i was in my lfs today, and i saw these catfish which were only labelled as ''upside down catfish''<
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>the juvies appeared to have a leopard skin pattern and the adult more spotted.<
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>i''ve just found that they''re called Synodontis Catfish.<
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>just thought this a little intriguing and bizarre.<
>anyone keep these fish?
I don''t have any yet but will soon. I have a mate who bought about 15 at about 2cm. It was funny because at that size they swam the "right way up" and schooled predominantly. Then after having them about 2 months they flipped over and started swimming upside down and no longer tended to school, spending most of their time in 2 or 3''s or even off by themselve''s. Anything that spends most of it''s life going against the norm is sweet to me. <
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I have one at the moment, mine likes to hide alot.<
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>They are one of the strangest catfish i have ever seen!<
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>jamos<
> Edited by: jamosfish at: 16/1/05 17:52<
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S.nigriventris<
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>www.google.com/search?hl=...is&spell=1<
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a ones are a rarer colour morph.<
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>James Rockhampton QLD<
>ja_mez(AT)hotmail(DOT)com<
>0408 189 343
Yes, interesting, specialist fish!! They are real good mozzie hunters. They will survive on floating prepared food, but if you have ideas of
eeding, bettter grow some mozzie lavae<
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>Alan<
> When life gives you lemons ask for a bottle of tequila & salt.<
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Iv''e known they go after mozzie larvae for ages and never thought to feed them it..... <
>Do you feed the mozzie larvae at night? (ain''t no way my tetra''s will let any thru to the cats)
Have a look at the Wetpetz site www.wetpetz.com/index.html<
>They have a section there on all different types of fish - there is one there on upside down catfish.
I have also seen S.Eupterus labeled as USD catfish?<
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>The true Upside Down catfish is quite fascinating<
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>Matt
One wholesaler consistently sends featherfin syno as upside catfish. There been doing it for 12 months that i know of. Makes for bloody cheap featherfins