Hello Everyone, I was interested in putting a "moonlight" system into my 20 gallon L pleco tank. I already know what system I am going to purchase, the only question is which color lights are best for drawing out the fish? I know the blue moon light systems look relatively natural, but I r...

thanks for the info guys.. i am still trying to get my L129's to eat them. they do some nights, then others they dont. Hypancistrus I wouldn't expect show that much interest in veggies. -- Mats Ok, I am ordering some specialty meat/spirulia(sorry that was spelt wrong) wafers for them in the next co...

thanks for the info guys.. i am still trying to get my L129's to eat them. they do some nights, then others they dont.

Ok, those plants look nice in yahoo image search. I will use my riccia because I have plenty of it.

thanks again for your info,


btw, what is your avatar?

What type of surface plants did you use? I currently have riccia,duckweed, and antler ferns as my surface plants (not to mention cabomba that has taken over the tank lol.)

I just wanted to update, my otos were eating raw zuc. last night, others still not noticably eating the veggies. And do not blanch yellow squash and put it in there, it falls appart within 3 hours (did in my tank atleast.) Also tried the egg white and other foods on the rock, but i dont believe i di...

I have tried yellow squash and zuchinni ( I know that was spelt wrong). I have omnivorus plecos(according to this website.) L129's & L201's. That is good to hear about the blanching, cause I am sick of cooking (21 years old and have already been an executive chef.) I will post pics later tonight...

That fish is extremely beautiful! You are extremely lucky! (they go for $60 for a 2" fish around here)

-NV

Hello, I have been having problems with blanching my veggies. For some reason, none of my fish will touch them, which suprised me because I thought for sure that the oto cats would latch on. I was wondering how to "properly" blanch them. How long in the water then what other steps should b...

Its good to hear your L239 is doing good!

I just had a question about the eggwhite/food on a rock. How do you let it harden? Do you bake it, let it sit in room temperature, let it sit outside, how does it work?

Like I said, it is good to hear you were able to save him!

-NV

gah! LFS has the paraotos for 9.99 or 3/25.. don't know if I would want them or the cent. perugiaes instead...

Hello, My 4x L201's are doing great and are getting fat. I was just wondering what I should feed them specifically so that I know they are getting the food and eating it too. I have never seen them eat, but they have gained some mass since I got them. So in otherwords, what types of foods should I s...

You really think so? I thought his looked more "pleco" like than mine, the whole body shape seems different, let alone the dark black color.

If so maybe I can get it from him for my female lol.

This is my friends fish, he says it is a pitbull pleco, I dont think so.

http://www.cichlids.com/pictures/pic/Pitbull_pleco.html

please help us out!

NV

I had pretty much the same experience with otos and corys breeding. My otos (were 4) just started to wiggle and stick around eachother alot more. I had 3 fry that were all eaten, and now I am with just a pair. Apistomaster, I have that exact type of paraoto in my tank. Mine is a female, she needs a ...

Hmm, that annoys me because I was just reading in a book that I took back to the library that that is their primary location.. back to looking through that website. Thanks for that link, very helpful. Oh and yes, just wanted to know what corys come from the same biotope area that the 201's come from.

Thank you so much for the sexing. Now I need to find her a male =P

Thanks to everyone who tried to help with everything!!

Hello, I am setting up my 20 gallon L (30x12x12) tank for a small Oriconos biotope tank for catfish. My tank is to house my L 201's and I was hoping to do some Cent. perugiae, but i don't remember if they were from there. Some of the other possible inhabitants I was thinking would be Microglanis ihe...

Thanks for that info. I hope that I can find some soon. Went to my lfs and they said that they have rarely if ever seen them on the list. =(

Thanks everyone for the nice welcome. I have a quick question for you guys. I cannot find this fish (it is posted under the wanted section too) on any order forms anywhere. I was wondering if it is a seasonal fish or if people just don't keep them that often? I really would love to get some, but see...

This is my 20 gal L N.A. Native tank (currently holding my plecos until the pleco tank is done and I can move too lol) http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s47/brackish_nut/104_3990.jpg http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s47/brackish_nut/104_4008.jpg before the plants were added: http://i149.photobuck...

thanks so much, I looked through those pictures and it almost looked like a timeline of his life. He started out living in a Lake Tang tank, then moved to a planted SA tank and now is in my native US tank. any Idea of the sex?

This is my pleco I do not know what it is. I have had him for 3 years and is only 2.5" Let me know what you think! http://i149.photobucket.com/albums/s47/brackish_nut/may_2008_02.jpg and here is a link to a better facial view: http://www.cichlids.com/uploads/tx_usercichlids/4215____file_01_102_...

Hello, I am a college student in S.E. Wisconsin and have been keeping fish for many years (since I can remember.) I am currently trying to finish my SA catfish tank (20 gal L). I have bred a species of banjo catfish, common plecos, bumblebee catfish (SA type) and madtoms. My current catfish list con...