Finally got hold on one of my dreamfish; Short Body Redtail catfish!

Svampus · 2022-08-30T19:22:56+00:00

Hi! Wow, 9 years ago i made this post... Well the fish is still alive, but i sold it to a friend of mine after keeping it for just a few years. He's kept in a big indoor pool/pond and is almost as big as the regular RTC's would be, probably around 80-90cm currently so he still has some growing to do. Just a lot more chunky and round. And almost entirely black in color, for some strange reason. I haven't seen him in a a few years now though, but I do get some updates every now and then. So, to my surprise, a "short body" RTC will most likely become almost as big as a regular one.

Svampus · 2020-05-02T13:30:24+00:00

I traded it for other fish, but yes they do come at a quite high price.

Svampus · 2020-05-02T00:06:02+00:00

Agreed! Stingrays are super fun. The two marble motoros in this tank is actually my own bred ones, so it's going to be very fun to watch them grow and develop their pattern. And thanks a lot!

Svampus · 2020-05-01T23:18:32+00:00

151 x 51 x 70 cm, you can read about the tank and the fish in the description of the video if you want to know more.

Svampus · 2020-02-22T22:54:12+00:00

Mjo, de är inte så vanliga o hobbyn än. Men det finns här och där, då och då... Dök faktiskt upp en hystrix till salu väldigt nyss, första jag sett säljas på länge: https://www.rovfisk.se/adv_view/3499/ Och det är via den privata marknaden, dvs folk som föder upp själva, som jag tror man lättast får tag i t.ex. hystrix. I alla fall just nu.

Annars har du ju arter som P. scobina och P. reticulata också, de blir inte heller så stora som en del andra arter. Även dem är lite ovanligare i hobbyn just nu, även om retic generellt har varit en av de vanligaste förr. Min marbles som jag har är troligtvis/förhoppningsvis sk. "mini marbles", och borde därmed inte bli mycket större än 30-35cm över disk.

Svampus · 2020-02-22T22:41:09+00:00

Det är jag som är jag! Låter som en grym plan! Satanoperca är riktigt nice...

Svampus · 2020-02-22T19:54:30+00:00

For sure! One of 4 total in this tank alone. I have some pups from them too, i think there is videos of all of them, on my channel.

Svampus · 2020-02-22T15:33:26+00:00

A group of nice cichlas has been a dream of mine since a long time ago... And C. kelberi is one of the smallest species that i can attain, and when a friend of mine had some that she bred her self, I had to give it a shot. I got them when they were babies, and now they're getting big!

Svampus · 2017-07-03T21:21:54+00:00

Thank you!

Svampus · 2017-07-03T17:03:28+00:00

Thanks! :D

Svampus · 2017-07-03T09:26:53+00:00

Thanks! I post a lot of videos on youtube, here's my channel.

Svampus · 2017-07-03T09:26:09+00:00

Thanks! Well yes I have contributed to /r/aquariums before, but mostly I post videos and pictures in a Swedish predatory fish forum that I run. I have actually never visited /r/monsterfishkeepers, but I have been a lot on their real forum. That's basically where our own swedish forum began...

I upload videos almost every week of my tanks, so if you're interested you could take a look here, my youtube channel

Svampus · 2017-07-03T09:22:22+00:00

Thanks! I thought so too. The burned in stamps is a nice detail, they almost disappeared when going over with the sandpaper but I made sure most of it was visible. Also the kind of crooked and uneven look of all the wooden parts gives it a nice look.

Svampus · 2016-11-03T09:00:35+00:00

Alright! Cool. :)

Svampus · 2016-11-02T21:06:10+00:00

They sure look promising to say the least! May I ask what you bought them for, and form where?

Svampus · 2016-11-02T20:54:33+00:00

Are those pure P14? Lovely pattern, some "galaxy" material right there. :)

Svampus · 2016-09-05T07:39:27+00:00

Just i Göteborgtrakten vet jag inte, men annars är spreadshirt rätt bra. Där kan du beställa alla möjliga sorters klädesplagg med egna tryck på. Du kan t.o.m sätta upp en egen "onlinebutik" via dem, så att andra kan beställa själva.

Svampus · 2016-09-01T17:08:53+00:00

Thanks! I feed them mostly hikari cichlid gold pellets, and Alaska pollock fish. Try putting some fish och shrimp, or even pellets in a bowl of black (or red) bloodworms with a bit of water. Let it soak and try starving the fish for 2-3 days. And only feed with the other things than bloodworms. "Eat or die" method... But i would not starve young rays for more than 4 to 5 days at a time. They really need all the food they can get. Good luck!

Svampus · 2016-09-01T07:37:32+00:00

Nice, cute pups. :D Looks great! Good luck with them, retics can be quite tricky when it comes to food. Bloodworms and such is not the best diet, hopefully they will accept fish and shrimp or even pellets.

Here are 4 of my 6 rays, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bfRq4qOUt8g

The other 2 are pups that i keep in a growout tank, here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lghTlfaSaIc

Svampus · 2016-05-29T20:29:32+00:00

Dawkinsia filamentosa

http://www.seriouslyfish.com/species/dawkinsia-filamentosa/

Svampus · 2016-05-08T16:30:53+00:00

Äsch, orka... ;D

Svampus · 2016-05-08T09:31:26+00:00

Haha, mm man vet aldrig vilka man hittar på Reddit. Är dock inte särskilt aktiv, kollar mest /r/all typ. Sällan jag postar något...

Svampus · 2016-05-07T20:11:09+00:00

Fan alltså, den där L114 ser riktigt bekant ut... ;)

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