Thank you. I'll have a go at breeding them soon.

Sorry you had problems with the video Richard. It seems ok on Safari and Firefox, what were you using?

Short video:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/petricola/10155666864/in/set-72157636325099505

Could be a mix as they were bought in two separate groups (as "petricola")

From reading other posts here I guess it is most likely they are lucipinnis.

Is there any way to sex them from the video?

Thanks for ...

Agreed. I now plan to sell the S. eupterus and will relocate the clown loaches to one of my larger tanks when needed.

Could you elaborate on why you ID it as S. eupterus?

Do you mean the photo on aquahobby.com is mislabelled, or are you basing this on the size info, growth spurt, or something else.....?

I've looked at the photos on plantetcatfish.com and elsewhere of both S. eupterus and S. nigriventris, and to ...

I meant Tanganyika. Really!

Re. the species ID, mine look very much like this and spend a lot of time upside down.
http://www.aquahobby.com/gallery/e_Syno ... entris.php

I think it is probably time to try a separate tank for the S. Petricolas and to boost the pH, KH and GH artificially.

However, I have read in quite a few places that S. Petricola is adaptable to different conditions so this is a little frustrating. For example,
http://www.planetcatfish.com/cotm ...

Temp is about 25.

My first post here although I've been a visitor for quite a while.

I have had 6 S. nigriventris and 6 S. petricola dwarf (dwarves?) for about 6 months in an 85 liter tank with a sand substrate, wood, plants, subdued lighting and many shady spots, together with 4 clown loaches and a few Otos. Water ...