So whatcha got??

[Jonesy]

Since we have this great new Catfish forum, I think everyone better belly up to the bar and let us know what they've got. Extra points if you post pics!!

My camera is kinda fubar right now, but soon i'll get ahold of one and post my pics.....

I currently have
1 L66 Scribble (King Tiger)
1 L23 Common
1 L177 Golden
1 L162 Clown

Hopefully with the new tank that i'm hoping to get next week, i may start to breed the L66 or the L177, that is if i can find them some baby makin friends:rolleyes:.

[Melody]

Glass Cat:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/canadiansinternetdotcom/MM-GlassCat_RubberLipPleco.jpg

Plecos:

Starlight BN
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/canadiansinternetdotcom/MM-BNPleco6.jpg
Black-eyed Gold BN:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/canadiansinternetdotcom/MM-BlackeyeGoldBNb.jpg
White-tip BN:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/canadiansinternetdotcom/MM-WhiteTipBNPleco.jpg
Lacefin BN:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/canadiansinternetdotcom/MM-LF-Brownlace_Pleco.jpg
Albino LF BN (on the way)
Flash (Haven't seen this one in a long time - might have lost him):
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/canadiansinternetdotcom/MM-Flash_Pleco-L204.jpg
Rubberlip:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/canadiansinternetdotcom/RubberLipPleco-4.jpg

Cory's:

Panda:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/canadiansinternetdotcom/MM-PandaCory-2.jpg
Albino:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/canadiansinternetdotcom/MM-Albino_Cory-3.jpg
Longfin Bronze (C. Aeneus):
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/canadiansinternetdotcom/MM-Longfin_Bronze_Cory-3.jpg
C. Napoensis:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/canadiansinternetdotcom/MM-Cory-8.jpg
C. Leucomelas & C. Schwartzi:
http://i48.photobucket.com/albums/f227/canadiansinternetdotcom/MM-Cories-2.jpg

[mixixe]

3 otto cats,
3 white tipped BN plecs
2 common plecos
1 walking catfish

[dugrant153]

I have quite a few catfish. I absolutely love them!
No pics at the moment.

-5 Thailand Glass Catfish
-8 Bronze/Albino Corydora
-10 Habrosus corydora
-2 Clown plecos (do Plecos count?)
-2 Ottocinclus (from Walmart... and still alive after months!)

[Melody]

Well we certainly do have lots of Cat fans - seems everyone has at least some.

Mixixe, I don't think I've ever seen a walking catfish, even in stores - do you have pic's?

Dugrant, awesome job with the Wally Otto's! Are there two different kinds of Glass Cats? Seems to me I read that somewhere....

[CACAdmin]

I have:
3 white tipped BN plecos
2 common plecos
1 clown pleco

[mixixe]

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/mixixe/clarias2.jpg

http://i106.photobucket.com/albums/m271/mixixe/clarias1.jpg

He's about 18 inches now :) He grows everyday, even after 5 years. But apparently they stop at about 18 inches in aquaria, however I saw one in a pet store well over 2 feet long and super fat.

[Melody]

WOW! I guess I'll have to admire yours from afar...lol...thanks for posting the pics, he's an amazing creature!

[hp10BII]

2 bn plecos - don't know what strain they are??
5 trilineatus corys, sold as julli's
4 panda corys
13 lucky sterbai corys
2 pygmaeus corys
8 habrosus corys

[Melody]

You can't just post 'lucky Sterbai Cory's' without a story. Its a new rule. :DevilGrin:

[hp10BII]

You can't just post 'lucky Sterbai Cory's' without a story. Its a new rule. :DevilGrin:

'fraid there's no stories. 'lucky' because I have 13 of them. Sorry to disappoint!!:Blush:

[Melody]

Well, that's a story, its just a short one...lol.

[eimajr]

1 L260
2 L183's
6 syno. multipunctatus
6 syno. petricola

Sorry she doesn't show well against a light substrate, but the only pic I have is of the L260, the others are still newish and I haven't bothered to snap any pics:confused:

http://i62.photobucket.com/albums/h88/jrodgers14/maybe.jpg

[Melody]

She has a cool design. We'll wait impatiently for the rest of the pic's. ;)

[Edgezilla]

That is a lovely looking female L260. Do you have a male to go with it? I saw a male in BA burnaby the other day. They got a shipment of L260 in.

I have

alpha male L46. trying to find a female :\
F1 Cory sterbai
Wild Cory robinae
Wild Otocinclus cocama
Regular oto
F1 BN plecos. I think Ancistrus pirareta

[Melody]

Wild alpha male L46. trying to find a female :\


Put it in your signature if you like. With a Canada-wide membership base and heavy support of fish clubs, its is our hope that we can faciliate things like finding pairs. Its like... the Go Fish card game! LOL got anyyyy.... L46? Go fish....

;)

[Edgezilla]

Sounds like a plan. I know someone breeding them, but they have never shipped fish before.

check out my signature. LOL

[Melody]

OK WAY out in left thread field here...lol...but if you want to have them contact me, I'd be happy to coach them. PM me if you think you can talk the breeder into it, its really not difficult if you know the few key details. I'm going to post an article on it if I ever get around to taking pic's of the process.

Back to your regularly scheduled program :biggrin: .

Edit: And I think we need a Fish Personals thread...lol.

[Edgezilla]

PMed instead...

[eimajr]

:biggrin: I'm ctually trying to set something up in the new year for my little L260, I know a breeder that has some fry just grwoing out now, I'm hoping to get a hold of a bunch of them. I was going to try and breed the L183's but after some good advice, I'm thinking of starting with the queens:D

Like Melody said, back to your regularly schedule program;)

[Pamelajo]

my bns
6 albino
1 brownlace longfinned
3 white tipped
1 black eyed gold
4 lf albino

Mel how many starlights do you have?

[Melody]

Two out of 5 originals. They were wild-caught and I was expecting BN's that were as adaptable as the captive bred ones. They were acclimated into a highish pH 90G designed to suit the snails. They didn't like it - died off one by one, no signs of disease. The two I have left are a pair but one is domestic-raised. I havent' seen any breeding activity as yet. HUGE fish (for me) - that one was right around 8".

[eimajr]

Melody, you should drop the starlights ph level into the basement, get those black water parameters going. it aint pretty but they'll love you for it:D

[Melody]

Yup, that's what I was told after the fact...lol...the thing is I know what conditions they prefer, I was just accustomed to dealing with captive bred BN's which are adaptable and fine in very hard water. My pH is probably only around 7.6, but that's still higher than what they like apparently. Add the fact that these were old dogs and we have a problem. Had they been juvenile fish they may have been just fine.

But you're right and that's not something I can give them, so I'll see how the two left do and not get more wild-caught BN's in the future.

[BC_Kron]

Okay where to start...I'll try not to forget anyone...

10+ glass catfish
2 black eyed gold bn
3 white tip bn
1 reg bn
1 featherfin synodontis
2 ottos
1 rubberlip pleco
1 clown pleco
2+ common pleco
1 albino pleco
4+ skunk cory
2 pepper cory
2 dojos ( I know they are loaches, but they have whiskers like a cat!!):yes:
5 koolies (hey, I mentioned the dojos, it's only fair)

hmmm :Think:....I'm sure that I've 4got someone, it's hard when they hide in all the driftwood, oh :wideeyed:, I know who I 4got, one of my favs...(always hiding in the wood!!)

2 raphaels

I'll do another scan when the lights first go out tonight!!! Too many tanks and too many hiding spots to know for sure

Jackie

forgot to mention the two pygmy plecos!!!!!!

[Melody]

LOL Whiskers count! Don't they? Spoken like a non-cat person....

Sounds like quite a collection. We will wait for the many many many pictures. :smile:

[Jonesy]

Just got myself a few new Hillstream Loaches if they count......:D

[Melody]

Maybe we should name this section 'Catfish & Bottom Dwellers' lol

I love Hillstream Loaches. They remind me of those creatures on the old Star Trek. I had them in an established tank for a long time and they did awesome. I moved them to a new (bigger) tank and they were dead in no time. I would take that to mean they require an established tank so proceed with caution.:yes:

[CACAdmin]

Just got myself a few new Hillstream Loaches if they count......:D
I had to go look up Hillstream Loaches and then found out there are several varieties. Got any pics?

Maybe we should name this section 'Catfish & Bottom Dwellers' lol

Hmm! Not a bad idea.

[Jonesy]

For sure..I agree 100%....They are in my 25g.....Pristine water in there for them..


Maybe we should name this section 'Catfish & Bottom Dwellers' lol

I love Hillstream Loaches. They remind me of those creatures on the old Star Trek. I had them in an established tank for a long time and they did awesome. I moved them to a new (bigger) tank and they were dead in no time. I would take that to mean they require an established tank so proceed with caution.:yes:

[Jonesy]

Will get some pics tomorrow...That is if they co-operate:smile:

I had to go look up Hillstream Loaches and then found out there are several varieties. Got any pics?

[bettakim]

Little late getting in on this...but I have a small group since the snails do most of the work here.
I have 3 white tipped bn. http://i127.photobucket.com/albums/p129/bettakim/FishandViolets045.jpg

Now if I could only sex the 3 of them... As well I have a very camera shy fairly large golden dojo loach and 2 zipper loaches. I've yet to find any corys that catch my eye.

[Melody]

Looks like they're growing like weeds! I'm told that males often grow faster than females, so if you have both you may be able to get a hint from varying sizes until the bristles come in.

You strike me as a Sterbai Cory type. IN fact, Mr. Edgezilla has some home-bred Sterbai for sale and I can put some in your box...lol....Have we spent your paycheck for you yet?

[bettakim]

That picture is of the biggest one, the other two prefer to hide till the lights go out. The other two are small in comparison.
As for spending my paycheck, not even close yet. It's been a good two weeks. :red_dance:
And now that winter has arrived, it's snowing like crazy here, it will only get better. Though still can't get hubby to agree to letting my buy another tank setup. I'll just get him some more tools and make him happy and then he won't even notice when I slip another tank downstairs...

[Melody]

You are a horribly manipulative wife.

Gotta admire that....lol.

[Mrs.JP]

Hi, I have
1 com. pleco
3 otos
2 albino corys
3 pepered corys

Jackie

[Candice]

2 L260 (Queen Arabesque Plecos)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/Candice1972/Queen%20Arabesque%20pleco%20L260/qaupclosea.jpg
3 LDA31 (Mustard Spot Plecos)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/Candice1972/Mustard%20Spot%20Pleco%20LDA31/aaImg_2929.jpg
2 L305 (Wormline Peckoltias)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/Candice1972/Wormline%20Peckoltia%20_%20Peckoltia%20Braueri/baImg_6504.jpg
6 Corydoras Aeneus (Albino Corys)
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v321/Candice1972/Albino%20Corys/Img_4227a.jpg

3 or more (can't always see them) Otocinclus

I love my plecs. :)

[Melody]

Seems like everyone has some somewhere....lol.

Nice pic's Candice! Beautiful creatures.

[CACAdmin]

Nice pics Candice. I really like your Mustard Spot Pleco.

[madattiver]

great looking fish Candice.. nice collection of plecos

[fishykisses]

i have 1 soon to be 2 upsidedown kittyfish
5 fairy cory's
1 panda cory
1 speckly one...i dunno what it is (pretty though!)
3 otto's

[Candice]

Thanks!

I was thinking of trying to breed them. I'm still waiting to sex the mustard spots, the queen arabesques and the wormlines. When I find out if I have breeding pairs in any of them, I will probably set up a river tank and go for it. :)

[fishykisses]

so does anyone know how difficult it is to breed upsidedown kittyfish? (syndontis)

[CACAdmin]

Is it Synodontis nigriventris? Check this link: http://www.wetpetz.com/upsidedown.htm
It's stated there that "It is one of the few Synodontis to be bred in captivity". A few other sites I have checked all seem to indicate it's difficult... but it would be fun to try... and prove them wrong:yes:... Good luck!

[fishykisses]

it's the Synodontis eupterus
Sinodontis Featherfin

[CACAdmin]

According to what I've found, limited success has been made to breed them in captivity and they have not been bred in an aquarium.
Here's something from Aquarticles: http://www.aquarticles.com/articles/breeding/McKenzie_Mitchell_Synodontous.html

and also some additional info here:
http://wetpetz.com/eupterus.htm

[Edgezilla]

Candice, do you have anyt new photos of each pleco? Did they grow a lot since you got them?

The L260 looks like a male and L305 looks like a female.

L305 might be wrong if it wasn't matured when the photo was taken.

[Fugu]

I have:
-1 albino cory
-1 lazer cory
-1 pepper cory
-1 unknown cory
-1 fat common pleco
-1 tire track eel
-1 butterfly pleco
-1 red tail loach
-1 columbian shark egg cluster (8 eggs)
-1 talking cat coming somtime next week
-I have another cat coming soon too,a pictus cat
-and a bunch of cherry shrimp.
:GEEK:

[Jonesy]

just added a beautiful L190!!! pics will follow once he gets settled

[Melody]

That's a lot of 'ones' Fugu - your tank must be very interesting!

Can't wait for the pic's Mr. Jonesy!

[Fugu]

^^yeah I like to keep $30 in my wallet at all times so I can grab what I find:laugh: Like 15mins ago I just bought a raphiel striped catfish.Another 1:yes:

Hey melody,I hear that you have a dream of starting a river tank for bottomfeeders too!I am actually starting up one!PM me for details.

[Melody]

Yippers, one of these days I'll have me a looooooooooong river tank. PM? No no no... I expect a full thread with photo documentation of the whole process from set-up to finish and regular updates. I suggest the DIY section.

Darn those demanding women anyways hmm? ;)

[Fugu]

Yippers, one of these days I'll have me a looooooooooong river tank. PM? No no no... I expect a full thread with photo documentation of the whole process from set-up to finish and regular updates. I suggest the DIY section.

Darn those demanding women anyways hmm? ;)
yes dear

:laugh:
I have been on here for 24houres and Ime allready gonna get banned haha

Yeah,it will be 60long 18wide and 14 tall

[Melody]

Naaaaa, we don't ban for not giving into Melody's demands. We just make you listen to her nagging until you wish you could leave :DevilGrin: .

What occupants will be in this River Tank of ours? I can't remember if its Candice or Fishykisses who has the tank I want for mine - its a long, low one anyway.

[Fugu]

I will keep mostly hillstream loaches and plecos.Maby a couple of cory cats and pictus.

[Jonesy]

I got two great looking Hillstreams a month ago....Gotta love any fish that you can actually watch it's heart beat

[Melody]

I can't imagine a River tank without Hillstream Loaches. Only bottom dwellers? Ghost Cats would love the current, since you're a cat fan, but most any fish that likes a good current would be happy. Mongobay (http://fish.mongabay.com/biotope.htm) has a system that is integrated with Fishbase.org to make it easier to combine fish into appropriate biotopes.

I do hope you'll keep us updated with pictures & such if you can - it will be fun to watch you put it all together. :smile:

[Fugu]

haha slow down girl all I have is an idea and a keyboard:laugh:

I will of cource have hillstream loaches (I have one) and cats of all shapes and sizes.

My stocking list:
-loaches of all kindes (I have a butterfly pleco and a redtail)
-at least 3 different plecos
-bottolfeeder cats and other cats
-eels (I have a tire track)
-and whatever else you guys think I need or will give to me haha

I should have around 200 to 300gph and I am still tinkering with the filter.

I was thinking that it will have an intake at the end like a vent and then a tube going into a can filter.Then it would go out the other end.I think I will either use 2 powerheads or hook up a pump to the can filter (wont work)

[Melody]

haha slow down girl all I have is an idea and a keyboard:laugh:



Are we there yet? :Angel:

[Fugu]

haha,I need a tank first.Then its history and you can bug me there haha.

Well befour I start up the tank I need the plumbing for a hagen fluval,like the tubes and the other stuff.Like the intake and exit things.

[WaterPond]

ahhh... lets see.

Catfish i have:
6 Corydoras panda (panda cories)
3 Corydoras pygmaeus (pygmy cories)
1 Agamyxis pectinifrons (Spotted Rapheal [talking] catfish)
1 Glyptoperichthys gibbiceps (sailfin pleco)
1 Farlowella acus
1 Otocinclus vittatus (oto)

Bottom feeders i have:
2 Epalzeorhynchos kalopterus (flying foxes)
1 Misgurnus anguillicaudatus (dojo[weather] loach)
1 Gyrinocheilus aymonieri (chinese algae eater)

hmm, i think thats it. LOL:rolleyes:

[Candice]

Edgezilla,

Those pictures of the 260 and 305 were taken when they were still quite young. One of the 260's (the one in the picture) is still too young (I think) to be sexed. The 305s are ready to be sexed now though. :) They're about twice the size as when the pictures were taken.

It's the 3 Mustard spot plecos that I would like sexed. Maybe one day when I have the energy I will pull them out of the 108 gallon and take a good look at them. :) I think I have 1 male and 2 females with them, but I'm not sure.

Cheers,
Candice

[fishfanatic]

2 striped rapheals 4" @ 3" 3 upside downs 3" 5" & 5" 1feather fin syno 5" 1 hoplo 4" 23 cories 8 swartzi ,6 long & short fin albinoes , 3 bronze , 2 pandas , 4 unknown 4 plecos 10" 8" 5" & 3" 2 farawellas both 8"

[Boohoo]

Cats
2 ID sharks~9"
3 pepper cory's
1 lonley juli cory(soon getting some buddies)
1 oto

Plecos
1 L200
1 clown pleco
2 tiger plecos

Bottom feeders
6 clown loaches
1 false siamese algae eater

[jordonsmum]

I hope you don't mind me bringing this thread back to life and adding to it. I've found a new love for pleco's and have collected a few. I'd love to see more pics if anyone else has updated photos. I noticed that a lot of those lists didn't have photos attached. Shame shame.... :laugh: Thanks
Kristy

I have 6 of these guys (L144 I think)
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t174/jordonsmum/100_6447.jpg
2 of the Albino BN Plecos... Not sure of the L number
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t174/jordonsmum/100_6058.jpg

1 butterfly pleco (Hillstream loach)
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t174/jordonsmum/100_5194.jpg

1 L44 (king tiger pleco)
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t174/jordonsmum/100_6407.jpg

1 male and 1 female Sultan Plecos (L 264
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t174/jordonsmum/100_6425.jpg
http://i160.photobucket.com/albums/t174/jordonsmum/100_6431.jpg

7 Juli Cory's
4 Panda Cory's
19 Long fin bronze cory's
12 Highfin pepper cory's
6 Albino Cory's

I think that's it for cats... for now. Tomorrow I will have my new Calico BN pleco. Yay!!

[Katalyst]

6 Panda's
4 Albino Cories
7 C. Trilineatus (and some eggs so hopefully more soon)
6 Schwartzi
6 Sterbai
4 Palaneatus
4 Peppered
3 Green & Golds (green meanies)

Scary thing is I know I have more then this...I need to start writing the corys down!

5 Albino Bristle Nose (Thanks Pam!)

[KnaveTO]

sorry... but you hit a pet peeve of mine... hillstream loaches are not plecos... :realmad:

now that I got that off my chest

65 Gallon
3 Zebra Loaches
3 Dwarf Chain Loaches
3 Hillstream Loaches
3 Common Otos
1 King Tiger Pleco
1 Peppermint Pleco


50 Gallon
3 Bandit Cories
3 Common Otos
1 Starlight Bristlenose Pleco

will be grabbing more cories (Adolphois and maybe something else) in the near future as well as a female Starlight as soon as I find one and mates for the other two as soon as I can sex them....

Also looking for Queen Arabesque and Zebra Plecos

The 65 Tall will have plecos as well and I was thinking banjo catfish as well as spotted talking cats... see a theme going on here.... lol

[traco1]

Holy smokes, what a great thread to see what people out there have. I've got:

6 adult albino cories (are they called albino bronze cories ~ I have no idea?)
around 15 fry of the albinos
5 brown BN plecos
around 25 fry from a pair of the BN plecos
4 bronzie cories
4 long fin bronze cories
1 calico (or is it a marble ~ people call them different names) coming tomorrow

[happy_pitbull]

4 Clown Pleco (L104, L162, LDA22)

http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/4900/sunp0005cl2.jpg
http://img171.imageshack.us/img171/1386/sunp0007wd0.jpg

Or... 2 of them MAY be LDA68 (as they are lighter and blotchier in appearance)... or maybe these are the female clowns..?? Hmmmm

http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/1597/sunp0065hl8.jpg
http://img524.imageshack.us/img524/4854/sunp0081lh8.jpg


And then my ABN 's ... got 4 from Doug White, and since then, now have too many too count ! LOL!

http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/1659/sunp0008tx0.jpg
http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/8652/sunp0004xe6.jpg
http://img170.imageshack.us/img170/9621/plecoregq7.jpg



5 zebra loaches :

http://img83.imageshack.us/img83/6213/1001881lw2.jpg


Also have 4 Corydoras Paleatus ... no pics of those.


Oh, and one common pleco: H. punctatus

http://img92.imageshack.us/img92/1262/myfish1891vf.jpg



I love my plecos !!



Min