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it is 5 years old, i want to know what type of pleco this is, and if its worth buying... basically, 5 years .. is it stunted?

Hi Guys needing feedback. currently, my L190 is eating jbl novo pleco and hikari algae wafers and PLENTY of wood hence the saw dust that is always present in the mornings after a good feed and poo:D anyways, today i noticed, it will skim the bottom and pick up anything food like, fragments of sinkin...

i found a combo of crush coral and oyster is working extremely well for me.

literally, if the ph starts to come down a few 0.01 points, i would just put a pinch of oyster shell, it works very quickly. and slowly and gently brings it up.

Ok, i had a big colony of royals. suddenly they started dy ing off, one of them started to get convulsions. Later i discovered that my arowana started to get chipped scales, indication of ph issues. I was annoyed at myself that i did not keep an eye on the oyster shell that buffers my water, later d...

i am thinking of setting up a tank with a juwel plastic background i read that plastic plants can kill royal panaques. is this the same case with Juwel 3d plastic backgrounds? or is it safe? My theory is, they will rasp wood and food more so than a plastic wall. i dont want them eating the plastic a...

but apprently you can get different types just out of curiousity, wondering if these are different types of l190s/royals 1 http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q163/henwardphotos/20120730_071157.jpg 2 http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q163/henwardphotos/20120730_070808.jpg 3 http://i136.photobucket.c...

Funny how they are different

i have one with seemingly double the amount of stripes on it, really thin stripes too. one thats very green.
i have one thats got very thick lines.

but that one with the big gaps look awesome!

yeah, thats ok, by then i will have a 1200litre tank all to themselves as bottom dwellers. more for the next year or two.

david you stirrer... i already texted greg today dreaming of a new tank.... shall i say... Planning:D for a new tank!!

pics will do no good, the tank is really an abyss right now - the 6 in there are difficult to see lol

Ok, i am thinking of dedicating my 5 foot tank tank measurements: 150cm x 70cm width x 60cm h I have 6 L190 (largest is 15cm, smallest is 7cm) the others are a 10cm to 12 cm range. 1x L191 15cm (possible) another 25cm L190 possible. wood surface area is not an issue, water quality is not an issue, f...

http://www.thatpetplace.com/algae-wafers-3oz http://www.thatpetplace.com/sinking-cichlid-excel-pellets-mini-12oz here are the 2 ingredients list wiht the 2 pellets, both are based on formulations for vegetarian fish. Main difference is that algae wafers as 5% fibre and the other has 3% fibre. jus wo...

they like hikari, seems to stir them up when they smell it.

i am considering courgettes/zuchinni but scared lol
peas, may try, do you cook peas first?

i tried carrots too but they didnt touch it. they attacked courgette and sweet potato. but im happy using courgette. i am just weary i get that bloat thing again. but like you said, it obviously isnt courgette as you all feed it. do the royals eat the white fleshy part or just the green casing? how ...

so even courgette, just blanched?
is the blanching for hygiene or ease of digestion?

i am thinking of trying courgette again.

haent tried courgette with my royals yet, i was scared cos of my experience last time. but i may try again. i fed hikari pellets over night, and their bellies look back to normal again flat and gently rounded. i think i was just being paranoid. isaw them feeding under my mooin light after lights out...

any reason why right after i feed sweet potato, 2 of my plecs get bloat and die 4 days later?
i fed them courgette 3 days before sweet potato.

also, a few months back, i tried feeding courgette and sweet potato (raw) the plecos immediately were attracted to it, loved it. but after feeding sweet potato, i found that my blue phantom and large polka dot pleco got the bload. i fed sweet potato after courgette, no way of me telling which caused...

ok, who here feeds hikari algae waers to royals as a staple? i am thinking of feeding hikari wafers as a staple. i usually stick to hikari, my favourite fish food brand, never let me down before. but recently, seeing that royals need wood, i figured, JBL novel plec containing wood fibre might be goo...

Its with a sailfin, blue phantom, cactus pleco, sunshine and large to small clown loaches. at night,t he clown loaches sleep and dont feed, i notice during my moonlight hours (there is a moon light on the tank) they are more active. bu they seem to have gone off the jbl. i put hikari today, and they...

yes i think forcing them to change natural habits is not a good idea.
i am going back to night feeds as well as morning feeds.

as for ph, the ph is around 7 to 7.2
is this too low?

i recently been feeding my royals at night, last few days, i switched to day time feeds. they dotn seem to come out much, only a couple. their stomachs are usually full and rounded, but today, they are quite 'deflated' and not a nice round bump. probably indicating they are not eating in the middle ...

funny, my tank is a 1200litre. the royals tend to have so much 'wood space' that i never see them compete for space. they are pretty chilled out, may change when bigger but we shall see, i dont foresee a problem. i am interested to know who will grow fastest. weird too, the largest one, i believe is...

I currentl have 6 L190 in one tank. Hoping for a good sized colony, maybe 8 to 10 eventually. (there are also other plecos in the same tank) with the 6, i find that apart from their usual wood eating, some eat more than others, their belly is a nice rounded filled look. but some eat way more than ot...

Just wondering, generally speaking. growth pattern of 190 and 191. i have 6 royal 190 in differernt sizes, i swear that the smallest had a good spurt of growth. but i thought 190s dont grow like that, but generally a creeping growth rate? just any feedback is good, growth patter. also, 191 pattern s...

is this ok

My tank is 1200Litres. I also have extreme filtration and a wc regime of 120% to 150% a week. depending how much i feed and weather. During summer i feed more and pump the change up to boost growth and maximise warm weather vs heater expense. but winter is coming (not from game of thrones winter) so...

mmm
interesting!

In terms of water quality. I can feed steak to my fish and it wont matter. My filtration is massive and my water change system is automatic and it currently does an average of 120% weekly, during extremely heavy feeds, i do 140% this is done over a 24 hours period wtih a timer and switch in a automa...

Mine has reached full size in less than 14 months!! they grow rapidly, mainly carnivore but will eat anything. I feed a combo of algae wafers and jbl novo pleco. algae wafers are actually only 3% fibre and largely meat protein. jbl is extremely majority vege protein. they grow very fast, not shy at ...