33 "Snowball".

Nice quality photos - let's see if anyone chips in with an ID?

Richard B wrote: Nice, but very expensive fully adult L46

I still think my scam to get one for £30 might have worked!

A word of warning to anyone thinking of getting the pleurops--both of mine got their dorsal or pectoral spines stuck in the plastic bag on the way home and it was hard to get them free.

Chrysichthys wrote:

Richard B wrote: Nice, but very expensive fully adult L46

I still think my scam to get one for £30 might have worked!

A word of warning to anyone thinking of getting the pleurops--both of mine got their dorsal or pectoral spines stuck in the plastic bag on the way home and it was hard to get them free.

Considering that the fish managed to pierce through two bags whilst still in the shop, I'm not surprised they managed to get more holes on the way home. I think some of it could possibly have been avoided by using the trick that Amwell did, by sealing off the corners of the bag, but I'm sure that's no guarantee. Perhaps bringing an ice-cream tub or some such is a better choice - and having someone who's speciality is pond-fish perhaps isn't the best recipe for good packaging... ;)

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Mats

The main problem was that the spines seem barbed or serrated. They wouldn't slide out of the plastic. Also one of them had both the dorsal and a pectoral stuck. I certainly will never put them in a plastic bag again, or use a net to catch them.

Anyone see any jaguar cats () on the PC day out?
I've phoned the places listed in TFF as having them in stock, and I can get 4.5/5 or 6" specimens from Maidenhead at Bracknell or Guildford respectively, but was after something a bit smaller.
Thanks
Martin

We did see some Jaguars either at Wildwoods or Amwell (or both?). Around 3-4" I seem to remember. Of course, that was a couple of weeks ago.

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Mats

Thanks - have called Wildwoods and they have none in, but will try Amwell.
Martin

It was Amwell (happy grow garden centre, not the other branch) i only saw one but there was a lot of bogwood in the tank

Apparently they have a few that have been in for at least 5-6 months. Expensive though at £29.50 for 4" fish - have been offered a 4-5" fish for 18 and a 6" for 24.
Thanks - will have to keep looking and may go back as a last resort.
Martin

After a few more calls and some vague descriptions of fish kept in sumps because of their attitude, these 'cheaper' jags I'd been offered turned out to be false jags, so am going to call Amwells and see if they will reserve one for me to collect.
Martin

these 'cheaper' jags I'd been offered turned out to be false jags

I see the false Jags(morrowi) even less than the oncinus...I would like some of those, too bad so far away

I have just seen some pics on www.L-welse.com which reminded me of the pics posted of the LDA33 on here, here's the link:

http://www.l-welse.com/reviewpost/showp ... roduct/156