Felix

[jim barry]

Got myself a nice Granulosa today wild caught around 3" long.
Gone in my simp to grow on for a year or so.

 

[jim barry]

Meant to say, we named him Felix the cat lol

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Do you know your synos well? Not saying anything except I've been seeing several threads each year for several years on Planet Catfish where experts have a tough time with granulosus. The fakes / hybrids are getting pretty close looking, it appears to me.

 

[davenmandy]

Beauty!

 

[jim barry]

Do you know your synos well? Not saying anything except I've been seeing several threads each year for several years on Planet Catfish where experts have a tough time with granulosus. The fakes / hybrids are getting pretty close looking, it appears to me.

Yes i am well aware. Not much else you can do other than go by price and what the LFS tells you. They had plenty of hybrids but this one i was told is wild caught and they tell me was supplied to them by a very reputable supplier. With the price tag and info they gave me along with the white whiskers and other markings typical of a geniuine Granny, i have no reason to not believe this is a pure Granulosa.

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

Don't get me wrong - I want to believe your LFS and you are right. And, if anything, I think you are right but I don't know granulosus that well, neither the pic is ID-friendly.

The due diligence clause would argue "post it on PCF with good pics for a possibility to eliminate any doubt at all".

Needless to say, feel free to ignore

 

[rodger]

I wasn't aware grans were being bred with something else. What is it and does the hybrid look like a gran?

 

[thebiggerthebetter]

IDK the answer to your questions, Rodger, so I will resort to providing you with relevant, most recent thread links, all on PCF of course.

Birger, Richard B, Racoll, SidGuppy are the experts in synos. I don't remember all the expert participants, there may be others. I don't think they know the answers either but they can tell a real maccoy from a knock off.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=39464&hilit=synodontis+granulosus
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=38663&hilit=synodontis+granulosus
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=40821&hilit=synodontis+granulosus
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=38519&hilit=synodontis+granulosus
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=42356&hilit=synodontis+granulosus
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=38475&hilit=synodontis+granulosus

a few more

good ID info http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=35732&hilit=synodontis+granulosus

real grans http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=34155&hilit=synodontis+granulosus

fake http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=33533&hilit=synodontis+granulosus

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=37112&hilit=synodontis+granulosus

grans are MEAN http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=28657&hilit=synodontis+granulosus

 

[celebrist]

Beautiful cat, I have a felix and a Morris, both four line though

 

[jim barry]

Well i thought this may sparl a little contraversy! When he/she is settled well and i can get some decent shots i will post them here and on PCF