A lot of my fish collection is African riverine (see my profile for a full list of current fish), but my larger species are...
1x ~25cm TL Synodontis notata: A diurnal, gentle giant. Loves a strong current (~5000lph in a 240l tank at mo), does not like light that much, still shy around me after owning for almost a year. Is fine with other synos including a ~18cm SL Synodontis decora (although they seemed to have the odd light-hearted squabble before the decora was passed on to join a group); S. brichardi; S. flavitaeniata; Euchilichthys spp.; smallest tankmates has been a ~7cm male Aboricthys elongatus and two ~4.5cm Chaetostoma milesi. Will eat anything, got a 72x18x18 tank to move him into as soon as I can juggle the room furniture, he lives in my garage 5x2x2 normally but I closed it down for the winter.
1x ~14cm TL Auchenoglanis cf. tchadensis: Rearmost bit of the adipose fin is the highest point, hence the presumed species ID, but be wrong. Bought as a ~6cm TL last September, this Giraffe is now growing like nobodys business and is now bigger than the four Hoplos it shares a tank with. Like the Hoplos, rather a pig at food time, but otherwise a very friendly fish with tankmates and me. Will be going in the 72x18x18 once setup.
1x ~10cm TL Chrisichthys ornatus: Bought in September as a ~5cm specimen, if I had not bought around the same time as the Giraffe, I would have said it was a fast grower! Rather inactive during the day, but loves a current when active at night. Already becoming grumpy and mildly aggressive with the Hoplos and Giraffe, this lovely coloured catfish is going to be rather nasty when he matures to near ~25cm... with a serious mouth to match (he already has a gape as big as my biggest Ctenopoma, ~1.5cm diameter)!
5x ~13cm TL Euchilichthys spp.: Already the size of adult BNs, but without the bristles and a lot less tolerant of each other, if I did not have 5 to spread aggression I'm sure there would be trouble. Had a major scare when they did not eat for the first 3 weeks, but then have ate like pigs since the first dose of Escha Exit I added, anything and everything with some comical gymnastics while trying to grasp food in their downfacing mouths. I'm expecting them to grow another ~7cm depending upon which species they turn out to be, but I think there is a mix including royauxi and guntheri at least. No problems with the S. brichardi of a similar current size, wil be going in teh 72x18x18 as well.
All my tanks get a mix of Tetra Prima; Hikari algae wafers; New Era (small tropical pellets; catfish pellets; XL soft algae pellets; tropical flake); weekly treats of defrosted bloodworm/daphnia etc. My hardest fish to feed is my female Pantodon, she gets Doromin/Cichlid XL and Hikari cichlid gold baby floating pellets, sadly as time has progressed she has stopped tolerating me drop bloodworm onto her upper mouth so she tends to miss out on treats (I might try some crickets sometime).
Heres a link to a Finnish guy's African geotype tank, it is truely monsterous and holds many fish I will unlikely ever have the room for, he is active at PlanetCatfish...
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