Who am I, and do I play well with others?
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Don't see why not. I'd guess rays may mess with it more. Most synos are live let live in my experience but will defend themselves if messed with. Very if you don't want none don't bring none! But they do tend to squabble amongst themselves.
I am reminded again how diverse our experiences are in the hobby... (note to self: And also that details and context matter! Read to the end.)
I will risk quoting Birger, a high level expert on synodontis, the guy who gives invited lectures on them, from a recent thread on PCF:
"you dont really want nigrita...they are big bullies and greedy feeders. "
This is from, as it stands, the last post of this thread: https://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=47290&p=318545&hilit=nigrita#p318545 (doesn't have much to do with nigrita, just an ID query)
Perhaps Birger meant the nigrita's attitude to other synos, as the micro Jules Verne (of 20 measly leagues under the sea) has just hinted, but you could ask Birger, your fellow Canadian, yourself... in your native Canada-ehian language...
Truly YMMV, is all I can say at the moment, Matteus.
I will risk quoting Birger, a high level expert on synodontis, the guy who gives invited lectures on them, from a recent thread on PCF:
"you dont really want nigrita...they are big bullies and greedy feeders. "
This is from, as it stands, the last post of this thread: https://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=8&t=47290&p=318545&hilit=nigrita#p318545 (doesn't have much to do with nigrita, just an ID query)
Perhaps Birger meant the nigrita's attitude to other synos, as the micro Jules Verne (of 20 measly leagues under the sea) has just hinted, but you could ask Birger, your fellow Canadian, yourself... in your native Canada-ehian language...
Truly YMMV, is all I can say at the moment, Matteus.
Yeah I'm a little more "shallow" then the esteemed Jules epic.
Just posting what ive seen. My "golden" synodontis hangs out in the same hide as many of the polys and ropes. Like I said hes a wrecking ball at feeding time. My worst syno for aggression is the flavitaeniatus, its a total loner and will attack anything that comes near its hide. Next would be multis one of my favorites but also fight amongst themselves to much in numbers less then 4 or more then 2. They dont bother other synos or other fish that ive seen. They also hang with the golden as does the hybrid valentini which killed the other valentini while in qt but has never bothered any of the others . Overall in my experiance they can be pretty mellow at least toward other fish especially if its not a syno . But for full disclosure I'm not an expert, I'm just a long term hobbiest with a high interest in most African species.
I knew you had a good sense of humor and a good enough nature to poke fun at yourself with my stupid help.
Very interesting and useful account of the various synos. Much appreciated. We need sharing like this, the more the better. I am surprised at the lil' pajama synodontis, which usually don't exceed 4", to be the champion aggressor in your syno collection. I used to have one or a few but don't recall such savageness from them. So much for our predictive power... Pathetic. Matteus, you're in trouble.
Ugh. Jury is still out. I’m hesitant to get something that might pick a fight with my rays. And I don’t want to try and push it into my 70 gal so I may not pick this one up. I am currently scheming with a friend to see if I can sneak in another tank, or 2... but don’t want to stock my tanks before they are placed. Lol.
Funny enough I think I actually know Birger. I am supposed to go see his set up some day because he lives a bit less than 2 hrs away from me. I’ve had breakfast with him and some of the older members of our local club. Sounds like he will be speaking at an event called cataclysm. Are you going to that one viktor?
Ps. Loved the Canadian pun. You must be a father.
Pss. I tried joining pc but I don’t know what happened. Seems like my email wasn’t accepted or something. I tried about 5-6 times and got frustrated so I just stopped looking at the site all together.
Funny enough I think I actually know Birger. I am supposed to go see his set up some day because he lives a bit less than 2 hrs away from me. I’ve had breakfast with him and some of the older members of our local club. Sounds like he will be speaking at an event called cataclysm. Are you going to that one viktor?
Ps. Loved the Canadian pun. You must be a father.
Pss. I tried joining pc but I don’t know what happened. Seems like my email wasn’t accepted or something. I tried about 5-6 times and got frustrated so I just stopped looking at the site all together.
Hmm weird same here....... Elitist catfish owners! Lol.
M: ... Funny enough I think I actually know Birger. I am supposed to go see his set up some day because he lives a bit less than 2 hrs away from me. I’ve had breakfast with him and some of the older members of our local club.
V: Excellent. I thought you both were in Alberta or thereabouts...
M: Sounds like he will be speaking at an event called cataclysm. Are you going to that one viktor?
V: No. I have never been to one. I can't travel much really. Tied up here. Would have loved to meet Birger and other big guns.
M: Ps. Loved the Canadian pun. You must be a father.
V: Thanks but not sure what you mean about the fatherhood, with which I have sadly not been blessed yet. I just played it off how you indicate your location in your stats, albeit I am not sure what the "eh" means at the end... Frustration? A local dialect? Some other deep-running psychological issue? Political? An early developmental injury that makes you call and spell things differently? IDK...
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M: Pss. I tried joining pc but I don’t know what happened. Seems like my email wasn’t accepted or something. I tried about 5-6 times and got frustrated so I just stopped looking at the site all together.
Plus:
Haha... but I am sorry to hear. Strange. I'd send Jools (owner and administrator of PCF) a personal email describing the issue. This shouldn't be. And it would be way, way well worth it to join PCF. PCF works a bit different though. No chit chat tolerated much. If you got nothing to state of value, don't post. The site is a LOT more scientific and serious too versus MFK, which got science too but mostly geared toward the fun of the hobby. My take anyway.
V: Excellent. I thought you both were in Alberta or thereabouts...
M: Sounds like he will be speaking at an event called cataclysm. Are you going to that one viktor?
V: No. I have never been to one. I can't travel much really. Tied up here. Would have loved to meet Birger and other big guns.
M: Ps. Loved the Canadian pun. You must be a father.
V: Thanks but not sure what you mean about the fatherhood, with which I have sadly not been blessed yet. I just played it off how you indicate your location in your stats, albeit I am not sure what the "eh" means at the end... Frustration? A local dialect? Some other deep-running psychological issue? Political? An early developmental injury that makes you call and spell things differently? IDK...
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M: Pss. I tried joining pc but I don’t know what happened. Seems like my email wasn’t accepted or something. I tried about 5-6 times and got frustrated so I just stopped looking at the site all together.
Plus:
Haha... but I am sorry to hear. Strange. I'd send Jools (owner and administrator of PCF) a personal email describing the issue. This shouldn't be. And it would be way, way well worth it to join PCF. PCF works a bit different though. No chit chat tolerated much. If you got nothing to state of value, don't post. The site is a LOT more scientific and serious too versus MFK, which got science too but mostly geared toward the fun of the hobby. My take anyway.
Lol. I love how you break things down so well Sir.
The father comment was insinuating that you were playing on a pun. Often when a joke is really bad (cheesy) and loaded with a pun, it is referred to as a “dad joke”. Sorry if that was misinterpreted. You may not have human children yet, but you have many finned children. Imo.
The eh! Refers to the classic stereo type of Canadians that end all their sentences with “eh”. There are rumours up here in Canada that Americans are not taught about typical Canadian life, but are highly educated on American history and current states etc. There have been Canadian talk shows that would do interviews with Americans asking them about Canada and what they thought Canada was like. Often the typical summary is that we live in igloos and have pet polar bears and such. (Similar to Africans all live in huts
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lol). I like poking fun at these stereotypes and derive great humour from them. (Within reasonable taste that is). Most of these stereotypes are false, but I do find a large amount of Canadians that say eh on a regular basis. Subconsciously I would imagine. We are also known to be way too polite, and also known to apologize for ridiculous things. So sorry for the long drawn out response. 
Thank you for the tip on sending jools an email.
Lol. I love how you break things down so well Sir.
The father comment was insinuating that you were playing on a pun. Often when a joke is really bad (cheesy) and loaded with a pun, it is referred to as a “dad joke”. Sorry if that was misinterpreted. You may not have human children yet, but you have many finned children. Imo.
The eh! Refers to the classic stereo type of Canadians that end all their sentences with “eh”. There are rumours up here in Canada that Americans are not taught about typical Canadian life, but are highly educated on American history and current states etc. There have been Canadian talk shows that would do interviews with Americans asking them about Canada and what they thought Canada was like. Often the typical summary is that we live in igloos and have pet polar bears and such. (Similar to Africans all live in huts
Thank you for the tip on sending jools an email.
Haha stereotypes are amazing. I come from the land of horny blondes named Inga.
And canadians dont say sorry they say soury
