I wouldn't be too worried then if it's started feeding! As long as it's started it'll keep on doing it. Just leave it alone a little and keep providing food.

I for one definitely tip-toe and move slowly as I approach my tanks when I want to make sure not to scare my plecs!

In quarantine, you don't have to worry about it being scared of other fishes. With zucchini I don't think you'd have to worry about direct competition, but loricariids can be pretty shy. So in my opinion, yes, it'd be good to keep the fish separate from others, just to be sure. Getting a new loricar...

Definitely not L102. I don't think it's a Hypancistrus either. This looks to be Parancistrus nudiventris , which in my opinion is a really cool fish too! If you can tell, Parancistrus have a wider and rounder snout than Hypancistrus, which typically have pointier snouts. Also, the teeth of Parancist...

It looks like a female Ancistrus but I don't know what species...

Well that's fascinating. I've heard of rasping between loricariids fighting in caves, where one is stuck while the other rasps on it, but I've never heard of baby loricariids doing this to larger ones. Of course, fish mucus and skin cells probably at least have some of the nutrients that loricariids...

I agree with Dave.

How specific do you want to be...? The common bristlenose plec species in the aquarium trade is of unknown species, so we don't know where it comes from either, which means we won't know what exactly it lives with. Which means unless you get a particular known species, you won't be able to get fish ...

...I think it's L191? Main assumption is only off of how commonly L191 is sold as an unspecified Royal Pleco. They are right that this yellow color comes and goes on loricariids rarely and randomly for unknown reasons. See Parancistrus aurantiacus for a species that it happens more often in. We've h...

Thanks HH.

I'd appreciate a copy as well. Thanks!

EDIT: Thanks for the PDF HH!

You're in the general area of That Fish Place in Lancaster, PA. They may have them for sale, they generally have a decent loricariid selection for a brick-and-mortar fish shop.

I've never bred them, but I wouldn't imagine them to be much more difficult than the typical Hypancistrus. I think Snookn21 has these guys from time to time, so just keep checking Aquabid to see.

Jools wrote:Mind if I merge this with the main BMD thread?

Jools

Not at all! I was having trouble finding it.

http://news.mongabay.com/2013/1029-belo ... ended.html

We've seen dam construction halt before, but it's news.

Jools wrote:

Silurus wrote:Impossible to tell from photos like that. And it's spelled cochinchinensis.

Is there a particular shot or detail that would help with ID?

Jools

Scanning HH's paper, it looks like the major diagnostic character is the large genital papilla.

Definitely not inspector... Could be L201 or H. lunaorum to me.

As far as I know, adults will leave fry alone. However, it's possible juveniles may compete with smaller juveniles and fry for space. I don't think they cannibalize each other.

Many loricariids do well with current. Green phantoms are not easy to breed though, you can count the number of captive spawning cases with your fingers. Hypancistrus species like flow though, so they may be a good option.

BTW, this paper is about Pterygoplichthys, so relevant to catfishes. http://rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/280/1769/20131520.short Invasive aquarium fish transform ecosystem nutrient dynamics Krista A. Capps and Alexander S. Flecker Abstract Trade of ornamental aquatic species is a multi-bi...

To get wood cats you will primarily be looking in wood and trying to get them out. Which of course is a bit of a challenge. I have also heard that they are attracted to the insects that are attracted to light, so if you can get yourself out at night to do that you may have some success. I haven't co...

I'm not reading all the discussion above now but there's some scientific writing on this topic.

http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/20 ... 123719.htm

Paper: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1 ... 0/abstract

Isn't the guy with the shorter nose a Scobinancistrus?

Looks like .

Thanks. That's what I was thinking but what threw me off was seeing fish labeled H. contradens in a lfs the other day and the tails where different then mine. The ones I saw had streamers coming off the top and bottom of the tails like an angelfish or something. I don't see those in any of mine. Th...

Silurus wrote:

Suckermouth wrote:Is there going to be an English version of that website?

Isn't the website bilingual?

So it is... Whoops!

I hope you fix that glaring "Pseudacanticus" typo. Is there going to be an English version of that website? Shipping to America?

Thanks for the PDF!

I'd appreciate a copy as well, thanks!

Looks pretty sharp! Needs some more of my taxa so I can use their images in my talks...

That icon is horrifying, lol.