These were sold to me as sturisoma festivum. I'm not sure, because of the long (up to 20cm) tendrils on the tail fin, and tendrils on the pectoral fins (up to 5cm). I can't seem to unmistakably identify them on the internet, nor have i seen them being sold in stores with the tendrils. The previous o...

I didn't know i've had tiny L071/L181 fry since a few day's ago, when i was removing the excess plants. Here you can read some more info, i honestly didn't expect them to breed already. b-) http://www.ag-it.nl/aq/20130615_163753.jpg http://www.ag-it.nl/aq/20130615_164403.jpg Because of this 'acciden...

He has the most common gibbiceps, the one with the giraffe texture. They aren't hiding and seem pretty relaxed, and are competing for food with the cichlids, which they obviously win. They look a bit like the L165, which is the most common in the lfs around here. It's strange that one was bought pre...

Is there a list of diseases/symptoms on PlanetCatfish? I'm glad viraemia is a carp only disease, because my fish had all the symptoms, and it is very contagious with no known remedy. My younger brother has a Malawi cichlid aquarium and is holding gibbiceps in there as well, i told him the ultra hard...

Meh i just watched it taking it's last gasp of water in. :YMSIGH: The NO3 test was between 25 and 50 mg, but i lost the bet anyway because the fish is dead now. I did everything i could to save this one, but it didn't help a bit in the end. After my previous post i've boiled about 10l of rain water ...

I'm not a chemistry newb, i've studied environmentalism. I don't feel like quoting from my books or looking up on sources either, but i can tell you, pH/KH Minus isn't raising the gh because it doesn't have minerals in it (that would be in conflict with the product name wouldn't it?). I've tested th...

I live in Holland and the supermarkets aren't that super, they are closed half of the day. Even the water sold has a gh of 7, which isn't super either. I do have pH/KH Minus of Tetra, but it only acidify's the water. And btw; oak leaves, alder cones etc to help lower the pH and make the water brown ...

Bont overstock- please do not throw the Fredcochui boehlkea in the toilet. give them away. That's what i said, and now i have them... Great huh? They are pretty blue-violetish tough. Do you want them? :P Ok everyone is saying i need to change water more often.. I'll do that, but i've chosen the oth...

OK it's a bet! haha i'll have to buy the test first thing in the morning tomorrow, it's 22:55 here now. Yeah the list looks crowded, but i hardly see the kuhlii's and ghost catfishes. And they're all distributed in the water layers pretty well. There is an abundance of hiding spots, and the only pro...

Hemigrammus erythrozonus x 10 shy/peacefull Fredcochui boehlkea x 5 hyperactive/peaceful Gaint Pangio kuhli x 8 creeping around Kryptopterus bicirhis x 7 hiding in the dark And the 3 L183's, of which one is adult. Oh and the 4 Caridina japonica cruising like a boss. I'm trying to find a new home for...

This fish behaves like this since i've bought it, and that was 2 day's ago. Other fish don't notice the L183 at all, the indian kuhlii's are the only fish it has physical contact with and they swim right past it and both don't seem to care. Even the fully grown L183 ignores it. If you think this fis...

1. Water parameters Temerature range: between 25 and 27 degrees celcius. pH: 6,5 gh: 7 kh: 5 or 6 Nitrite: 0 Water change frequency: Every month 1/4th 2. Tank set up Size: 70 Litres Substrate: Sand Filtration: Biologically, eheim 2211 Furnishings: Everything a pleco could dream of Other tank mates: ...

oh and one of my ghost catfishes suffers from a stress involved narcolepsy, and he 'sleeps' for 15 minutes or so. Usually happens when he's spooked by me or bumping into another fish and he'll totally freak out and then goes KO. Hmmm, which came first, the fainting goat or the fainting catfish? Loo...

oh and one of my ghost catfishes suffers from a stress involved narcolepsy, and he 'sleeps' for 15 minutes or so. Usually happens when he's spooked by me or bumping into another fish and he'll totally freak out and then goes KO.

7MksOgMw9js If anyone could tell me what they are doing... It sure looks violent and one of them already has an (already healing) infection. This happens usually after feeding time, after they've had enough. My aquarium water stats; temperature 24*C ph; 6,5 - 7,5 gH; 8 - 9 80 litres, 1 x 15w lamp, ...

I broke the quick picker i think... Cat-elog : Know your nomenclature? Use the quick picker (Reset) : Family: Siluridae Genus: Kryptopterus Click on an image to view that species: Fatal error: Call to undefined function format_img() in /home/webcat/planetcatfish.com/includes/old_functions/clog_displ...

Thanks for all your responses! I've visited a large tropical fish dealer and they have a big variety of L's and most of them are smaller, usually half the size of the one I've got, and those clearly have male tentacles already. And I'm not going to catch her Barbie :)) , it's way to hard, and stress...

hmmm it could be, i only have him for a month now, and since a week or two he's out in the light. And i insisted getting the smallest one in the shop, with 10 other L183's in a 40 litre tank

But will the markings go away?

This is the loricariidae ancistrus dolichopterus (L183 for short) i've bought; http://www.planetcatfish.com/images/mid/_my_cats/grimfilth/loricariidae_ancistrus_dolichopterus/28338.jpg (click for brighter/bigger picture) Can anyone tell me if the cloud like brighter marks are permanent? They don't s...