How many cats is enough?

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It's probably close to the same situation on this side of the pond.

Sorry, I had totally missed the "x" - no time to read carefully and diligently anymore :)
 
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So, it’s been a couple of years since my last count and if nothing else it’s good to see personally where I stand currently.

whilst I know that my catfish keeping has really swung more to smaller species, and that I have eight tanks dedicated to breeding and rearing various types of bristlenose, I still keep a good mix of larger cats too.
So right now we have;

Ottocinclus * 3
Ordinary bristlenose plec * 5 pair & ~ 80 young
LDA144 blue eyed lemon bristlenose * 4 pair & ~ 120 young
Longfin bristlenose *3 pair & ~ 20 young
LDA016 bristlenose * 4
Hoplo cats *5 brown
Albino hoplo cats * 1 pair
Dianema longibarbis * 1 pair
royal plec *1
Syno decorus cross * 1
Whiptail cats * 2
Corydoras paleatus * 14
Corydoras Schwartzii * 8
Syno nigrata * 2
Gibbiceps plec * 3
Hemibagrus nemurus (albino) * 1
Pseudomystus siamensis * 5
Notoglanidium macrastoma (dwarf giraffe) * 1
Hemibagrus filamentosum * 1
Hemibagrus variegatus * 1
pterodoras granulosus * 1
Syno Angelica * 1
Syno soloni * 4
Syno eupterus * 7
Mystus leucophasis * 2
Lima shovelnose * 2
Liearius marmoratus * 1
Syno schall * 1
Pim blochii * 1
Pim maculatus * 4
Hemibagrus Wyckiodes * 2
Wallagonia micropogon * 1
Lophiosilurus apurensis * 1
Microsynodontis Chrystii * 1
Microglanis aff_iheringi * 5
Batrochoglanis raninus ? * 3
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum * 1
Silurichthys hasseltii * 3
Oxydoras Niger * 1
Platydoras armatulus * 1
Orinocodoras Eigenmanni * 1
Agamyxis albomaculatus
Hypancistrus vandragti * 2

Hovering around 43 species.
 
So, it’s a new year and not a lot of changes but good to see personally where I stand currently.

whilst I know that my catfish keeping has really swung more to smaller species, and that I have over ten tanks dedicated to breeding and rearing various types of bristlenose, I still keep a good mix of larger cats too.
So right now we have;

Ottocinclus * 3
Ordinary bristlenose plec * 3 pair & ~ 160 young
LDA144 blue eyed lemon bristlenose * 4 pair & ~ 240 young
Longfin bristlenose *3 pair & ~ 60 young
LDA016 bristlenose * 5
Hoplo cats *3 brown
Albino hoplo cats * 1 pair
Dianema longibarbis * 1
royal plec *1
Syno decorus cross * 1
Whiptail cats * 2
Corydoras paleatus * 14
Corydoras Schwartzii * 8
Syno nigrata * 2
Gibbiceps plec * 5
Hemibagrus nemurus (albino) * 1
Pseudomystus siamensis * 4
Notoglanidium macrastoma (dwarf giraffe) * 1
Hemibagrus filamentosum * 1
Hemibagrus variegatus * 1
pterodoras granulosus * 1
Syno Angelica * 1
Syno soloni * 3
Syno eupterus * 7
Mystus leucophasis * 2
Lima shovelnose * 2
Liearius marmoratus * 1
Syno schall * 1
Pim blochii * 1
Pim maculatus * 4
Hemibagrus Wyckiodes * 2
Wallagonia micropogon * 1
Lophiosilurus apurensis * 1
Microsynodontis Chrystii * 1
Microglanis aff_iheringi * 5
Pseudopimelodus buffonius *4
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum * 1
Silurichthys hasseltii * 3
Oxydoras Niger * 1
Platydoras armatulus * 1
Orinocodoras Eigenmanni * 1
Agamyxis albomaculatus * 1
Hypancistrus vandragti * 2
Pangasianodon hypothalamus (albino) * 2
Ariopsis seemanni *3
Horabagrus Brachysoma *3
Trachelyopterus galeatus *2

Hovering around 46 species.
 
So, it’s a new year and not a lot of changes but good to see personally where I stand currently.

whilst I know that my catfish keeping has really swung more to smaller species, and that I have over ten tanks dedicated to breeding and rearing various types of bristlenose, I still keep a good mix of larger cats too.
So right now we have;

Ottocinclus * 3
Ordinary bristlenose plec * 3 pair & ~ 160 young
LDA144 blue eyed lemon bristlenose * 4 pair & ~ 240 young
Longfin bristlenose *3 pair & ~ 60 young
LDA016 bristlenose * 5
Hoplo cats *3 brown
Albino hoplo cats * 1 pair
Dianema longibarbis * 1
royal plec *1
Syno decorus cross * 1
Whiptail cats * 2
Corydoras paleatus * 14
Corydoras Schwartzii * 8
Syno nigrata * 2
Gibbiceps plec * 5
Hemibagrus nemurus (albino) * 1
Pseudomystus siamensis * 4
Notoglanidium macrastoma (dwarf giraffe) * 1
Hemibagrus filamentosum * 1
Hemibagrus variegatus * 1
pterodoras granulosus * 1
Syno Angelica * 1
Syno soloni * 3
Syno eupterus * 7
Mystus leucophasis * 2
Lima shovelnose * 2
Liearius marmoratus * 1
Syno schall * 1
Pim blochii * 1
Pim maculatus * 4
Hemibagrus Wyckiodes * 2
Wallagonia micropogon * 1
Lophiosilurus apurensis * 1
Microsynodontis Chrystii * 1
Microglanis aff_iheringi * 5
Pseudopimelodus buffonius *4
Pseudoplatystoma fasciatum * 1
Silurichthys hasseltii * 3
Oxydoras Niger * 1
Platydoras armatulus * 1
Orinocodoras Eigenmanni * 1
Agamyxis albomaculatus * 1
Hypancistrus vandragti * 2
Pangasianodon hypothalamus (albino) * 2
Ariopsis seemanni *3
Horabagrus Brachysoma *3
Trachelyopterus galeatus *2

Hovering around 46 species.
Wow that's a insane catfish collection.
 
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