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by saradora
19 Jan 2006, 04:30
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Pleco aggression advice needed
Replies: 1
Views: 634

You could try more hiding places and/or more plants. You can also try feeding in several different areas of the tank (to minimize this type of fighting). Sometimes rearranging all the decorations (thus distrubing everyone's territory) helps. My experience with plecos is that they have different pers...
by saradora
07 Jan 2006, 19:55
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Please ID sold as "yellow zebra pleco" dark body/y
Replies: 7
Views: 2145

Thanks for all the replies! Here's a little more info: Sometimes my fish's underside is white with mottled brown marks (usually if I have to turn the light on at night). Most of the time it is mottled yellowish-brown. He is a very fat fish, but he eats surprisingly little. Also, I suspect that he ea...
by saradora
01 Jan 2006, 22:39
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Please ID sold as "yellow zebra pleco" dark body/y
Replies: 7
Views: 2145

Please ID sold as "yellow zebra pleco" dark body/y

I have had this fish for a little over three years and it has not grown at all (it is approximately 4" long). It appears to eat wood. It also eats bloodworms and any type of wafers and vegetables. It has a dark blackish-brown body with yellow stripes and odontodes on operculum and pectoral fins...
by saradora
02 Sep 2005, 15:46
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Do Your Bristlenose Plecos Dig??
Replies: 5
Views: 3781

I have an albino bristlenose that digs like crazy. He is in a tank with an unidentified peckoltia and a blue ram. This tank is in my bedroom and unfortunately there is gravel bouncing off the tank walls throughout the night. I don't know why he does it--hopefully not attempting to make a nice cave w...
by saradora
13 Jul 2005, 01:21
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Vegetation and Rubbernoses
Replies: 1
Views: 567

Vegetation and Rubbernoses

Can anyone tell me what types of leaves, fruit, and seeds rubbernoses might have access to in their natural habitat? Or any plants or types of algae that grow in the streams they inhabit?
by saradora
05 Feb 2005, 14:53
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: My First Pleco Spawn
Replies: 7
Views: 1564

Hey, congratulations! I think I may attempt a bristlenose breeding project in the summer (if finances and time allow), so you might see me asking for tips. How big of a tank did you use? Where are you in PA, if you don't mind me asking?
by saradora
04 Feb 2005, 20:03
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Help! First Ick Outbreak
Replies: 3
Views: 1032

Help! First Ick Outbreak

Yesterday I saw the telltale white spots on several fish in my 55 gallon tank and in my rubbernose tank. All of my rubbernoses are affected and today the spots look worse. In my main tank, a hypancistrus and a clown pleco and also my severum and geophagus are affected. Can anyone please advise me of...
by saradora
29 Jan 2005, 17:02
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: sexing peckoltia
Replies: 10
Views: 2250

I purchased 2 peckolitas several months ago (they look like L009 but are very big; I am not sure if they are, need some pictures to post). Anyways, I was trying to buy several of them to breed. I have one with huge spines all over its body (It always sits in a cave and when it is backlit, this fish ...
by saradora
29 Jan 2005, 16:50
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Rubbernose not eating
Replies: 3
Views: 806

Do you have any plants in the tank? My rubbernoses have always been finicky eaters, but after I added plants (java fern, lots of java moss, and anubias), they rarely touch any type of wafer. They have looked healthy and happy for months like this, with very full stomachs. Have you tried zucchini? Mi...
by saradora
29 Jan 2005, 16:33
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: L046 Planet Catfish T-Shirt
Replies: 12
Views: 2819

I'd pay it. It would be fantastic to have a shirt with a Loricariid on it, even L046, which gets more than enough press as it is. What about a goldy, though? Or Chaetostoma?
by saradora
17 Jan 2005, 01:25
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Would rubbernoses eat this?
Replies: 8
Views: 1609

If there is any algae in the tank, they take it out fast. They scrub every surface spotless except one small piece of driftwood (to which the java fern is attached). The clump of java moss is very large. There was only one snail amidst all the plants which has grown to be about 1" over several ...
by saradora
15 Jan 2005, 22:06
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Would rubbernoses eat this?
Replies: 8
Views: 1609

There is nothing in the tank except seven rubbernoses. They are all very small (2 1/2" or less). I feed them Hikari sinking pellets, but usually only 2 or 3 times a week (and only 2 or 3 pellets). I have posted many questions about feeding them because of all my plecos, they are the most finick...
by saradora
15 Jan 2005, 19:48
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Would rubbernoses eat this?
Replies: 8
Views: 1609

Would rubbernoses eat this?

About 3-4 months ago, I added a lot of anacharis, some java moss, and java fern to my rubbernose tank. Around that time, they stopped eating their algae wafers. They all have beautifully full stomachs. I am just mystified because the rubbernoses look good and the plants still look pretty good. I hav...
by saradora
15 Jan 2005, 19:37
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: plec eating?
Replies: 5
Views: 1605

Do you ever watch it at night? Plecos are great fish for night people because that is pretty much the only time a lot of them come alive. I always watch my fish for a while after turning the light off; some eat immediately, some wait for an hour or more before venturing out and are sure to be secure...
by saradora
04 Jan 2005, 22:58
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: Weird water, please help
Replies: 7
Views: 1877

Thanks for the help, that is very comforting to hear that it is not excess chlorine. I am doing large water changes, and it is hard to let it sit because I have to run the Python from my basement. Would it help to add airstones during the water change to increase the oxygen? I will lug the water for...
by saradora
27 Dec 2004, 23:29
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: Weird water, please help
Replies: 7
Views: 1877

Weird water, please help

The past two times I have done water changes with a python in my 55 gal tank, there were tons of bubbles that took about 10 minutes to completely dissipate. This has never happened before, just the past two weeks. My father said the water seemed to smell really strongly of chlorine, but I can barely...
by saradora
27 Dec 2004, 17:14
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Bad suckie fish, BAADD!
Replies: 18
Views: 3291

Just another two cents... I have made several posts over the past year or so about my very aggressive common pleco. Mysterious things (and deaths) have occurred in the tanks I have kept it in (and nothing mysterious in my other tanks). I have witnessed this pleco harassing other plecos, cichlids, an...
by saradora
19 Dec 2004, 21:42
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Chaestoma Sp.
Replies: 6
Views: 942

Just wanted to say that Silurus has given me a lot of advice about chaetostoma; I took it, and it worked. I think that being held in a shop at temps between 78-80 is very stressful for rubbernoses, so be prepared that you might have problems even if you do everything you can for them. It seems to me...
by saradora
14 Nov 2004, 19:06
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Lackluster Hypancistrus
Replies: 4
Views: 1205

Thank you for the suggestions, I will get some Hikari carnivore pellets next time I am out because it is hard to feed frozen meaty things every night (and not so good for water quality). Since Barbie first replied to my post, I have fed frozen bloodworms and a frozen shrimp, and my fish's color is c...
by saradora
10 Nov 2004, 18:22
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Lackluster Hypancistrus
Replies: 4
Views: 1205

Thank you! Now that you mention foods, in his old home this fish lived with a black ghost that received frozen bloodworms every night (and of course a fair amount of the bloodworms got sucked up by the plecos). I will try feeding some bloodworms at night again and maybe he can get his bold stripes b...
by saradora
10 Nov 2004, 04:12
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Lackluster Hypancistrus
Replies: 4
Views: 1205

Lackluster Hypancistrus

I have an unidentified striped hypancistrus (I thought for a long time that it was an L333, but now I am not so sure and I am unfortunately a horrendous photographer). The fish used to have bold yellow squiggly stripes, but now the stripes are very faded and thinner. Its odontodes (on its gill cover...
by saradora
08 Nov 2004, 01:05
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: lorricarid newbie, please offer some advice
Replies: 3
Views: 943

Always look for a pleco you intend to get in the Cat-e-log on this site to see what is known about its requirements. (And particularly beware of rubbernose plecos because they require mid 60s to low 70s temperatures and thus cannot be kept with pretty much any other plecos. I learned this the hard w...
by saradora
24 Oct 2004, 22:44
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: 2006 Catfish Convention?
Replies: 21
Views: 3213

The Catfish Convention was fantastic! I am really hoping that there is another one next year.
by saradora
24 Oct 2004, 21:15
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Plecos in the U.S.
Replies: 2
Views: 583

Shane,
Cool article and it was great meeting you at the catfish convention! Could Loricariids really be found in PA, as the article states? (I am in PA and it has been really nippy here all summer, let alone our winter temps. Just doesn't seem pleco-friendly.)
by saradora
24 Oct 2004, 17:12
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Does common plecos require special attention?
Replies: 6
Views: 1142

Did you happen to notice the fish's belly when you purchased it? Never buy a pleco that doesn't have a full belly! No matter how much care you try to put into it, a fish with a sunken stomach (even just a little sunken) is often beyond help. They just kind of give up on eating. Also, it is my unders...
by saradora
24 Oct 2004, 16:58
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: BN sizes
Replies: 2
Views: 550

A venerable source told me that bristlenoses can be very misleading because a fish whose growth has been stunted by something like poor water quality may be mature enough to exhibit the characteristic bristles at a very small size. In this case, although the fish is mature it will never attain its f...
by saradora
30 Sep 2004, 02:18
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Food for small (baby?) plecos
Replies: 0
Views: 444

Food for small (baby?) plecos

I have lost three rubbernoses (1" in size or smaller) and I think that it was due to their not feeding as their stomachs appeared hollow. I recently purchased two more that are around the 1" mark and today one was on the glass and its stomach looked hollow. I feed Hikari sinking wafers (my...
by saradora
18 Sep 2004, 17:49
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: My otocinclus are acting strange...
Replies: 2
Views: 950

It would probably be a better idea (especially with a super-hardy fish like a betta that can be easily moved around), to put it in its own treatment tank. This is pretty much always the way to go, because it is never good to add extra chemicals to other fish in the tank that are healthy. Catfish ten...
by saradora
18 Sep 2004, 17:32
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Little White Worms in Tank?
Replies: 4
Views: 866

Thank you both for the replies. I usually change the water once a week (sometimes a little less). The levels of everything are always good and it is always sparkling clear, so I was really confused about the worms. Can you tell me any loaches that will not suffer at 70-72 F and will not be argumenta...
by saradora
15 Sep 2004, 14:54
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Little White Worms in Tank?
Replies: 4
Views: 866

Little White Worms in Tank?

I have three small rubbernoses in a 10 gallon tank (ammonia 0.0, nitrite 0.0, nitrate around 5mg/L, pH 7.5, temperature 72 F). Recently while cleaning, I noticed very small white worms (and a disturbingly large amount of them) floating in the water column when I was cleaning the gravel. When the gra...

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