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by Barbie
17 Oct 2022, 23:27
Forum: For Sale (USA & Canada)
Topic: 397 Babies
Replies: 4
Views: 2103

Re: 397 Babies

I could maybe help walk you through shipping them? They're lovely fish that I would like to see more common in the hobby. Good job!

Barbie
by Barbie
31 Oct 2019, 05:47
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Mixing Different sized Pseuda pleco
Replies: 2
Views: 2447

Re: Mixing Different sized Pseuda pleco

This one is hard to say, honestly. They can be quite obnoxious with newcomers. I would probably put him in a separate tank if you have one up and established already, just to ensure that shipping stress didn't keep him from thriving.

Barbie
by Barbie
31 Oct 2019, 05:45
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Feeding Repashy
Replies: 19
Views: 6192

Re: Feeding Repashy

I feed more to the volume of the filtration and water volume, I think. I don't want to foul the water, but I want the fish to have all they want. If there's any left over after 12 hours, then I can reduce a bit for their next feeding.

Barbie
by Barbie
21 Dec 2018, 06:03
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: How will Gold Nugget fare in my hard water?
Replies: 12
Views: 2888

Re: How will Gold Nugget fare in my hard water?

These have not been regularly spawned and there are different locational variants available. You'd want to collect at least 6 from a single location. Have you researched their adult size?

Barbie
by Barbie
30 Apr 2018, 06:45
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Fins down to nubs! Permanent?
Replies: 8
Views: 2334

Re: Fins down to nubs! Permanent?

Is it just one set of fins? Are they the only species in the tank? No damage to tails? What are you feeding? I would try mixing that up a bit with some better quality foods and see if they're potentially deficient in something as well as cleaning up the water.

Barbie
by Barbie
24 Mar 2018, 17:27
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Could L201 "big spot" be L471?
Replies: 11
Views: 2296

Re: Could L201 "big spot" be L471?

I guess it's time for me to get my camera out and take pictures of my group of these. They're all at least 5 years old. I'll try to work on that this week.

Barbie
by Barbie
12 Feb 2018, 16:40
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: 2/10/2018 spam
Replies: 7
Views: 1906

Re: 2/10/2018 spam

Thanks to Dave for letting me know they were there! Usually it's when I'm on my phone at work and I just can't manage the procedure with my thumbs ;).

Barbie
by Barbie
09 Dec 2016, 19:05
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Common Pleco disease identification and treatment help
Replies: 1
Views: 1295

Re: Common Pleco disease identification and treatment help

Could you please start with answering the questions in the "before you post" sticky? That will help us be more able to accurately assist you. What else is he in with? If he was mine, I would change water again daily to make sure that wasn't the issue. These guys are armored, so internal p...
by Barbie
09 Dec 2016, 19:01
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Hi! I need your help please
Replies: 1
Views: 1092

Re: Hi! I need your help please

OK so I can't be sure what the question is here, but I think you are asking for a diagnosis on a sick fish? The video just gives me an error. Can you describe the symptoms?

Barbie
by Barbie
25 Nov 2016, 05:28
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: The "Jools' new fishroom post"
Replies: 234
Views: 51913

Re: The "Jools' new fishroom post"

Oh that's sad! I enjoyed the water changes and fish bonding time immensely!

Barbie
by Barbie
18 Oct 2016, 21:13
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: ID ?
Replies: 10
Views: 2905

Re: ID ?

That's the problem with fish in this particular "group". Without collection information, you're going to play hell figuring out if you even have the same variants. The locational specific groups still have quite a bit of variation, even when you know exactly where they were from.

Barbie
by Barbie
20 Sep 2016, 19:58
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: First L46 spawn
Replies: 13
Views: 3583

Re: First L46 spawn

I use the warmer temperature to condition them, but I do make it cyclical. Once the fish look like weebles, I back it down to 86 or so and do some RO changes. Zebra eggs are not as yellow as other pleco eggs. Males sometimes need practice and are famous for leaving the cave to try to get lucky agai...
by Barbie
20 Sep 2016, 19:54
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Feeding L107/L184 Brilliant Bristlenose
Replies: 9
Views: 3128

Re: Feeding L107/L184 Brilliant Bristlenose

I keep them at 84 degrees, and I feed a variety of Repashy foods. My L184 tend to gravitate more to the Hypancistrus formula that I created, rather than the Ancistrus one, but will eat both, as well Spawn & Grow, given the opportunity. I tend to feed a variety for a few weeks, then focus more o...
by Barbie
08 Aug 2016, 02:18
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Sad day in the fish room
Replies: 21
Views: 6356

Re: Sad day in the fish room

Read the instructions is definitely going to be top on the list of recommendations as it doesn't work the same for all species, but I did use it on 40 or 50 species of catfish, before I recommended trying it ;).

Barbie
by Barbie
05 Aug 2016, 05:57
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Just saying hi! (And help)
Replies: 28
Views: 6533

Re: Just saying hi! (And help)

Those are definitely some species of Ancistrus, yep!

Barbie
by Barbie
05 Aug 2016, 05:56
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Sad day in the fish room
Replies: 21
Views: 6356

Re: Sad day in the fish room

I recently had a really resistant strain of ich at the shop. It did not look like normal ich under the scope and it was not sensitive to the proform C treatments that usually are very effective. We ended up curing it with a 5 dose treatment, every other day of a product called MinnFinn. It was a li...
by Barbie
16 Jun 2016, 06:54
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Mysterious Royal Pleco Illness
Replies: 22
Views: 7506

Re: Mysterious Royal Pleco Illness

Did you first do the water change with RO water to reduce the amount of waste in the water? Have you tested for ammonia or nitrite? What temperature are they? The sunken eyes would be attributed to stress and lack of eating, I would think, but it's difficult to say for sure. You can keep changing w...
by Barbie
15 Jun 2016, 05:50
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Mysterious Royal Pleco Illness
Replies: 22
Views: 7506

Re: Mysterious Royal Pleco Illness

I would do a water change with filtered water, then start adding a gallon of tap water every 15 minutes until the pH comes up to 6.5 or so when you test it. If you've crashed the pH, you've probably also lost all of your bacteria in your filter, so ammonia will become exponentially more toxic as yo...
by Barbie
14 Jun 2016, 01:24
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Mysterious Royal Pleco Illness
Replies: 22
Views: 7506

Re: Mysterious Royal Pleco Illness

Does your test kit go lower than 6.0 pH?

Barbie
by Barbie
12 Jun 2016, 08:09
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Mysterious Royal Pleco Illness
Replies: 22
Views: 7506

Re: Mysterious Royal Pleco Illness

How are you sure the pH is 6.0? If you are using only purified water, the odds are good you're actually crashing your pH, without a good amount of buffer. People get it in their head that their tap water is unfit to drink, so fish would prefer it purified as well, but without some hardness and buff...
by Barbie
12 May 2016, 07:09
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Sexing L-134 Plecos
Replies: 10
Views: 3266

Re: Sexing L-134 Plecos

If you get some individual shots from directly above, we can usually tell at a smaller size than the odontodal growth will indicate, as well. They will still have the smaller head, wider abdomen, curved pectoral indicators.

Barbie
by Barbie
21 Apr 2016, 07:14
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Can Hypancistrus over-eat meat and get bloat?
Replies: 33
Views: 7007

Re: Can Hypancistrus over-eat meat and get bloat?

The smell comes from them being in the tank, but I think the fish will have trouble getting outside ;).

Barbie
by Barbie
19 Apr 2016, 05:37
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: BN plecs and african cichlids
Replies: 7
Views: 1859

Re: BN plecs and african cichlids

It's a good idea to add a few hiding spots that the plecos fit into, while the cichlids do not. That usually keeps them quite safe. 12 is going to be a bit of overkill, IMO, so you'll want to feed them extra wafers or sinking food or you'll starve some out.

Barbie
by Barbie
19 Apr 2016, 05:35
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Can Hypancistrus over-eat meat and get bloat?
Replies: 33
Views: 7007

Re: Can Hypancistrus over-eat meat and get bloat?

To properly prepare brussel sprouts for feeding, simply buy a bag of them frozen, drop the frozen sprout in a cup of boiling hot water, and wait a few minutes until the water has cooled. Take the tender sprout, cut it in half, and then squeeze a bit. Drop that in the tank and fish will descend on i...
by Barbie
19 Apr 2016, 05:29
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L-183 Questions
Replies: 5
Views: 1401

Re: L-183 Questions

Is that measurement including their tail? The smallest male I've ever had spawn was 8cm or so, without his tail.

Barbie
by Barbie
08 Apr 2016, 04:49
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L182 spawn
Replies: 16
Views: 4672

Re: L182 spawn

Your darling wife has turned into quite the fish breeder!

Barbie
by Barbie
15 Mar 2016, 20:09
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Sex my L204s
Replies: 3
Views: 1333

Re: Sex my L204s

If those fish are 4" SL, they are female. If the 4" is TL, that changes things.

Barbie
by Barbie
15 Mar 2016, 20:07
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Small Ancistrus species
Replies: 7
Views: 2840

Re: Small Ancistrus species

Eric I have 5 of the L352, I just have to get in and get pictures of them. They came in as contaminants of the LDA08 shipment and I have been attempting to collect enough to get them spawning. I do have two gravid females already, so should have spawns available by the catfish convention, maybe. Th...
by Barbie
07 Mar 2016, 19:04
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: German Super Red Bristlenose Plecos
Replies: 11
Views: 3160

Re: German Super Red Bristlenose Plecos

I'll forward this thread. I have nice super reds, but I'm not as close to you. I could bring a mature male or two to CatCon this fall though, if you don't have luck before.

Barbie
by Barbie
05 Mar 2016, 08:14
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: L305... Guess it is true for 1 of the 3
Replies: 6
Views: 1320

Re: L305... Guess it is true for 1 of the 3

Oh but if only we could just like a post! :-J

Barbie

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