catfish_dude

Microglanis iheringi; better known as South American Bumblebee Catfish PlanetCatfish ScotCat A top notch catfish, I still have one that I got about 8 years ago :thup:

Hi everyone, I am technically not new here, but since I haven’t been for 4+ years I think posting here is warranted. I am a Masters geology student who is moving to Dunedin in a few months to start my thesis research at Otago. Unfortunately due to some staff retirements, staff moving elsewhere and no staff with expertise in what I am interested in, I have had to pull out of Canterbury Uni and relocate elsewhere. As for fish...when the Feb earthquake hit my main tank unfortunately got shaken off the secured base and toppled over onto the floor – was a complete mess with glass, gravel and fish everywhere. Thankfully I was home so could rescue them and only a few fish in my other (non-harmed) tank died - I’m guessing because they got too cold with no heating. Now I have a 3ft tank at my parent’s house with a Synodontis schoutedeni (yellow marble syno), Striped Raphael catfish, and a featherfin syno. In a 2ft tank I have a mix of tetras and a banjo catfish. I looked up this site as I know about a grand total of 4 people in Dunedin so am looking to meet new people, and I want to have a little planted tank (30L?) in my room when I find a place to live. And yes I will join the Dunedin club I am especially interested in hearing from anyone who lives in the Catlins region as that is where my field research will begin, but I know that is unlikely due to the population there. If you are an Otago student also please get in touch with me. I think that is all the bases covered :thup:

Spearmint Cricket or rugby?

A banjo will fine in your tank. I have 2 of them, and I see one about once a week, so be warned

Wanna go havles on a baby?

This catfish will grow more then 5'' if given enough time- they seem to live forever. I'd have a guess they would max out at about 8'' in captivity. And at that size they will eat small tankmates, eg neons.

2 featherfin synos 1 synodontis schoutedeni 3? upside down synos (Synodontis nigriventris) 4? Microsynodontis polli [i want more] 1 false bumblebee catfish (Pseudomystus stenomus) 2 banjo cats 1 South American bumblebee cat(Microglanis iheringi), [i want more] 2 BN 1 golden blackeye BN an unknown amount of kuhli loaches my catfish collection has decreased since the last time i posted since i passed my corys on

I have one and he's awesome. I have him with slightly bigger fish like odessa barbs and black widows and a few larger catfish. The only fish he has spats with is my featherfin, but even then they are short lived and not particularly violent. You've made a good choice

By from Africa do you mean the rift lakes? if so stick with a Bristlenose plec, anything else is risky to suicidal. Or if you mean a west african kind of tank you could always keep your eyes out for one of these http://www.scotcat.com/factsheets/phractura_ansorgii.htm but i think the chance of finding one of those in NZ is nigh on impossible....

Raphael/chocolate catfish will eat smaller tankmates so you have good reason to suspect the catfish. As for feeding them...they eat almost anything! not very fussy at all, im sure that they will eat any pellets that you put in the tank.

have you got a pic? i've never heard of anything like that

Featherfin syno Synodontis schoutedeni 4 upside down synos (Synodontis nigriventris) 4 Mycrosynodontis polli False bumblebee catfish (Pseudomystus stenomus) 2 banjo cats 1 South American bumblebee cat(Microglanis iheringi) hoplo 2 BN 6 emerald corys as you can see i don't have a thing for plecs like most ppl here do P.S CatBrat: how big are your microsynodontis'? one of mine is growing really fast and is now way bigger than the others lol.

I guess I was beaten to the link I was gonna post Anyway the only reason I don't have any of these guys is coz my tanks are too full, but they are really interesting cats. It's always good to see a post on catfish other than corys or plecs :lol:

awesome birchir if only they didn't get so damn big lol

very nice pic of a very nice syno. and just wondering, how much was he?

that is why scientific names are so important. the family 'synodontis' are often called upside-down cats, and synodontis nigriventris is 'the' upside-down cat.

i also think they are juvi featherfins. i have 4 juvi synos that i'm growing up at the moment.. 2 of them are growing like there is no tommorow (they look exactly like yours, and i believe mine are S.eupterus). but my other 2 haven't grown too much and they have quite different patterns, so i am hoping they are true upside downs..or some other syno they were sold to me as upside down synos, but at $12 each i was highly doubtful, but that is a good price for any syno imo.. so what tankmates do they have..my huge one (not a juvi :lol: ) is quite boasterous at times and i don't think your average community would care for a rampaging pair of 7'' featherfins

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heh my kuhlis always somehow manage to get into my internal filters i quite often have 1 or 2 in the sink when i am cleaning a filter out, they don't go down the plughole thou coz i have the plug in

yep most danios will..mine are getting along quite nicely with my hillstream loach/borneo sucker at 20*. but hillstreams are coolwater anyway

so thats why my LFS never have any female steel blues i've got 2 males and i was thinking about breeding them coz their so pretty, and that would make them good sellers..but thats gonna be hard if i don't find a female :lol:

welcome to the site JM

welcome nick

welcome to the site you can always give http://www.redwoodaquatics.co.nz/index.html an email to see what price a 4ft would be

welcome