Synodontis njassae I believe :)

slucas · Post by **slucas** » 22 Nov 2009, 01:22

I recently set up a new Malawi rift tank. Fishless cycle that took about 3 weeks. I was wanting a Njassae for the tank, but I had heard that they were rather hard to come by and expensive-ish. Well, long story short. I went to the local fish store and noticed this Catfish swimming in an african tank. The tag on the tank said it was a Synodontis petricola catfish. But i believed it was a Njassae, so I purchased it for $9.99.

What do you gurus of all things Catfish think?

sidguppy · Post by **sidguppy** » 22 Nov 2009, 02:04

nope

you have been cheated out of your hard-earned cash and one of those evil Czech-bred hybrids has been foisted off on you

it doesn't even remotely look like a real njassae....neither is it a petricola

slucas · Post by **slucas** » 22 Nov 2009, 02:30

Doh!

Oh well, at least he's social

The.Dark.One · Post by **The.Dark.One** » 22 Nov 2009, 12:17

Yes I'm sorry, I have to agree it is a Czech Frankenstein monster.

Chrysichthys · Post by **Chrysichthys** » 22 Nov 2009, 16:36

I agree, it's a hybrid.

Richard B · Post by **Richard B** » 23 Nov 2009, 02:31

sorry, but as above says, this is a hybrid. in the uk, a genuine 3" njassae will cost (approx) a minimum of 20 pounds if you can find them. Petricola a fair bit more. Lucipinnis (the so-called dwarf petricola) can be found much cheaper. I expect that njassae & petricola fetch comparable or greater sums the world over -ergo - if it looks too good to be true it probably isn't

slucas · Post by **slucas** » 24 Nov 2009, 03:01

Thanks for all the replys, I guess he is a franken-fish. You know though, he is very well behaved and social. No odd deformaties that I can see. But he does do one rather odd thing, he pretty much swims upside down all the time. I was wondering since he is basically a science experiment, will he live a long and healthy life, or is he destined to explode, or do I need to start locking the bedroom door at night, lol?

Post by **Birger** » 24 Nov 2009, 03:55

I was wondering since he is basically a science experiment, will he live a long and healthy life, or is he destined to explode, or do I need to start locking the bedroom door at night, lol?

That's good

...can't reach the doorhandles, shouldn't explode unless you feed it too much flake food but should go on to lead a healthy life.

Birger

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