I was under the impression the best way to ID Hemiloricaria spp. was by ventral scute patterns/counts, so a shot of its underside might help if you are still unsure.

Having said that, it looks very much like eigenmanni I have kept in the past (or what I believed to be that species).

I have a single specimen of E.guentheri I got for free from an importer as it came in as a "contaminant" with some wild caught kribs, and it looked in such poor condition the supplier was convinced it wouldn't make it. It was around 1" SL when I got it and astonishingly thin. It recovered very ...

In fairness the condition isn't that bad, the eyes still have a healthy bulge, and the split fins will heal rapidly if the water conditions are good.

I have a 850l seabray tank, the quality is really top notch, much better than aquariums have ordered from BOSS.
I think they are located in Essex.

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Mats, you appear to have missed the external that OP is also using, when also considered, the tank has a fairly decent amount of filtration, so this shouldn't be too much of a problem, unless stocking is excessive.
I'd agree that a sand substrate would be best, considering the number ...

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Coral sand is indeed a poor choice for the fish you are keeping, mainly since it will raise the pH and hardness of the water quite significantly, really not ideal for any south American fish such as Loricariids. I suggest you change this as quickly as possible for something inert as far as ...

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Glad to see this thread has fostered some interesting conversation. I have some more questions regarding wood... I have continued collecting recently, and have come across alot of beech, totally dead and unrotted (still very hard), but with fungal spalting inside the wood, see pictures ...

You could have a go using tinypic, you don't need an account like with photobucket, it just uses a captcha system.

Thanks for the replies guys, sounds like I may be being a little overzealous with the baking scrubbing etc. from what you say Mats. Still, I figured since these pieces are all going to be siliconed in to the tank, I had better make sure they won't be a problem

That is a superb beech wood cave you ...

I recently purchased a 800 litre seabray tank (72x30wide x24) at a knock-down price, and am in the process of collecting wood to decorate it. I plan on fixing many branches/roots to the back and side of the tank above the water line. I intend to screw small pieces of slate to the branches using A4 ...

Sp. Rio Ucayali, not L182.

Identical to the ones I raised/bred.

I recently sold a pair I bred a few times, the male never got any more bristles than your individual, relatively "clean shaven" by ancistrus standards.

Looks like Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus, SL = 12" or thereabouts I think.

An amazing story Tofi, you're becoming the pseuda pro!! I can't wait to see the little ones, this has been my fishkeeping fantasy for a long time!

Conrad

Beautiful fish, I've only seen one of these in the last few years, a real "classic" when it comes to plecos.

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Sorry to muddy the waters, but to me these are L152. I was in your exact situation some months back, when I received three Pseudorinelepis sp. L152, mine showed some degree of spotting which led me to wonder whether they might be P.genibarbis instead, but I was informed by several members ...

I'd guess the second one is Ancistrus sp. rio Ucayali, the younger ones are much darker and the spots appear almost silvery, with age they fade out to a dark reddish brown and the spots become less noticeable, also the red tinge on the pectoral hard rays is one identifying feature. I have a breeding ...

I'd say L24 due to the lack of spotting on the head, and the eyes, which in L25 have that hooded appearance. Looks a lot like my guy!

This fish has been bred several times in Europe, it has also been bred by the aquarium at Basel zoo in Switzerland. www.L-welse.com has several spawning reports, though these are in german, here is a link to a translated page on the fish with some picture of juveniles and fry, also find links to ...

I have a tank with a Distichodus sexfasciatus and a D. fasciolatus along with many other bottom dwellers (various Loricariids and corys, an odd mix I know) the Distichodus don't interfere with the bottom dwellers at all, though they are slightly scrappy and territorial when it comes to other mid ...

Hello Richard, I haven't a shot of the little guy, he's still fairly shy, but next time I see him I'll see if I can snap one. I got him for free (!) since he came in as by-catch with some Nanochromis and was literally the thinnest looking fish I've ever seen, the shop didn't know what he was and ...

Beautiful pictures, especially the last, that's a real inspiration for tanks. I'd absolutely love a group of chiloglanis like you have in the 1st pic, or indeed a few more euchilichthys to add to my lone little e.guentheri, very few and far between over here unfortunately.

Verrrry nice, I saw some pantanalensis in the flesh recently, they're beautiful!

I'd say both Panaque nigrolineatus; this fish, in my experience, can change the stripe colour pretty significantly according to age and situation. When exposed and in strong light or stressed they tend to edge towards the brighter stripes, the only other fish No.1 could be is L330, if it has a ...

Hi!!

Really found sad...housing such fish in such small tank...
They are like in Sardines' can.
I shall not encourage anyone to try this.
As a hobbist we are supposed to give the best home for our fish...obviously housing 2 25cm fish in a 60liter tank wouldn't be what I call the best..but ...

Apparently water change routine was two thirds, once a week.

I stumbled upon this Singaporean forum page this evening and figured it may be of interest. The linked page shows pictures of a L25 pair that were successfully spawned in a Japanese fishkeepers aquarium I believe earlier this year, what seems most astonishing about this is that the spawning took ...

It looks like this fish has a small fork of bristles halfway up its snout, this would suggest a male.

Lovely looking little chaps! Looks like their developing really well!

Wow! very very impressive Haavard, a little Hemiancistrus factory you've got there! The fry also seem to be developing well.