Gibbiceps Sailfin & Common Bristle Nose

[woodie]

ooohhh where did you get your L183 i've been after one of those for a long time

 

[jimbooo]

ooohhh where did you get your L183 i've been after one of those for a long time

you've thrown a curve ball there. whats an L183, according to planet catfish this is an L183 and i haven't got any of those. ???

 

[The-Wolf]

good luck with the dwarf loaches jim
I will say they are sensative to meds and any
treatment you do in thier tank should be at
half dose. I learn that one the hard way.

 

[Bloo]

good luck with the dwarf loaches jim
I will say they are sensative to meds and any
treatment you do in thier tank should be at
half dose. I learn that one the hard way.

Have to mention though that I once treated my tank with full strength "Interpet Anti WhiteSpot Plus" - before knowing any better before joining here (!) - and they were absolutely fine.
I might have just been lucky though and will rely on this advice for future reference.

 

[jimbooo]

thanks to both of you. i'll bear that in mind.

 

[smithrc]

our lfs have had sid the monkeys quite a lot over the last few months...
We love them but the are always about £10 each and small... one shop has a couple that are about 2" at the moment... but they are £13

Very nice fish

 

[jimbooo]

okay, i spent 2 hours sitting in front of the tank, took about 100 pics and here are the good ones. these things are mad they dont stop for a second.

 

[Bloo]

Ah they are lovely ! look a bit like mini yo-yo markings actually

 

[The-Wolf]

IMO they are baby yoyos.
sorry Jim you have been sold the wrong fish
BTW yoyos can attain 8"+ as adults

 

[jimbooo]

ahh serves me right for impulse buying. never mind, they can go in the 180 once they've cleared the snails

 

[Bloo]

You might be lucky and have the smaller ones that only attain 5" or so anyway

 

[Barracuda518]

It also takes a while for them to get to 8". I learned from Wolf that they grow to half thier size very quickly and then slow down a bit. There some great pictures of them in this topic:

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=103153&hl=

That topic is very helpful with lots of info. They are great fish and im sure you will enjoy them

EDIT: Grammer

 

[jimbooo]

thanks for that info barracuda, very interesting.

quick update. Jerry my sailfin gibbeceps who got battered by the bristlenose is on the road to recovery. most of his fins have healed now and he's been out and about in his new domain quite a lot recently.

here he is in true catfish style sniffing the poo in the filter, dirty little bugger..