I am sorry Janne, I did not think about the repercution of my post. My post was not directed at you in anyway and I have a deep respect for you and what you are doing.
I am just frustrated with the Brazilian government. Every move they make, it's to the detrimental effect of the Rio xingu and it's ...

...I know I am a newbie and naive a bit, but it's how I feel after reading all of these threads on this topic over the few years I have been around.
and yes I did read this
http://www.planetcatfish.com/shanesworld/shanesworld.php?article_id=360&title=Hydroelectric+dam+constructions+in+Amazonas
and ...

I do see at least 1 female and 1 male. The others are kind of hard to tell so I won't even bother to give you a percentage. Also, the picture quality is poor making it harder to tell.

I don't understand. The first pic is a picture of the fry back in January 2006 at probably 7/8 days old.
The second picture is of the same fry (no longer fry), now 2.5 years old taken September 29, 2009.
Oh, I was just saying thanks for your update and clarification. Because if not for your ...

Hi, thanks for sharing the information.
But I was kind of wondering as I read, because it's impossible to tell if a fry is a zebra or Queen when then are 7/8 days old. No distinct pattern will have developed yet (unless they are 2 or 3 weeks older than you though).

Anyway, just a point from my own ...

I've promise my source to remain silent on this topic.
But here is something I can say. You guys shouldn't make a big deal out of the fact that blue eye pleco exsist and are readily available. We don't know how many there are. But one fact I believe is true is that they are more common than you ...

Shane wrote:Larry,
I checked Oliver's page and could not find the fish. ...

Oliver rarely post the fish he has on the site. He mostly deal with email or direct contact and he does not have a problem providing pictures if you are serious about your inquiry.

So are we all back at maybe maybe-not then.

Thanks, guys. So the elusive Panaque suttonorum continues to be ever elusive then.

Hello,

Haven't post here for a long time, but one of my "kind-of" local shipping store have a couple of Panaque suttonorum for sale. They are said to be pickup from Colombia. But I don't think he bought it from the fish exporter as he's been know to make collection expedition to South America ...

You shouldn't keep them together. I find that the L134 are more agressive than than the L046. They will take up better caves and hiding spots and leave the L046 with the less attractable ones. And making the zebra feel safe is one of the keys to zebra pleco breeding.

Yes they do look brownish when stressed or beaten up.
The spots on the body should be really small micro dots.

I can't imagine how a pleco can do that. But I did hear that chinese algae eater do that to fishes like discuss though. Who ever told you this might have mixed it up thinking CAE are plecos.

That's sounds a little bit like a Star light BN pleco. How big are the white dots and how do you know it's a BN pleco? Pleco that small don't have britles.

I guess I'll just settle for my pet L177 Gold Nugget.
Actually I live in a gold rich State where one can pan gold if the fly fishing is off. It's even better across the border into the streams of Idaho. I know people who even make a living doing it here.
That's too bad. But maybe when you get more ...

They look very thin. You might need to feed them some crushed powder food. They are very fragile at this point. Until they are more than 1", it's a struggle and you can lose the whole batch. So you have to keep up the good work. Congrates and good luck.

Hi, did you do the water changes with your first batch as well? I don't know why but even though my test kits says it's 0 ammonia, 0 nitrate and 0 nitrite but the fry still dies. But with frequent water changes, I only get 1 or 2 deaths.
Also, what kind of food do you feed your inspector? I have a ...

Hi, I keep getting IE refresh problem with some of the latest posts. Is it a bug?

Yup, but understand that eventually, your clown loach will out grow your tank and you'll need to get a bigger one. Don't expect your pleco to breed, as the eggs and wriggler will be eaten by the loaches.

Hi,
I've been fairly successful in breeding plecos. I have this nagging question in my head, but have any one notice that it's alot easier to breed pleco in groups of 5 or 6 than it is to breed them as a pair?
They don't even have to be of the same species.
I am just wondering about this is true ...

Wow, er :oops: ... anyway, I don't know how you manage to take these pictures but they are pretty clear shots.
If I was to look at the genital pics, I'd say:
89 mm fish - male
70 mm fish - female
72 mm fish - female
71 mm fish - male
67 mm fish - female
59 mm fish - don't know
60 mm fish - male
50 ...

What would be a sutiable catfish to live in a group of neontetras and harlequin rasboras. What would be a good resistant catfish to live in this community?
PLecos and corydoras don't interact with tetras. Infact they hardly even acknowledge each other's existence. So I don't see any problem with ...

I notice that mine likes to graze on the tank glass for algae and recently I saw it grazing on my piece of driftwood exactly the way my clown pleco are grazing on the wood. This leads me to wonder if it eats wood as part of it's diet as well.
Does anybody have this expereince with their gold nugget ...

zebraplec wrote:...Are they wild?..I doubt it! But how can this seller and why would this seller do a buy it now at only £37.50 per fish I urge people NOT TO BUY without asking questions!

I click this link and it says buy it now is £300.00 ...!
Edit: Oh wait, 300/8 = 37.5 LOL

That's a pretty rediculous price for an Albino BN. Maybe if it was a veil tail BN. An albino veil tail might go for up to $35.
Here in Toronto you can get one for around $6 - $8 at that size. I used to breed the normal BNP. But I stop doing it because I have to break my back changing water just to ...

Wow, what it's absolutely beautiful. It looks like a male too...

ubgone wrote:I've heared that if you breed L46 at home(captivity) then the patterns of the fish will be ugly and distorted...

is it true?

I don't think being captive breed have anything to do with it. Some wild zebras just carries a broken line pattern in their genes.

Sorry, I don't know any German, but I tried to have it translated into English using google. From what I am gathering, it's offsprings looks the same but differ when grown into adults? I think is all so says that it's a good 12 cm bigger than the L046.
Correct me if I am wrong...

I too get a non-working webpage with the Glaser logo. I have tried the link six times over two days...
-Shane
It's something about the scripts that prevents you from hot linking directly to the english site.
Try this:
http://www.aquariumglaser.de/
click "enter"
and then the english flag and it ...

Ooooo :shock: :shock:
I hope all that white in the fins aren't from the flash in the camera, because it seems to match the descriptions of the uber elusive P. suttonorum.
I've seen a real P. cochliodon before. But I have never even seen a picture of the elusive P. suttonorum.
Although I have to ...

Hi Can I ask why the L173 is cataloged in the same page as the L046? To me they are definately different in terms of body patterns and the tail patterns already set them appart.
Just curious ... or was the picture of the L173 inaccurate?