Catfish

*. Temp---24 to 28.

*. Conditions---Ph-6.2 to 7.8---KH 0 to 15.

*. Negatives---They like a lot of free-swimming space.

*. Positives---Very peaceful fish and easy to keep with mid to high-level dwelling inhabitants.

*. Food--- Sterba's Cory is omnivorous and likes a well balanced diet including dried, flake, frozen, and live foods. Good quality flake and pellet food as well as frozen brine and live worms.

*. Breeding--- While breeding, the male will clamp the barbels of the female during the fertilization process. The female will carry the eggs to their final destination by using a special pouch located under her ventral fins. The eggs are then attached to a plant leaf or other smooth surface. After 3-5 days, the eggs will hatch, and the young can be fed micro-worms or micro-plankton until they are large enough to consume prepared foods.

*. Comments---From the family Callichthydae,these are iIndigenous to the upper Rio Guapore in Brazil, South America, Sterba's Cory prefers a dark, soft-bottom aquarium

Feather tailed or Upside down catfish.(Synodontis Eupteris

Generally easy to keep in good conditions with a PH of 6.5 to 7.8 and temps from 26 to 28 degrees or there abouts,sandy bottom, large roots and crevices to reduce stress. They can live alone or in a school and they can be semi aggressive. They are insectivore-algae eaters. Feed them sinking catfish pellets; freeze dried bloodworms, tubifex and good flake food. They love food and the males are normally feisty as the females are more rounded in shape then the males. They are sensitive to nitrate, meds and a little bloating. They may hang inverted or lay as if asleep.15cm is full size. They originate from Africa-Zaire, Cameroons and from the family of Mochokidae.