Hi,

I'm in need of any information at all on this pleco, L362. If anyone could point me to any online pictures of it, or even a written description comparing it to other Scobinancistrus spp. would be of great help.

I have NO idea what it looks like and it's shown up on an importer's list (along ...

Those L333's can be really hardy tankmates. I have a single one, very small, 1.5-2" in a 125g with some large S. & C. American Cichlids. He's been in there well over a year by now I reckon and can go toe to toe with the red devil, well okay, not quite, but the size disparity makes all the cichlids ...

Nice looking! Hope it enjoys the new home.

They can be pretty nasty to other tankmates, but just as nasty as any other threatened pleco I've found. I'd actually compare their aggression level to a sedate royal pleco (at least mine are quite forthright in manner when they want), but the A. adonis has much more of a penchant for moving around ...

On all the goldies I've seen, comparing the size of the cheek bristles is the easiest. Also, the front pectoral fin borders (towards the head when looking down on the fish) are "hairy/spiny" on the L014 males I've seen, enough that it's noticeable without looking too hard.

The other ...

Hi,

I'm in the LA area for about a week for business reasons and it'd be great to see any stores that people recommend for whatever reason, oddballs, plecos, cichlids, etc.

Please reply here, email me so I can do some serious fish browsing.

If you go to a garden center and purchase those Jiffy peat pellets in compressed disk form. They are quite economical, a few dollars for a package of 10 or 25 or several cents for just one. If you need to change your water chemistry give those a try.

Hi. I would try adding some Epsom Salt (MgSO4) found in the drugstore used as a bath salt or a laxative. It will reduce swelling. You can dose at 1 tbsp. per 5-10 gallons. I'd dose for at the low range and observe for a couple hours and then increase it to the high range.
I haven't noticed MgSO4 ...

Some people dislike the bristles on bristlenose pleco's, but if that's the reason you don't like them you can get a female BN that will have none of those marks or very small ones depending on spp. If you think the coloration of BN's you see in the store is drab, I beg to differ. :) But, personal ...

I haven't seen heater burns, but I've seen the effects of bacterial infection on some of my pleco's and the outside of their skin is a white color with the skin still intact. A treatment with flagyl always made it disappear. I used to work in one of the chain petstores and we'd get around 100 common ...

Hey, that's a great price especially since it's off season. Are they L-45's or L-46's? Could you let me (and others here) the source for your zebra. The name of the store and # and email if possible. I'd snatch up the rest if they have any left. Been wanting to do a biotype tank based around zebra's ...

Zuccini is also known as courgette in Britian which may or may not help you find it. You can probably easily come across eggplant and I would see how your pleco's take to it, might take a few tries before their discover it. Any of your types of asian lettuce will also be appreciated by pleco's ...