my camera is mia right now.

The 2 big ones both have a chunk of meat missing from there noses pea size.i see no agresion since the first and only time, but of course they are at it at night i suppose. both ate and didnt fight. they werent missing the nose meat when i saw it all happen.

4x2x2 120gallon. 3-4 inch syno hybrids. i think they are syno hybrid 1. alls been well for 3-4 months. and just all of a sudden. ive only seen it 1 time.

What should i be looking for as far as catfish fighting? how long should i let it go on before i remove one? how do i know which to remove?
I have 3 syno hybrids and i think teh 2 big ones were fighting earlier. i was rather caught off guard by how hard they were going at it. i seperated them with ...

i think ill have to wait for the fish to grow up a bit or until i upgrade my camera to make a proper id.

thats a sharp looking fish and sure seemed pretty active.

how big do they need to be to be able to tell the differance? and the number of rays is 8 in the multipunctatas and 7 in the grandiops? and i really do appreciate the advice/help/guidance. im sure im just another new guy asking too many basic questions and im sure this is rather tiring for you.

cool. ty again. one of the ways to tell them apart is there dorsal fin? and mine are too small to tell at this point? are they similarly priced? thanks again birger. i see you are all over on this site. im glad you have helped me. tyvm. any thing you recommend i should read?
i dont doubt you im just ...

i hadn't thought about an id for the hybrids. i took a few pics of the 2 tanks and the camera is about as crappy as my picture taking skills. so i apologize if the pics are painful. you should be able to see the entire fish log of pics. you can kinda get an idea of what im up to and if you follow ...

i have spent quite a bit of time researching my cichlids . i apologize for not doing as much on the cats. they are beautiful though. another quick question. are there spines hard now? or are they soft? i was reading your response and i was wondering if that was what you were reffering to when you ...

thank you . i have misplaced my camera., but when i find it ill throw some pics up.

i have a 4x2x2 120 gallon mixed malawi setup with sand substrate ad nothing more than rocks and 2 big spongefilters for decoration. i also have a standard 55 gallon with 1 misc. zebra and 6 yellow labs.
i have 5 yellow labs, 8 cynotilapia sp. hara,6 red shoulder peacocks, 4 O. lithobates, and 5 red ...