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[Peckoltia]

I think I have some on my old hard drive somewhere, i'll try dig em up later on.

Cheers for the pics.

Nice gator gar.

It's funny I remember 2 years ago all the spotteds were always coming in and being labeled as alligator gars. Anyone who has seen both species knows the obvious difference between the two. Now telling the difference between a spotted and a florida, now thats a skill...

do you know what species the spotless knives are? I am aware that their are a couple spotless species that grow very large, ill see if i can dig up some info.

[Tucunare]

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[Peckoltia]

3'er

[Peckoltia]

Spotteds -





quite variable colouration.

[Tucunare]

there notopterus chitala, just a batch with out the spots, i questioned it myself as i thought they may have been xenomystus nigri or papyrocranus afer, but there shape and body colour is identical to the clowns

[Peckoltia]

14" saw mill. This thing used to make my nice bits of drift wood into saw dust...

[Tucunare]

yeah the colourations are alot different, the top looks like alot like an alligator with the small spots on tail

[spilo]

alex-

thats the one, not so small leichardti now about 21'' of attitude. the 7*3 has 4 C. monoculus , 1 albino clown knife, 1 red belly pacu , 1 polypterus endlicheri and one soon to be tiger shovelnose catfish. i've also got a 6*2*2 with the toga , 1 pink giant gourami , 1 large A. festae and a leiarius marmortus and i'm on the look out for a nice spotted gar or SA arowana.


cheers k

[Peckoltia]

Nice datnoids. What are they feeding on? look like they are well loved with nice fat stomachs.

Big boy...

[Peckoltia]

alex-

thats the one, not so small leichardti now about 21'' of attitude. the 7*3 has 4 C. monoculus , 1 albino clown knife, 1 red belly pacu , 1 polypterus endlicheri and one soon to be tiger shovelnose catfish. i've also got a 6*2*2 with the toga , 1 pink giant gourami , 1 large A. festae and a leiarius marmortus and i'm on the look out for a nice spotted gar or SA arowana.


cheers k

Sounds like you are building up quite a nice collection of fish, would love to see some pics mate.

Not a big fan of Pacu. My Pacu ended up at Aquotix, I think they have since sold them.

[Tucunare]

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[Peckoltia]

Wormy looking fish at a small size, cant wait for mine.

[Peckoltia]

From when I was keeping Malawis. Not quite a tankbuster but one of the larger available Malawis

A christyi

[Tucunare]

He was near on 30cm
i reckon your will look like those baby birchirs, little axolotls

[Peckoltia]

What were you feeding him? Never having kept Lungys before it will be a learning experience for me, but i'm sure i'll manage.

I remember seeing two tiny lungys at Midland aquarium a few years back. Looked like little Ciggies!

[Tucunare]

Never got a chance he went straight from the airport out to a customers house.
i reckon live blackworms or bloodworms would do the trick though

[Tucunare]

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[Peckoltia]

Clarias gariepinnus - spawned for me a few times, but minimal success with the young only raising 6. Before anyone asks these are not noxious listed fish. The noxious species are Clarias batrachus.

Eating from the surface - had the blue night light on for this pic.





The male used to tear the big girl to shreds when breeding but they got along fairly well most of the time. But loved to bash around the tank! very active for a big cat!

[Peckoltia]

Nice little Silver, jumpy little buggers when small. Lost one or two to carpet surfing!

Here are some poor pics of some of mine...

[Tucunare]

did they ever get out your tank and walk around