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Post by parker002 on Nov 16, 2011 10:35:59 GMT -5
I bought 2 of them this past week, one is black with white reticulation and the other is white with black reticulation. They are WAY cool. The get along fine with the Corydoras and Otocinclus.
I will try to snap some pics.
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Post by Carl on Nov 16, 2011 11:17:37 GMT -5
Great!
I have not kept these in a few years, but these are interesting IMO
Carl
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Post by goldenpuon on Nov 16, 2011 17:53:06 GMT -5
Agreed. Please post pictures when youc can! Renee
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Post by parker002 on Nov 17, 2011 19:07:32 GMT -5
WOW. These guys are unbelievably hard to photograph! I got ONE.
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Post by parker002 on Nov 18, 2011 18:12:36 GMT -5
I managed to get a shot of the whitish one. It's not perfect but these guys do their best to avoid the camera.
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Post by goldenpuon on Nov 19, 2011 1:15:17 GMT -5
Great pics! From the second photo, I can see why they are called upside-down catfish. Renee
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Post by Carl on Nov 19, 2011 13:22:15 GMT -5
I agree!
I think the first portrays a very healthy fish
Carl
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Post by parker002 on Nov 19, 2011 18:59:06 GMT -5
Great pics! From the second photo, I can see why they are called upside-down catfish. The black one rests upside down alot but also rests and moves around right side up, as you can see from that pic. The white one is ALWAYS upside down. He even swims around the tank and scavenges for food upside down. It's really weird! I agree! I think the first portrays a very healthy fish That first pic is something else, it's almost like he's looking right at me. My wife says that's one of the coolest fish pics I've ever taken and quite frankly, she's not very fond of my obsession with fish.
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Post by Suzie Q (Lori) on Nov 29, 2011 12:06:47 GMT -5
I have 3 of those guys....I love them!!! Mine don't stay upside down hardly at all except when they rest. I have 2 in my 55g and 1 in the 75g. I bought 2 for the 75g and 1 died, then I bought 3 for the 55g and 1 died. I plan on moving the 2 from the 55g into the 75g in the next few months. They get BIG!!! Mine are already about 5 inches long (6-7 is max), and they get "tall" too.
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Post by parker002 on Apr 12, 2012 18:47:38 GMT -5
I had to check back to say Suzie Q wasn't kidding! The black one got HUGE. Interestingly enough, the white one hasn't grown much at all.
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Post by Carl on Apr 12, 2012 19:01:35 GMT -5
Somewhat off subject, but man you take great pictures! This picture and that of your Tetras are great.
Carl
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Post by parker002 on Apr 12, 2012 21:10:19 GMT -5
It's the camera. My wife's Sony takes awesome pics...
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Post by babygeige on Apr 13, 2012 20:09:13 GMT -5
Wow, he did get big! Very cool looking though!
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Post by kagome on Apr 14, 2012 1:20:36 GMT -5
I can't wait to show this beautiful pic to my husband. He used to have the same species and was very fond of it.
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Post by parker002 on Apr 16, 2012 5:41:18 GMT -5
What is amazing to me is that this one got SO large and the other hasn't grown much at all.
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Post by Suzie Q (Lori) on Apr 16, 2012 14:30:40 GMT -5
Mine were still quite small when we went to CA and I saw an adult. I was like WOW is that one just OVERLY large or what?! the guy said he was normal sized. I really don't think mine are as large as his were, but compared to the 1.5 in that I brought home 2? 3? yrs ago...they are MONSTERS!! lol...still lovin' them though.
Lori
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Post by parker002 on Apr 16, 2012 17:30:09 GMT -5
The do look kind of like monsters, especially with the giant dorsal fin raised...
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Post by parker002 on Jun 2, 2012 20:01:41 GMT -5
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Post by billg71 on Jun 3, 2012 16:42:47 GMT -5
Cool fish! And some great shots. The yellow one is just tooo cute!
So those get big(relatively speaking)? I was in PetsMart today picking up flea treatment for the cats and wandered over to the fish, they had a group of the white/black ones and almost all were swimming upside-down in open water. The tag said they get up to 3", I guess it varies within the species?
Pardon me for not doing my research but do they do OK as singles or do they need a small group to be happy? I could probably handle one or twi in the cube but don't want 5 or 6 7" fish when they mature.
Thanks and great fish!
Best, Bill
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Post by parker002 on Jun 3, 2012 21:40:32 GMT -5
First things first - size:
I bought two nearly identical fish, one white with black spots and one black with white spots, from the same LFS on the same day. They were about 1" at the time (mid-November).
The white one is about 1.5" now. The black one is nearly 6". They're the same species or at least they should be, since they came from the same breeder in the same bag from the same stock. They live in the same tank and eat all the same foods now. So there's literally no explanation for their differences in size.
Interestingly enough, the white one sleeps, swims, and eats upside down. The black one hardly spends any time upside down anymore, even when resting.
According to the LFS owner, who has several of these in his own personal tanks, there doesn't seem to be any rhyme or reason - some of them get big and some of them don't.
In regards to your second question, they appear to me to be solitary fish. I have Corydoras catfish and their definitely social and work better in groups. These Synodontis pretty much hang out by themselves.
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