fishguy1978
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They are having trouble getting stock. They still have one of the best selections.
My catfish
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fishguy1978
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2 spotted
4 Striped
1 is a monster
4 Striped
1 is a monster
fishguy1978
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All the Cory cats are now in the 60g
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Yes, I have Cory cats
. I didn't count but more than I thought.
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Moved some guppy grass clippings and a hoplo. The other hoplos don't trust me 
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Some more exciting news to come but for now..What is going on with this orinocodoris?
Meds on hand are prazipro, paraguard, polyguard and kanaplex I do have salt as well. Theses did go through a week or so of paraguard when I first brought them home.
Meds on hand are prazipro, paraguard, polyguard and kanaplex I do have salt as well. Theses did go through a week or so of paraguard when I first brought them home.
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The patient is out of surgery and in recovery. Seems to have worn of the clove oil. Swimming normally. I removed the entire skin sack so there is now a round patch of missing skin. I will dose paraguard for the next week and see what happens.
Removed parasite
Removed parasite
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Looking better, not quite as angry red.
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Healing nicely
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Natural light only
@fishguy1978, have you ever mixed hoplo’s? Currently we both have the marbled hoplo (thoractaca) but I was thinking of getting a few of the tail bar hoplo (picta) to mix in. I found a few of those online at Exotic. Is it like mixing cory cats or any issues with aggression with the picta because they get bigger than the others.
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I have not. These are the only Hoplo I have had. I checked the Exotic website and they only show spotted in stock. Are you thinking about adding Pimelodus pictus?
Exotic is the worst for using common names, the ones they call spotted hoplo would make you think they are Megalechis thoracta but the ones pictured dont look right to me…
Looks like a black tail bar (Megalechis Picta) to me. Im not overly concerned with the variety but just not sure if the different ones will cohabitate well with each other.
I had a forked tail type before (brown hoplo, Hoplosternum littore) but kept it solo so I really dont know what to expect when mixing. @sir_keith, do you have any insights on the hoplo family of catfish and wether mixing varieties is okay. Just concerned about aggression levels.
Looks like a black tail bar (Megalechis Picta) to me. Im not overly concerned with the variety but just not sure if the different ones will cohabitate well with each other.
I had a forked tail type before (brown hoplo, Hoplosternum littore) but kept it solo so I really dont know what to expect when mixing. @sir_keith, do you have any insights on the hoplo family of catfish and wether mixing varieties is okay. Just concerned about aggression levels.
I don't know the first thing about catfish!
lol, was just checking.I don't know the first thing about catfish!
fishguy1978
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I would think it would work. I would query planet catfish to see what those guys think.
PlanetCatfish.com - Megalechis picta (Callichthyidae) Cat-eLog
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