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by YSR50
26 Jul 2022, 20:18
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Ken's Fish Feed - Experiences?
Replies: 9
Views: 6242

Re: Ken's Fish Feed - Experiences?

I've been feeding Kens stuff for more years than I can remember. I have been paying attention to the ingredients more so over the past few years though. Because I'm lazy, flake/pellet food is my daily feeding, and because I'm cheap Ken's is what they get. That's not to say it's the only thing I feed...
by YSR50
03 Jun 2022, 20:49
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Panda-ish Corydoras, but which one?
Replies: 4
Views: 2074

Re: Panda-ish Corydoras, but which one?

My including CW051 shows how little I know of corys. :YMSIGH: Look like "low quality" white panda mutation of pandas... low quality in terms that the natural colour bleeds in rather than showing true white. This was my thoughts as well. Based only on those two photos, I don't think they're...
by YSR50
25 May 2022, 17:29
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Panda-ish Corydoras, but which one?
Replies: 4
Views: 2074

Panda-ish Corydoras, but which one?

LFS had some tiny corys that they had labeled as "Albino panda Cory cat". Stopped in and they are obviously not albino, but leucistic as expected. I picked up 12+ while trading in some other plecos. When viewing them close up and in pictures once at home they don't appear to be as white as...
by YSR50
29 Mar 2022, 20:32
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L397 Plecos Lacey Act
Replies: 10
Views: 3102

Re: L397 Plecos Lacey Act

That's what confused me. I remember you bringing those in as well as others importing some within the past few years.
by YSR50
22 Mar 2022, 13:55
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L397 Plecos Lacey Act
Replies: 10
Views: 3102

Re: L397 Plecos Lacey Act

AmazonTank wrote: 18 Mar 2022, 23:44 Was reading the Lacey Act and was wondering if it passed how it would effect my L397 pleco breeding project.
I was under the impression they are still banned from import to the USA 🤔
When were L397 banned from import to the USA?
by YSR50
14 Mar 2022, 18:39
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Is this L471 Pleco
Replies: 3
Views: 1990

Re: Is this L471 Pleco

Don't think a picture of the mouth would help in this case. Fish definitely look to be Hypancistrus, the question is are they Contradens, L201, or L471. If I had to guess by that picture, and the descriptions on this site, I would say Hypancistrus contradens About 8 years ago I purchased what I was ...
by YSR50
03 Feb 2022, 13:54
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Fake fish food?
Replies: 8
Views: 4862

Re: Fake fish food?

Is there an expiration date on the bottle from ST? Guessing that is an older version since it is not even shown on Sera's website
by YSR50
13 Dec 2021, 20:16
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: How many of you leave fry with daddy?
Replies: 6
Views: 3425

Re: How many of you leave fry with daddy?

I also would rather have the males do all the work. I'll usually give a new L# or male a few tries at raising fry without getting involved. If things don't work out I'll start pulling the fry or eggs depending on how far along the male keeps up his end. It also depends on the tank and the fish. If t...
by YSR50
15 Jan 2021, 14:41
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L204 breeding project
Replies: 19
Views: 5253

Re: L204 breeding project

and Panaqs, in my experience, are the worst ;-)
by YSR50
13 Jan 2021, 20:14
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L204 breeding project
Replies: 19
Views: 5253

Re: L204 breeding project

Looks good, like Eric said though, wood over the caves and maybe less lighting. You can never have enough wood with these guys. Mine love bamboo caves but they destroy them pretty fast so I don't even bother any more. They also enjoy Alder bark if you're looking for variety. How often are you having...
by YSR50
26 Jul 2020, 00:34
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: Tankmates voor my L201
Replies: 1
Views: 1717

Re: Tankmates voor my L201

I've bred sparkling gourami in the same tank as my L201 breeding group. It's fun to hear them croaking in the fish room.
by YSR50
08 May 2020, 15:49
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Home-made pleco spawning caves
Replies: 188
Views: 100829

Re: Home-made pleco spawning caves

fishguy1978 wrote: 07 May 2020, 21:58 Why drill all the way through? A forstner bit would leave a flat bottom/end. I'm considering doing this same thing except with tree branches.
Easier to remove eggs/fry with a capped end
by YSR50
31 Jul 2019, 04:05
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Travel neglect is a true aphrodisiac
Replies: 10
Views: 3254

Re: Travel neglect is a true aphrodisiac

Sorry, maybe I used the wrong terminology. Was asking if you had any wrigglers in baskets while you were gone, and if so how did you handle them? I almost always have something (L333, L201, BNs, Sterbai...) in baskets/boxes/traps. I keep wood, snails, shrimp, floating plants, and catappa leaves in w...
by YSR50
30 Jul 2019, 19:28
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Travel neglect is a true aphrodisiac
Replies: 10
Views: 3254

Re: Travel neglect is a true aphrodisiac

Did you have any fry in boxes/traps while you were gone? If so, did you do anything special?
by YSR50
05 Jul 2019, 14:25
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Small fish that snack on snails
Replies: 14
Views: 3575

Re: Small fish that snack on snails

I have the same experience as stuby. All but one of my tanks are bare bottom so it's become easier for me to control pond snails in those tanks than dealing with assassin snails. My one tank with substrate is majorly overrun with assassins, which I refer to as zombie snails due to the fact that they...
by YSR50
08 May 2019, 15:51
Forum: All Resolved Issues
Topic: Cannot stay logged in on Mac OS
Replies: 25
Views: 15967

Re: Cannot stay logged in on Mac OS

Are you guys using bookmarks to get to the pages that you are having problems with? I had the same issues when connecting with my bookmarks and realized that they were still connecting using http instead of https. Just something to maybe check. Safari 12.1 auto-submits forms when filling credentials...
by YSR50
03 Apr 2019, 13:38
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: L377 Egg sacks not being consumed ??
Replies: 8
Views: 3543

Re: L377 Egg sacks not being consumed ??

In my experience it is a water quality issue. My L333 tank has wood, Indian Almond Leaves, and plenty of filtration. I also do, what I would consider, sufficient water changes, however, if I don't use about 1/3 RO water I have the same issue with fry not consuming their sacks. Not sure why, but this...
by YSR50
19 Mar 2019, 13:13
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Keeping Bristlenose fries with Adult L316 plecos
Replies: 5
Views: 1613

Re: Keeping Bristlenose fries with Adult L316 plecos

Depending on your feeding habits, jac has a point. I feed a very wide variety of foods to all my Pleco groups. Never had issues with BN in any of my Hypancistrus or Peckoltia breeding tanks.
by YSR50
18 Mar 2019, 13:54
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Keeping Bristlenose fries with Adult L316 plecos
Replies: 5
Views: 1613

Re: Keeping Bristlenose fries with Adult L316 plecos

No problem, I keep young BN in all of my breeder setups. Just know that BN grow quickly and that once they're mature they will start competing for caves.
by YSR50
12 Dec 2018, 13:14
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: And now for something completely different...
Replies: 4
Views: 1409

Re: And now for something completely different...

I was expecting to see a man with two noses or man with three buttocks
by YSR50
22 Oct 2018, 14:30
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L134 Peckoltia Compta spawning footage
Replies: 13
Views: 3381

Re: L134 Peckoltia Compta spawning footage

:-BD Gotta love all the creepy little voyeurs hanging around
by YSR50
29 Aug 2018, 00:36
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Using a human child medicine spoon to capture pleco fry
Replies: 10
Views: 2247

Re: Using a human child medicine spoon to capture pleco fry

I use one of the Marina hang-on traps that circulate tank water thought them... When I began with bristlenose I used to siphon them out using an airline. This worked great. So when I started spawning zebras, I figured of course it would work with them too. Wrong. Bristlenose shoot out the other end...
by YSR50
16 Aug 2018, 20:34
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Looking at breeding some L134 pleco
Replies: 6
Views: 1653

Re: Looking at breeding some L134 pleco

Ideally you would buy from multiple sources. My original group came from 5 different people/stores. I kept 10 in a 55g which is a 4 square foot footprint. 20g long is 2.5 sq foot footprint so I would think you should be okay as long as you provide plenty of caves and the usual. I spent 3 years of tr...
by YSR50
21 Jun 2018, 14:04
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Collecting Bristlenose Morph Breeding Reports
Replies: 7
Views: 1589

Re: Collecting Bristlenose Morph Breeding Reports

The thread was originally posted in the Cory section ;)

Just pulled a second batch from a different Super Red male with the same albino female as above. They're still just wrigglers but all appear to be standard color. I'll update later if things change.
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by YSR50
20 Jun 2018, 15:07
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Collecting Bristlenose Morph Breeding Reports
Replies: 7
Views: 1589

Re: Collecting Bristlenose Morph Breeding Reports

Super Red male and an albino female. All offspring are standard color short fin.

Female was pulled from my BN breeder tank which has a mixture of short and long fin standard and albinos. Even had some 2nd gen (of mine) long fin green dragons in the tank a while back.

https://youtu.be/mncoEfmTfzg

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