Its the one on the right I wanted ID'd and I think you are right about it being an L052, and if I can ever manage to get it out from under the mopani wood I will take a better photo but its taken nearly a month for me to settle it enough to get to that part of the tank.

Stuart.

PS. I did include a ...

I bought this fish at my LFS about a month ago after searching for nearly 3 months for anywhere that had ancistrus in stock that were big enough to sex to replace my female. I was told at the time that it was one that got put in a larger tank with other fish and "forgotten" and I didn't get a really ...

99% sure, I picked him up from Fishey Business in Portslade and they are very good about confirming the species and L number.

Can anyone advise what sort of age a Pterygoplichthys gibbiceps should start developing the colour in its fins, as mine is approx 4-5 months old, doing very well but I cant see any red colour coming?

I will post a picture later for reference, once it wakes up and comes out from under the rocks.

From raising about 150 bristlenose fry I would try the following

1. Try feeding slices of courgette (no need to blanch) both on the side of the tank and weighted on the bottom
2. Watch your ammonia levels like a hawk, as with fry having two interests in life (eat and sh*t) the ammonia can get very ...

Could anyone give me an idiots guide to sexing the 2 dwarf clown plec's I have?

Sorry I cant, I fished it out dead around 11pm last night, looks like it died from its wounds from fighting the plec as there was definite signs of plec bite marks on it.

Don't know, its too young to sex at the moment and seems pretty placid round the other plec's especially the dwarf clown plec's, plus I have had 5 pearl danios go missing which I suspect is the larger upside down catfish which since I put it in the cichlid tank the fish vanishing overnight has ...

I am positive its not heater burn as the back of the heater (300W Rena Smart Heater) is the exclusive territory of my L204 "Flash" Plec and that heater is built specifically to stop heater burn happening and I lost another juvenile ancistrus about a week or so back that I found with exactly the same ...

Can anyone offer any advice, I just pulled out one of my Juvenile Ancistrus from my community tank and placed it in my ancistrus fry tank, its very badly injured, its missing its scales from just behind its eyes right the way back to its dorsal fin and its dorsal fin is in tatters,

I have had a few ...

Just getting back to this (late) apologies, the real world has been keeping me offline.

Just to update, some of the eggs hatched much to my surprise and I have 6 fry in total swimming around my 70L tank.

Its unexpected, I trying to keep the male and the female separate after having to find homes for 60+ baby plecs as I was getting ammonia problems with the 70L tank the fry were in, but I was in the middle of moving the fish around as my 260L tank finally finished cycling so I moved the community ...

Can anyone advise on this, my female ancistrus spawned in the middle of my community tank, I managed to get some of the eggs in a net before the catfish decended and luckily I had a spare tank and while I was doing that I saw my female climb the side of the community tank and then drop stone dead ...

Thanks, the one the dealer is advertising "wild caught" is one from the Orinoco basin, thanks for your help and I trust you understand why I was checking up.

Can anyone point me at the import / export ban list for hypancistrus as I was going to order some tank bred pleco's from a breeder but noticed they have wild caught pleco's on their website and I wanted to check the ban list first as I am reluctant to order from someone that may be flouting the ...

Thanks a lot for your help

Bev, my friend managed to get some better photos after I left which are below

A friend of mine has been trying to id the Sailfin Pleco she bought and asked me to help, however after spending a few hours going through the catalogue and web pages I am totally stumped.

Can anyone id the plec below? apologies for the bad photo, its a bit camera shy and the bow front on my ...

Well I tried blanching last night, not a lot of joy as I had to guess the blanching times so I put 2 pieces in one blanched for 2 minutes and one for 4 minutes, no signs of munch marks but the BN's are taking an interest in the one blanched for 4 minutes so I am going to try blanching a bit longer ...

Does anyone know a UK Brand of Silicone Lubricant thats aquarium safe as I need to lubricate the "O" rings on the external UV Filter prior to fitting and as its a item thats an annual change with the UV bulb I wanted to get the right stuff?

Currently trying the Sweet Potato, with much success I put it in raw yesterday, so I am going to try a blanched slice later and I called a friend who is going to bring me one of the branches he needs to prune off his apple to tree to try that.

Water in the other tank has cleared, after 2 doses of ...

Took your advice and added 25kg of Kiln Dried Block Paving sand, but it was "Brett" not Hanson as that was the only brand the builders merchant stocked, one question I rinsed it well and left it it a bucket overnight with water trickling through it but the tank water right now is pretty murky ...

Will give sweet potato a try, as I have to go past the supermarket this morning.

Matt

Is that sand US or UK brands as I have a builders merchant across the road?

One other question springs to mind, once I move all my fish into the 260l tank, I plan to swap over the 125L tank I have to run Malawi cichlids as I promised Martin before he died that I would look after his fish (though they are currently in my community tank as I put them in a separate tank and ...

Matt

Thanks read your article and I am trying a slice of courgette in the tank at the moment on the screwcumber in the place the little chap likes to hide so I might see munch marks on it in the morning, I also have left a voice mail for a friend who I think is due to give his apple tree its winter ...

I need some advice, I bought a L204 "Flash" pleco last week and all the data sheets say that vegetables are a favourite of them, I always keep a slice of courgette (zuchini) in the tank on a feeding frenzy clip which this little guy has ignored but he has been munching the mopani wood and I saw him ...

I got told a slightly different way the other night which is to anticipate where the male plec is going to dash to put in a pint glass with the open end where he can get in, when he goes in you put the net over the glass and lift out, its supposed to work well with corydora's too given that they can ...

Thanks, I finally extracted the male last night after a 25 minute struggle in a 28 litre tank, next time I am adding an extra cave into the tank waiting until he goes in and then putting my hand over the entrance.........though the female was glad to see him, when he finally stopped sulking she was ...

Can anyone tell me when I should remove the male Ancistrous, the eggs hatched over the weekend and I figure I have at least 4 fry possibly upto 10 but they are hard to find as they are hiding in corners of the tank and especially between the heater guard and the heater.