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- 05 Jan 2006, 14:06
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Please ID sold as "yellow zebra pleco" dark body/y
- Replies: 7
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- 24 Dec 2005, 14:02
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Tips needed for breeding L-103, L-201, L-260, L-174, L-134 a
- Replies: 2
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Tips needed for breeding L-103, L-201, L-260, L-174, L-134 a
I have set up spawning tanks for them as follows: My regular tap is PH7.8 and TDS 270, at the present I'm trying to make a push for spawning or abandon the projects if it doesn't work after making a strong attempt.I recently (one week ago) split up the fish into the following tanks - only the 55 is ...
- 20 Dec 2005, 14:25
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: L 025 female or male- questions for specialists
- Replies: 6
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bidewaterkant, if you look in the cat-elog on L-25 you will see picture #12 is from above , similarly as yours. On that fish the second pair of fins is slightly shorter and more curved then yours. If you put them both onscreen at the same time it seems more obvious. That fish also seems to bulge mor...
- 20 Dec 2005, 04:13
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: L 025 female or male- questions for specialists
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1856
No expert on L-25s but from a number of other plecos I keep the things I generally look for are this: Females have a more pinched or narrower profile at the gill area when viewed from above and are generally fatter behind the gills - just as Steve91 said. Your fish looks more slender with a wider he...
- 17 Dec 2005, 05:29
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Is this really a L177
- Replies: 6
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- 16 Dec 2005, 05:11
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Is this really a L177
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1709
- 09 Dec 2005, 13:08
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Has anyone managed to breed L104 (Panaque Maccus)?
- Replies: 22
- Views: 5823
- 08 Dec 2005, 03:47
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: Looking a gift fish in the mouth
- Replies: 7
- Views: 1855
- 08 Dec 2005, 03:40
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Fry - Zebra Otocinculus
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9823
Scott, there are many kinds of algae and otos only eat a limited amount, mostly the microfilm. You have: black beard (siamese algae eaters), green hair (rosy barbs, amano shrimp),green water (wood shrimp), staghorn (?) green spot (razorblade) to mention a few. Introducing green water into your tank ...
- 07 Dec 2005, 01:26
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Fry - Zebra Otocinculus
- Replies: 22
- Views: 9823
Congratulations!! It's a pretty fish so hopefully there will be photos. I'm not sure if greenwater would be of help to feed otos? Usually it's mostly filterfeeders that utilize green water. If I remember correctly , the best way I got it going was with a Jobes fertilizer stick or any other fertilize...
- 02 Dec 2005, 03:08
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: The importance of TDS?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1150
- 11 Oct 2005, 20:04
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Growthrate of baryancistrus, I would like to know others exp
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3330
OK tackar Matte och Janne, I thought it was actually the opposite with the food - that there is not always ample amounts of food available. I thought that wild animals have to be opportunistic because they don't know when the next meal will present itself.Is this not the case with plecos? The waterq...
- 11 Oct 2005, 14:36
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Growthrate of baryancistrus, I would like to know others exp
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3330
- 11 Oct 2005, 14:33
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Growthrate of baryancistrus, I would like to know others exp
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3330
Thanks Janne, I will try to add some salt and metro in with the fish over the next few weeks and see if it helps. One other thought on the internal parasite: If most wildcaught species come in with some form of intestinal parasites from the rivers they are caught and then are put in a tank where fee...
- 10 Oct 2005, 13:39
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Sexing L-204s ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1462
OK, racol, excuse my ignorance but what is the caudal peduncle? I did a big waterchange yesterday (60%) and used part RO and part cold tap. This dropped the temp by about 8 deg and lowered the TDS from around 300 to about 190. Not very soft but a good difference. The problem is that the tank is 125g...
- 10 Oct 2005, 03:57
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Growthrate of baryancistrus, I would like to know others exp
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3330
- 10 Oct 2005, 03:55
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Growthrate of baryancistrus, I would like to know others exp
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3330
Tjena Janne, #1 - what do you feed them to get them to grow that well?(koldolmar?? :D ) Do you usually medicate all your new fish regardless of if they show signs of disease or not? If so - what do you use? I notice that other fish in the tank have not become stunted in growth and all fish are doing...
- 10 Oct 2005, 03:45
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Sexing L-204s ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1462
- 09 Oct 2005, 14:56
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Growthrate of baryancistrus, I would like to know others exp
- Replies: 14
- Views: 3330
Growthrate of baryancistrus, I would like to know others exp
According to most descriptions I have read of L-18, L-81 and L-177 (also other baryancistrus though I have not kept others) seem to indicate that most species in the genus grow to around 12" (30cm). Planet catfish cat-e-log lists L-18 as 355mm or 14.2". I have never seen a baryancistrus ov...
- 09 Oct 2005, 14:18
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Sexing L-204s ?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1462
Sexing L-204s ?
I have an L-204 occupying a cave and recently a second one has been hovering on top/next to the cave. Both fish are about 5.5" (14cm)and look well conditioned. When looking at them for sexual differences I notice the following: The one occupying the cave seems slightly fatter and rounder, it al...
- 30 Sep 2005, 13:08
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: What L-number is this?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2873
- 30 Sep 2005, 04:15
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: What L-number is this?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2873
- 29 Sep 2005, 03:39
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: My new bn plec...what type is it? *photo*
- Replies: 14
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- 29 Sep 2005, 03:30
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: What L-number is this?
- Replies: 17
- Views: 2873
- 21 Feb 2005, 13:22
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: male or female - QA
- Replies: 6
- Views: 1279
- 21 Feb 2005, 13:14
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Is my L260 gravid or dying?
- Replies: 2
- Views: 862
rcl, first off - to make sure you have a male and a female you check the underside. In L-260 the females have white bellies while the males have some pattern on it. Secondly, they will generally fatten up pretty well and many of my females sport a very gravid look so if it has happened over time and...
- 09 Jan 2005, 05:07
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: What might this catfish be..?
- Replies: 21
- Views: 3611
http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL22/551337/5917687/76071513.jpg http://pic3.picturetrail.com/VOL22/551337/5917687/76071504.jpg This is my scobinancistrus - what I believe to be L-253. It seems to look a lot like it. Number 2 looks a lot like L-201 but I have also had young L-029s look like that only...
- 11 Dec 2004, 05:03
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: What L number is this?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1067
- 10 Dec 2004, 04:57
- Forum: What is my catfish?
- Topic: What L number is this?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 1067
- 09 Dec 2004, 21:09
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Leporacanthicus heterodon L172a info
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3835