Phoenixfishroom Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 (edited) 1. synodontis sp. aff. Nigriventris “zebra kutu” 2. Dorsal band whales and a.brichardii 3.-4. Rope fish 6. A.nanolutea 7-9. LDA046 10-11. Indian dwarf mudskipper 12-13 Smudge spot corys 14 parasycidium bandama and bumblebee goby (b.xanthomelas) 15. Duplicareus and Venezuela 16 reticulated and pygmy 17 khulis 20 Pseudohemiodon apithanos (fry) 21 gravid cinnamon khuli 22 p.bandama 23 alenquer tiger 24 ancistrus Wabenmuster Edited May 18, 2023 by Phoenixfishroom 2 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 I’m offishally envious 😮 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 Very cool selection. Enviable indeed. Curious about your Parancistrus, behavior wise what stands out to you. Went to the Coop today and they had baby rope fish like maybe 4” or so and they were unbelievably cute. Thanks for the share. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixfishroom Posted May 20, 2023 Author Share Posted May 20, 2023 (edited) Oh they are definitely some of my favorite fish, they are not shy but they are very much nocturnal, they don’t care for lights at all so I have the light on that tank only comes on for six hours a day, and at a max of 40%. I have been thinking about removing the live plants and ditching. The light.totally. They are pretty sedentary but they do eat algae so you find them stuck to the glass. They are able to change color, from the dark like the one picture to the light like the other and they seem to be able to do it much quicker than the regular Chubbys. I have two pictures from when I first got them. They were taken like three minutes apart. Where one of them is like yellow in one picture and black in the next picture and it did the whole change in minutes. I didn’t even see it happen it was so fast. I have one that seems to prefer being the axanthic color and is the opposite of all the others in that it is yellow and white most of the time and turns dark when disturbed where the others are dark and turn light when disturbed. When they first catch these things, the stripes are like a bright orange red color it’s beautiful but I haven’t seen any go back to that color and I’m just hoping that I can figure out how to make them happy enough to have that happen. I have six of them right now from 3 different sellers and I am importing 3 more from Canada. They are definitely a breeding meant for a breeding project, I am hoping to be the first person to breed them in captivity. So if anybody knows anyone who has bread the yellow black ones I would love to talk to them. The ones I have range in size from like 3 to 5 inches and are in a 75 gallon tank with just some danios right now. They appear to be sexually mature around 5 inches. They do not appear to be territorial. In fact it kind of seems like they like to hang out together so get like three if you get one. They eat algae wafers, Omega one catfish pellets, bug bites bottom feeder, repashy, and an assortment of frozen proteins. They like a warmer tank I keep it at 80, they like a moderate current. They vastly prefer hollowed out logs over all the other types of caves I have given them. I could only find the one picture. But the one that is dark, there was the light color that the other ones are just a few minutes before. That second picture is the one I have that has the nicest colors If I have a chance of any one of them reverting to the orange color that they are when they find them it’s probably that one. I guess that’s pretty much it. I think they’re great, great enough to buy 9 of them. now that I enjoy these so much I really want like 6 Parancistrus nudiventris. They are hard to find, but I am pretty dedicated to finding things once I decide I want them. Edited May 20, 2023 by Phoenixfishroom 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixfishroom Posted May 20, 2023 Author Share Posted May 20, 2023 (edited) If you are into that upsidedown catfish there are still some available and you can message me. I have never seen them anywhere other than there, and they only get them like once a year. I have 10 other upside down catfish that are really cool but those zebra ones are just so awesome looking, as well as being more active and less shy. I am super excited because I just tonight ordered freshwater pipefish and African butterfly fish. I absolutely adore freshwater pipefish, I have a bunch of Doras and had rainbow belly’s before (am forever looking for more of those) so I will post some more pictures once I have them next week. I could talk about and search for really cool rare fish all day…I only have must have wishlist fish that I have been trying insanely hard to find for years without having any success; nanay nugget corydora, the mormyrid pollimyrus isiodon, and pseudomugil mellis. Recently I added yellow fin corydora, orca woodcats, and spoon face whiptails to the list. My life is incomplete until I find them lol Edited May 20, 2023 by Phoenixfishroom Removing store name in accordance with the forum rules 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixfishroom Posted May 20, 2023 Author Share Posted May 20, 2023 On 5/20/2023 at 3:26 AM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said: Very cool selection. Enviable indeed. Curious about your Parancistrus, behavior wise what stands out to you. Went to the Coop today and they had baby rope fish like maybe 4” or so and they were unbelievably cute. Thanks for the share. My ropes are like 5” and are so cute that I ordered 3 more the same size. If you’re looking for stuff in general I can hook you up with the names of places I got them from or order them from my importer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixfishroom Posted May 24, 2023 Author Share Posted May 24, 2023 Got a package today and am really happy with the quality of the contents: Red lizard hillstream loaches, silver khuli loaches, and black line pipefish 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lennie Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 On 5/24/2023 at 10:26 AM, Phoenixfishroom said: Got a package today and am really happy with the quality of the contents: Red lizard hillstream loaches, silver khuli loaches, and black line pipefish Very cool! Pipefish are great but goodluck feeding them 😄 can be a lil pain Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheSwissAquarist Posted May 24, 2023 Share Posted May 24, 2023 On 5/24/2023 at 9:26 AM, Phoenixfishroom said: Got a package today and am really happy with the quality of the contents: Red lizard hillstream loaches, silver khuli loaches, and black line pipefish Really nice! All in the same tank? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixfishroom Posted May 25, 2023 Author Share Posted May 25, 2023 Feeding them is not a problem I already had a group of Dora’s pipefish that I got 2 years ago. No, actually none of them went to the same tank. There is a khuli loach tank because I have like 30 of them, there is also a hillstream loach tank, the pipes got their own tank …. I would recommend a tank full of khuli loaches for everyone, they are so great. It is by far the most active tank I have and I could watch them all day! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Beardedbillygoat1975 Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 Those red lizard loaches patterns are amazing! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurt Brutting Posted May 25, 2023 Share Posted May 25, 2023 This is Ender my Black Betta! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phoenixfishroom Posted May 26, 2023 Author Share Posted May 26, 2023 On 5/25/2023 at 12:09 AM, Beardedbillygoat1975 said: Those red lizard loaches patterns are amazing! Right?! I have been wanting them for a long time and am not at all dissatisfied with them. I accidentally ordered eight of them…. But I’m not mad about that either lol. I am looking for a 50 gallon lowboy to make a dedicated hillstream loach tank so I can breed exotic hillys. Now I just need to find the black lizard hillstream, those are really cool too. I have not ever actually seen them available yet anywhere except for aquarium glasser. I have been trying to find some people who want to do a group order from there with me, once I pull that together the rare fish will be so much more accessible Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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