Should I get l178?

All posts regarding the care and breeding of these catfishes from South America.
Post Reply
yayfish24
Posts: 184
Joined: 13 Aug 2011, 20:34
My cats species list: 2 (i:0, k:0)
Location 2: lancaster pa

Should I get l178?

Post by yayfish24 »

There's a bunch of these at my LFS. I'm really tempted to get a few. I've never seen any lasiancistrus in my area. Can anyone give me some more details about the species?
User avatar
Jools
Expert
Posts: 15993
Joined: 30 Dec 2002, 15:25
My articles: 197
My images: 941
My catfish: 238
My cats species list: 87 (i:13, k:1)
My BLogs: 7 (i:7, p:202)
My Wishlist: 23
Spotted: 447
Location 1: Middle Earth,
Location 2: Scotland
Interests: All things aquatic, Sci-Fi, photography and travel. Oh, and beer.
Contact:

Re: Should I get l178?

Post by Jools »

Yes, great fun fish.

Jools
yayfish24
Posts: 184
Joined: 13 Aug 2011, 20:34
My cats species list: 2 (i:0, k:0)
Location 2: lancaster pa

Re: Should I get l178?

Post by yayfish24 »

How should their tank be setup? I'll probably quarantine them for a few weeks in my 20 gallon then move them to a 65. What temperature do they prefer? There wasn't much on the cat-elog for them.
User avatar
Jools
Expert
Posts: 15993
Joined: 30 Dec 2002, 15:25
My articles: 197
My images: 941
My catfish: 238
My cats species list: 87 (i:13, k:1)
My BLogs: 7 (i:7, p:202)
My Wishlist: 23
Spotted: 447
Location 1: Middle Earth,
Location 2: Scotland
Interests: All things aquatic, Sci-Fi, photography and travel. Oh, and beer.
Contact:

Re: Should I get l178?

Post by Jools »

Warm water, well oxygenated, use rounded stones and don't bother with plants. It's fairly omnivorous but should be offered a fair bit of veg in its diet. A group is nice, they're not too territorial, but make sure they all have lots of hiding places in rocks.

Jools
Post Reply

Return to “South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)”