Is beach wood better for collection?
Do you mean beach from the ocean or beach from the lake (sorry about my english i don't even know if you can use the word beach for a lake :oops: )
Anyway if it's from the lake ok but from the sea no because the salt. But i found a lot of larvaes and others ...

I agree with MatsP,i'm using oak wood that i'm taking in the mountain's rivers and sometime chesnut wood. I never use pine or any tree with resin or latex even if the wood seems whashed up by the river; But oak is my favorite, strong wood and the fishes like it. It's also important to boil it even ...

That what I was thinking after having a look in the Catelog, but some pics shows a fish with white spots, that's why I was not sure; also I never saw a l182, it's more difficult to compare....but,I just had a look again and they really look like Barbie's pic of the female!
Thank's for the help ...

Hi everybody
I bought those 2 fishes 2 years ago and I haven't found any description on them . Comparing with the "common" Ancistrus, they are larger,about 15 cm for the biggest, they are dark tan with those small golden spots all over the body,exept on the belly. On the smallest one (probably a ...

Hello everybody
i'm new on this forum but a long time a pleco's fan and reader of Planet Catfish; i'm living in the Southwest of france and i get the luck to have a garden where i just build a fishroom for my plecos .
Actually my fishes are:
P.oligospila, Panaqe maccus, H.zebra,L.heterodon, L ...