Rhinodoras dorbignyi fish and picture credited to Mark Goh
As I said in the Niger thread, I am almost positive that Planetcatfish originally had the Dorbignyi length at around 9-10 inches SL and only recently moved up to 19 inches SL. I've kept them twice since starting on MFK back in 2007. I had gotten a Rhinodoras back when I got my Trachycorystes. He hid often and being young I bored quickly and rehomed him. Then I got 3 beauties that where around 6 inches from Wes I believe in 2018 and I still have 2 of them. The Trachy's who remain unpredictable in my care engulfed one by it's head up to and beyond it's gills and suffocated it despite there being no way for the Trachy to actually swallow the whole fish. It's specifically the female who on occasion enters a very predatory state which I believe maybe linked to her either coming into or trying to come into breeding condition when certain other environmental factors trigger her. But I digress, my apologies.
Anyway the three I got from Wes where very orange and each had a very distinct patterning, some of spots others like in Mark Gohs specimen a worm like pattern similar to the worm pearls of certain Flowerhorns except of course with no sheen just a dull brown or black. Unfortunately as they aged they darkened for me, I believe because of their surrounding environment. They are fairly reclusive but slightly less so when they have the company of their own kind in my experience and that company has to be their own species in my belief. They are housed with the Trachy pair, the larger Platydoras "Maroni, the 2 Lithodoras, a Pseudacanthicus serratus, a Cranoglanis multiradiatus, a Kamfa and some Puntioplites proctozystron. They don't ever seem to hide together but they seem to give each other confidence when food is introduced. At which time they have no issue butting heads with the Trachys and my Cranoglanis which are avid head butters when it comes to food. As a more manageable sized Dora I had hoped in the near future to try and get them and some Gallagehri and maybe even Doras micropoeus and get them comfortable enough to breed. My two are probably 10 maybe slightly more inches, slightly less robust bodied than the Lithodoras but not by much. Their mouths are very reminiscent in my opinion of Giraffe cats and they can take quite sizable pellets.
In my opinion they are worthwhile consideration but as of late I have had a weakness for Doradidae in general.
Hi Viktor, sorry I started this thread as I did not want to derail Egon's Niger thread as it is a great thread and I didn't want to accidentally detract from it further by referencing the Rhinodoras more there.
As I said in the Niger thread, I am almost positive that Planetcatfish originally had the Dorbignyi length at around 9-10 inches SL and only recently moved up to 19 inches SL. I've kept them twice since starting on MFK back in 2007. I had gotten a Rhinodoras back when I got my Trachycorystes. He hid often and being young I bored quickly and rehomed him. Then I got 3 beauties that where around 6 inches from Wes I believe in 2018 and I still have 2 of them. The Trachy's who remain unpredictable in my care engulfed one by it's head up to and beyond it's gills and suffocated it despite there being no way for the Trachy to actually swallow the whole fish. It's specifically the female who on occasion enters a very predatory state which I believe maybe linked to her either coming into or trying to come into breeding condition when certain other environmental factors trigger her. But I digress, my apologies.
Anyway the three I got from Wes where very orange and each had a very distinct patterning, some of spots others like in Mark Gohs specimen a worm like pattern similar to the worm pearls of certain Flowerhorns except of course with no sheen just a dull brown or black. Unfortunately as they aged they darkened for me, I believe because of their surrounding environment. They are fairly reclusive but slightly less so when they have the company of their own kind in my experience and that company has to be their own species in my belief. They are housed with the Trachy pair, the larger Platydoras "Maroni, the 2 Lithodoras, a Pseudacanthicus serratus, a Cranoglanis multiradiatus, a Kamfa and some Puntioplites proctozystron. They don't ever seem to hide together but they seem to give each other confidence when food is introduced. At which time they have no issue butting heads with the Trachys and my Cranoglanis which are avid head butters when it comes to food. As a more manageable sized Dora I had hoped in the near future to try and get them and some Gallagehri and maybe even Doras micropoeus and get them comfortable enough to breed. My two are probably 10 maybe slightly more inches, slightly less robust bodied than the Lithodoras but not by much. Their mouths are very reminiscent in my opinion of Giraffe cats and they can take quite sizable pellets.
In my opinion they are worthwhile consideration but as of late I have had a weakness for Doradidae in general.
