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by raycam01_au
11 May 2017, 23:47
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Help with feeding peppermint fry.
Replies: 11
Views: 2979

Re: Help with feeding peppermint fry.

The link is my channel, you will find a heap of pepp breeding videos and bubs eating I am on rainwater and ph about 4.8 to 5 at a push, breeding like wild fire, i feed the bubs on a variety of foods from fresh vegies to a mussel, prawn and pea\spirulina mix. I have a recipe on the channel for my Dis...
by raycam01_au
04 May 2017, 10:50
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Raising baby Peppermints
Replies: 8
Views: 1961

Re: Raising baby Peppermints

flatfish wrote: 04 May 2017, 08:06 thanks. Mine are ticking over alright. I've had a couple of batches so far but with 2 males and only one female I'll have to grow a few young out to get a decent colony. Good things take time :)
(*) :-BD
by raycam01_au
03 May 2017, 10:54
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Raising baby Peppermints
Replies: 8
Views: 1961

Re: Raising baby Peppermints

flatfish wrote: 03 May 2017, 08:32 Great video and nice to see a heap of young. Hopefully mine will eventually breed like that
thanks mate,
i have been breeding catties and all types of fish for over 35+ years, and never fail to enjoy it, if you need any pointers for the pepps let me know :)
take care
by raycam01_au
03 May 2017, 00:18
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Raising baby Peppermints
Replies: 8
Views: 1961

Raising baby Peppermints

love these guy's bred them for over 20 years and never seem to tire of them
nothing exciting, but Love
by raycam01_au
08 Apr 2017, 22:22
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe
Replies: 21
Views: 4637

Re: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe

not catties I know but i thought I would just throw a quick video up of the Discus,
by raycam01_au
05 Apr 2017, 08:39
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L397 and stuff
Replies: 0
Views: 664

L397 and stuff

love these little guy's
by raycam01_au
01 Apr 2017, 13:08
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe
Replies: 21
Views: 4637

Re: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe

Day 15 Tank is perfect, another 9 days till the plates arrive

by raycam01_au
31 Mar 2017, 13:02
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe
Replies: 21
Views: 4637

Re: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe

Keep the great pics coming! A few years ago, the wife & I traveled to Cairns & spent a week on a live aboard Dive Boat Scuba diving the Great Barrier R eef. Now THATS an aquarium! More piccies to come for sure :) I used to live in Cairns and the tablelands, beautiful spot we are going out t...
by raycam01_au
31 Mar 2017, 02:16
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe
Replies: 21
Views: 4637

Re: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe

Beautiful set-up mate! The Java Fern & driftwood looks very elegant! Just curious - is that a white Styrofoam sheet underneath the tank & sump? Sure is, the stand will be boxed in in another 2 months, so you wont see any of the sump and or top of the bottom of the tank where the foam is, an...
by raycam01_au
31 Mar 2017, 00:34
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe
Replies: 21
Views: 4637

Re: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe

AZCatfish wrote: 31 Mar 2017, 00:12 Hey mate! Is that a glass or acrylic tank?
Hi mate
its a full glass tank with a custom weir, the back is blue vinyl wrap, and glass sump, the only Acrylic on the tank is the blue custom acrylic over the weir and the sock holder and drip tray :)
by raycam01_au
30 Mar 2017, 13:31
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe
Replies: 21
Views: 4637

Re: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe

Thats Cool Johannes

we will have Discus in first and once settled will look at the substrate and cories after that sometime

I have lots of sarcasm and humor to me ;)

thanks
Ray
by raycam01_au
28 Mar 2017, 06:55
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe
Replies: 21
Views: 4637

Re: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe

Jobro wrote: 27 Mar 2017, 20:28 Please refrain from adding any cories if you intend to keep the bare bottom tank.
I have bred cories for probably more years than you have been alive ;)
their will be substrate going in at a later stage :-p
thank you for supporting the little lives of cories everywhere :-BD
by raycam01_au
26 Mar 2017, 00:25
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe
Replies: 21
Views: 4637

Re: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe

Sarah wanted a few Peppermint catfish in the Discus tank, so we caught out 3 little ones this morning, Breeding tank Ph sits at 4.5-5, this tank after a huge amount of rain fall is 6.5-7, acclimatized them well and now they are as happy as "" Pepps in mud""
by raycam01_au
19 Mar 2017, 22:04
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe
Replies: 21
Views: 4637

Re: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe

We will more than likely go with Sterbai to start with, and Looking at a couple of options for the catties, here is the tank on Day 2 of setup, monitoring it for 4 weeks before the Discus come.
by raycam01_au
15 Mar 2017, 00:56
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Fry getting pale and dieing. Parasites?
Replies: 19
Views: 3351

Re: Fry getting pale and dieing. Parasites?

I am breeding pepps, albino 397's in the same tank,
50% water changing daily is nuts, defo not needed my PH is around 5 pushing it, fed my tanks maybe once every 3 days, check you are rinsing or blanching your vegies before u add them to the tank, some nasty stuff on them from the supermarket
by raycam01_au
08 Mar 2017, 05:52
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe
Replies: 21
Views: 4637

Re: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe

settled for a nice mix of 8 discus, and some cories, and maybe sneak a trio of rams in, see how things pan out,
selecting the discus in another 4 weeks, Sterbai, maybe, just ordered a custom perspex sock holder for the sump, and some other sexy little things :)
by raycam01_au
07 Mar 2017, 05:56
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe
Replies: 21
Views: 4637

Re: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe

over filtering is super sexy, the stand will be boxed in, so will hide everything ;)
spoken about Cory's will suss out options and see how we go
by raycam01_au
05 Mar 2017, 00:14
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: 5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe
Replies: 21
Views: 4637

5x2x2 Tank, CAtties and Discus maybe

Hi guy's
took possession of our 5x2x2 centre weir tank yersterday, nice 4x18x18 sump to go with it, going out today to buy all the fitting to plumb the tank and sump, havent quite worked out what will go into this thing, girlfriend loves discus, I love the catties ;)

by raycam01_au
16 Feb 2017, 12:08
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Peppermint Trio Breeding
Replies: 10
Views: 1736

Re: Peppermint Trio Breeding

I think the previous poster was suggesting there is often confusion between similar looking Ancistrus. If you take a look at the Cat-e-Log you can find more details the L071 is here. That sounds like a great fish room, I keep planning one in my head for when we have the space! got it in one ;) :d :...
by raycam01_au
15 Feb 2017, 09:45
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Peppermint Trio Breeding
Replies: 10
Views: 1736

Re: Peppermint Trio Breeding

Cool, congratulations, I need to dig out my GoPro and try that again, so much easier than trying to take pictures or video through glass! thanks man, my girlfriend and I have just recently come back to fish, went into reptiles for a few years, I used to have 140 tanks, so know my way round quite we...
by raycam01_au
15 Feb 2017, 09:43
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Peppermint Trio Breeding
Replies: 10
Views: 1736

Re: Peppermint Trio Breeding

Fundulopanchax76 wrote: 15 Feb 2017, 09:13 Which L - number is this peppermint catfish ?
Hi Mate
Ancistrus sp(L071). as far as I know over here, been mixed up with a few diff species especially over here,
by raycam01_au
15 Feb 2017, 07:39
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Peppermint Trio Breeding
Replies: 10
Views: 1736

Peppermint Trio Breeding

Just a quick hello, and a quick little video of my pepps breeding, keeping a few diff types now :) threw the Gopro into the tank and came up with this :d

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OW0mC8ETGcw&t=43s

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