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Hey all.

I've got 1 nearly empty tank, so i decided to make it a Cameroon tank. I know someone who has some contacts in Cameroon and I will probably be able to get some wildcaught fish from there. So i was checking fishbase and some other sites to see what fish i can keep with my Benitochromis(or Chromodotilapia, not sute yet) and Parananochromis.

Now for my question. I ran across the names of Doumea gracila, D, sanaga, D. thysi and D. typica. I never heard about these fish, so i looked for some images, but i could only find photos of D. alula(on this site, which isnt from Cameroon) and D. typica. They look quite a lot like Loricariidae to me, but are they similar to them in ways of keeping them, feeding etc? I know Chiloglanis and Phractura species are quite hard to keep, because they are really fragile. Is it the same with Doumea?

I've searched quite a lot, but i couldnt really find any good information. Does anyone have any experience with these fish?

Thnx in advance,
Rense

I think some of these fish you have mentioned do not ship very well, if you did get some it would be best to keep them in a species only tank until you knew they were comfortable and eating well and have become familiar with their likes and dislikes.

It would be a most interesting project.

Here http://www.cameroon-aqua.com/stock8.htmI Doumea typica is on this exporters list.

Birger

Birger wrote:I think some of these fish you have mentioned do not ship very well, if you did get some it would be best to keep them in a species only tank until you knew they were comfortable and eating well and have become familiar with their likes and dislikes.

It would be a most interesting project.

Here http://www.cameroon-aqua.com/stock8.htmI Doumea typica is on this exporters list.

Birger

U say some of the species i mention dont ship very well, but do u mean the Doumea with that or the Chiloglanis and Phractura species?
Sadly i do not have an extra tank to keep them 'solo', so they would have to go in the tank at the same time as the other fish.

Thnx for the exporterslist, ill have a look, maybe i can find some other fish on the list.

I was thinking of the Chiloglanis, Phractura and I was lumping the Doumea in with them.

Off that particular list some of the small synodontis or microsynodontis would be a good choice.

Birger wrote:I was thinking of the Chiloglanis, Phractura and I was lumping the Doumea in with them.

Off that particular list some of the small synodontis or microsynodontis would be a good choice.

in my eyes, the Doumea look less fragile, but i wasnt sure, thats why i asked if anyone ever had them. Syno's and Microsyno's are definitely nice fish, but Doumea just appealed to me, looks like a rare fish, and Im always interested in getting some rare fish. If Doumea arent really an option, I will probably go for some M. batesii or a small Syno.

As far as i understand, Doumea suffer in transit & are hard to acclimatise . They are a very seldom encountered genera though & if you were to go for them a species tank would be best or extremely carefully selected tankmates.

Some of the synos or microsynos are the best option by far

Richard B wrote:As far as i understand, Doumea suffer in transit & are hard to acclimatise . They are a very seldom encountered genera though & if you were to go for them a species tank would be best or extremely carefully selected tankmates.

Some of the synos or microsynos are the best option by far

ok, thanks. In that case i will search for a nice Syno.

I had a Phractura sp. many years ago. Very difficult to keep for long after purchase.

go for Amphilius

much easier to keep than Phractura or Doumea and still a true oddball.

sidguppy wrote:go for Amphilius

much easier to keep than Phractura or Doumea and still a true oddball.

hey 'Sid' ;) long time no see.

Amphilius are definitely nice fish, but the problem is that i can only find 2 species from Cameroon(A. korupi and A. longirostris), and from both these species there's almost no info on the net. Both species arent even listed in the cat-elog, for example. Only valuable info i can find about these 2 species is on fishbase. But its both very limited. Only says how big they get and where the're from.

Amphilius are definitely nice fish, but the problem is that i can only find 2 species from Cameroon(A. korupi and A. longirostris), and from both these species there's almost no info on the net. Both species arent even listed in the cat-elog, for example. Only valuable info i can find about these 2 species is on fishbase. But its both very limited. Only says how big they get and where the're from.

Well you did say

and Im always interested in getting some rare fish.

and if you had some and sent pictures for the Cat-eLog then they would be listed

Birger

Birger wrote:

Amphilius are definitely nice fish, but the problem is that i can only find 2 species from Cameroon(A. korupi and A. longirostris), and from both these species there's almost no info on the net. Both species arent even listed in the cat-elog, for example. Only valuable info i can find about these 2 species is on fishbase. But its both very limited. Only says how big they get and where the're from.

Well you did say

and Im always interested in getting some rare fish.

and if you had some and sent pictures for the Cat-eLog then they would be listed

Birger

Haha, good point ;) I'll have a look. Dont have a pricelist yet. If they arent too expensive, i'll go for the Amphilius ;)