How about a L-14 Goldy pleco?

I really don't think that the high pH will be a problem if you are going planted. I believe that if you add CO2, it will lower the pH (not sure how much though). I have a planted tank and my pH is about 7.8. The biggest question I have is about lighting. You don't say what kind of lamps are being us...

would have been nice if they had spent a bit longer on the species commonly found in aquariums rather than the brief 10 seconds with the angel fish near the end still it was worth watching and recording :D I agree completely. I finally managed to watch it last night, and was dissapointed. I think t...

Here is a pic of the heater guard: http://www.bigalsonline.com/catalog/product.xml?product_id=19269;category_id=2913 It works well. I don't mind switching heaters, its just that I need 5 or 6 of them. If I buy the tronics with the heater guards, I would like to be able to reuse the heater guards in ...

I am in need of a new heater. In the past, I have been going with the Tronic heaters, that have an optional plastic "shell" that keeps the fish from hiding next to the heater (especially plecos). I am finding it nearly impossible to find the 100 Watt version of this heater, and I am beginn...

Why does it have to be a black tee shirt? I much prefer white as they can be worn under better shirts when necessary. I can not wear t-shirts to work. Plus, I don't know about where many of you live, but here, its very hot most of the time, and black shirts don't help.

Clay temperature change will probably not be enough for Hypancistrus, at least IME. You can always collect rainwater, if you can't afford RO or filtered water. I got my first few spawns that way. Barbie Getting RO water is not a problem. How long do you keep the temperature down, and how many degre...

Thanks for the link, that goes into a lot of detail, I'm hoping that I will not have to do that much simulation work. I will be dealing with Hypacistrus (King Tigers, L066), and I am hoping that the temperature change will be enough. That link said that Panaque nigrolineatus has been bred in captivi...

Hello, How do some of you simulate a rainy season? I know that you have to do water changes with cooler water, but how much cooler? Do you also lower the temperature on your heater, or do you allow it to warm up the newly changed water? How often do you change the water with the cool water? Any expe...

Well, I kept going back and forth in my mind as to whether or not to get them, after 2 weeks I went and bought the final 3, for a total of 4. Well see how it goes

sidguppy wrote:that fish was about 7-8" or so, and I was carrying it under my coat and shirt, next to my skin (!) to keep it warm sitting at the tail-end of a motorbike (!) in winter.

You almost won yourself a darwin award there

I do not believe that they have been bred in captivity.

The body of a sailfin, but the coloration of a zebra. Not shy at all, and only could be spawned in the wild or in my aquarium...might as well make some money

IMO: L-014 or Zebra

My father had a 55 gallon when I was about 7. It had some fancy goldfish and a pleco. I loved the pleco because it looked like a shark. It wasn't until about 10 years ago that I even knew about fancy plecos. I'm 30 now.

Hello all, I got a bug in me to attempt breed some exotics. The LFS has a bunch of L066 in stock and I am thinking of getting 5 or 6. I have looked at the pictures in the Catelog, and the sexes seem pretty easy to tell apart when they are mature (unfortunately, these are juvies). Once they are matur...

All of the houses here are old. The one I am thinking of buying is at least 80 years old. I doubt the building codes were the same back then.

Thanks for the star

Any floor with so few joists would have to reenforced before aquariums are set up, but get a second quote as I would never charge $150 dollars a joist and this is what I do for a living. How far apart do you recomend? What is the going rate for a joist? Also, this is not very high level, it is abou...

I've never heard of putting top soil in an aquarium. I assume that this is for a planted aquarium. IME with pond plants, the top soil is too light weight and floats too easily. Did you think about trying clay? However for an aquarium, I just go with flourite mixed with gravel (too expensive for me d...

I am in the process of dealing with a similar situation. I am buying a house that is raised about a foot off the ground (for flooding). I just had the place inspected and talked to the structural engineer about the supporting of my aquarium. Basically, what I am going to end up doing is increasing t...

Here is a pic of my 110 gallon. It has the following catfish (none of which are visable )
1 L-134 Leopard Frog Pleco
1 L-018 Gold Nugget Pleco
2 Albino Ancistrus
approx. 25 Otos

It has been discussed before, I even talked to the author:

http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... ght=#51610

I think that the 2 pictures of the royal swimming in front of the plants are beautiful

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/8404622/

Too big for my 10 gallon

Thanks for the tip. Because of your review, I just went and picked up a copy online. I am looking forward to getting it.

Sorry to hijack the post, but its related. What size cave do people use to spawn these fish. I've done it in the past, and had very low production of viable eggs. Most just got fungus. I thought that maybe they were not getting fertilized. After 2 spawnings, only 1 fry survived. After about a year, ...

Wild was actually refering to the Sailfin Mollies, but as for the pleco, I would just go with a common. I would say to try and get an albino so that you could see it, but it might get eaten by a predator. In addition, I doubt that being in the sun would be very good for it.
Clay

How about Sailfin Mollies? They are found in the wild in Louisiana and Florida, and of course a pleco.

Perhaps you could ask the place where you got the fish what they were feeding it. Was it brought in by a previous owner?

Well, that didn't work! Ad was from "Lotsoffish". Shows a very white L134. Don Well, I've seen that pic, and it looks yellow to me. That is where I got mine from. When I was at his store, he had about 30 of them, and they all appeared yellow/black to me. I was lucky, I got to see all of t...