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by Steen
29 Nov 2010, 21:19
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Pleco from YouTube.
Replies: 11
Views: 3108

Re: Pleco from YouTube.

According to this http://www.l-welse.com/reviewpost/showp ... 379/cat/36 it's a onetimer.
I wish it was in one of my tanks ....
by Steen
24 Nov 2010, 11:05
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Best algae wafer??
Replies: 38
Views: 13487

Re: Best algae wafer??

Tropical Algae Wafers http://www.tropical.com.pl/green-algae-wafers,d115,0,en.html Protein min.34% Fat min. 6% Fibre max 5% Minerals max 10% Moisture max 8% Spirulina algae, marine algae, spinach, alfalfa, wheat germ, herbs, soya protein, grains and grain products, tree bark and lignite meal, fish ...
by Steen
23 Nov 2010, 13:55
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Good Fish Shops, L-breeders, resellers in Copenhagen,Denmark
Replies: 12
Views: 3692

Re: Good Fish Shops, L-breeders, resellers in Copenhagen,Den

There is a stocklist from Neonfisken available online: http://neonfisken.dk/index.asp?ArtId=69 ... Menu=13711 where L-cats are included in "sugemaller"
by Steen
28 May 2010, 09:46
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Pseudacanthicus Tips 'n' Tricks
Replies: 13
Views: 3485

Re: Pseudacanthicus Tips 'n' Tricks

I have a single L114 also, around 18 cm http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=29183 , and at feeding time she's the boss at the lower levels in the tank. Companions are similar sized Clowns and Synodontis eupterus and some Archocentrus cichlids. I wouldn't fear that your beauty ...
by Steen
24 Feb 2010, 20:54
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L114 Male or Female?
Replies: 5
Views: 1468

Re: L114 Male or Female?

Well, thanks Barbie I agree that ...she... looks beautiful :) , a little bad tempered around feeding time but that is Ok. Next plan must be to get her a male and hope that 530 l will suffice.
by Steen
21 Feb 2010, 21:21
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L114 Male or Female?
Replies: 5
Views: 1468

Re: L114 Male or Female?

Well so far it seems that we agree that it is a possible female :)
Mats, it's around 16-18 cm TL.
by Steen
21 Feb 2010, 12:26
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L114 Male or Female?
Replies: 5
Views: 1468

L114 Male or Female?

Hi I have had this Pseudacanthicus cf. leopardus for some years, bought in 2004 as a youngster DSCF0011 (800 x 600).jpg and it have got some size, 16-18 cm TL, now I am wondering if it is a male or a female CPO L114 044 (800 x 600).jpg I have no shots from above. Is it possible to say anything regar...
by Steen
29 Jun 2007, 21:02
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: plecos and sponge filters
Replies: 13
Views: 3680

I use sponge in all my tanks and haven't had any problems, but I can see some chewing signs :P on the sponge in a tank with Panaque sp. l204. No health problems yet, i hope that ingested materials come out again the natural way 8) http://akvariesiden.dk/galleri_ny/uploads/707_8754333.jpg Might be di...
by Steen
11 Dec 2006, 13:59
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: L182?
Replies: 4
Views: 1263

Hi
This is (what i have bought as)my L182, its aprox 6 cm
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/albu ... pic_id=760
..i guess it's a little different than yours ?

Ok I'm not good at adding a picture...

[Mod edit: remove img-tags as they aren't helping here...]

greeting
Steen
by Steen
26 Mar 2006, 12:20
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: ID, help needed
Replies: 5
Views: 2080

Well seems to be a Otocinclus sp. (closest to sp. 2).
Nice little fish.

thanks again
Steen
by Steen
24 Mar 2006, 19:06
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: ID, help needed
Replies: 5
Views: 2080

ID, help needed

Hi

I'm trying to help a user on a danish forum with this little fella:

http://www.akvariesiden.dk/galleri_ny/s ... 196259.jpg

It's app 4.5 cm and bought as a snowball. I was thinking of maybe a Otocinclus sp. or similar?

thanks
Steen
by Steen
23 Aug 2004, 22:40
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: sexying L204
Replies: 20
Views: 4543

Sorry to show my L204 again but on this pic. you can se the spines/hairs, mentioned earlyer by Kevin, on the back of the fish.
Just delete the pic's if to spacy..
Image
Steen
by Steen
23 Aug 2004, 22:06
Forum: African Catfishes
Topic: Shipping large Synos
Replies: 5
Views: 1214

Well I don't remember exactly how thich the bags were, probably some of those with "round corners" that I have got some fish in from a LFS. Not much help I guess :( I live close to the fish-shop who got the fish so it did survive. http://www.megapixel.dk/vis/billede/207430/3//S_eup_2.JPG T...
by Steen
23 Aug 2004, 18:51
Forum: African Catfishes
Topic: Shipping large Synos
Replies: 5
Views: 1214

I had a 5-6 inch' S.eupterus puncturing a double plastic bag so don't use that!! Go for something more solid.
Steen
by Steen
20 Aug 2004, 23:24
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: How to feed my Leopard Cactus Pleco
Replies: 5
Views: 1662

Hi
I have had this little fella around half a year and I see "him" nearly every time i feed so just be patient. Here he is eating a carnivore pellet but he like red mosqito larvae (and other frozen stuff) even more..
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Steen
by Steen
20 Aug 2004, 23:03
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: sexying L204
Replies: 20
Views: 4543

HI
I guess you have to be patient and wait for your fish to grow to a bigger size. This is one of my L204 and i think it's a male. Check the cheeks
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Steen
by Steen
08 Apr 2004, 23:14
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Pleco playing dead?
Replies: 7
Views: 1828

...and my Baryancistrus does the same. I was a little worried the first time but I guess they just doesn't mind resting at their back's..
by Steen
04 Apr 2004, 21:59
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: p.vittata(juvenile) or p.maccus??? help!!
Replies: 9
Views: 1878

Hi
..is it still P. maccus?? I see in the new DATZ L-nummerm, (L162) a much darker fish than the other ones I have seen, but is it the same fish?? Beautiful fish BTW :)

Steen
by Steen
18 Mar 2004, 20:27
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: Bamboo
Replies: 4
Views: 1216

Hi Tapio I bought it in a local aquarium-store ( http://www.nybydiscus.dk/forsideny.htm if you read danish) and it is the first time I have seen it in the stores I normally visit, so not that common i denmark either. I paid 110 danisk crowns for 1 meter, not sure what it is in finish crowns. Hope yo...
by Steen
16 Mar 2004, 19:49
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: Bamboo
Replies: 4
Views: 1216

Ok thanks
...I will not worry to much then. My only problem will be getting it to the bottom then, I didn't have a pot big enough to boil it completely, so it's still flowing around, guess I have to wait.. :)
by Steen
13 Mar 2004, 13:14
Forum: Tank Talk
Topic: Bamboo
Replies: 4
Views: 1216

Bamboo

Hi all..
I have just put an large piece of bamboo (60cm long, 10 cm acros) in my 720 l. tank as hideout for my clown-botias and a snack for the Panaque spp.
I just think about decomposing time/rotting/polution ect. how are bamboo compared to wood ??
thanks
Steen
by Steen
08 Feb 2004, 02:41
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Barbie; the joy of petroaches and other vermin, lots of pix!
Replies: 7
Views: 1438

Hey..

Nice smithi; have one myself and also B. boehmei, emilia, albopilosa and aureum a.o.
Good suplement to the pleco's...
by Steen
27 Jan 2004, 23:30
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: interesting behaviour of L351 Lyretail
Replies: 7
Views: 2902

I have noticed the same behaviour with my sturisomas, they do it alot both with foods and other stuff to check it out...funny to watch...
by Steen
05 Nov 2003, 21:46
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: to cook or not to cook - that is the question
Replies: 21
Views: 4854

Hi pectorale and others.. Potatos: they are peeled Why would you do that? I haven't seen any of my plecos eating the potato-peeling, it's always laying back and the potatos dont get soft without it, I think it's because of that. You'r right about squach, I dont peel them either. Btw have anybody tri...
by Steen
02 Nov 2003, 11:17
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: to cook or not to cook - that is the question
Replies: 21
Views: 4854

Hi I never boil zuchini/squash and also potatos goes in the tanks uncooked (they are peeled(right word?)). Only thing i do boile for a few minutes are the stems from brocholi. Barbie: I have newer tried that drying technique, how do you do it. Does it goes in the owen? It sounds like a good idé and...
by Steen
29 Oct 2003, 19:35
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: L15 again ?
Replies: 9
Views: 1778

Hi!

..and thanks for the answers, always nice to know what's swimming in the tank :)
by Steen
28 Oct 2003, 22:40
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: L15 again ?
Replies: 9
Views: 1778

L15 again ?

Hi
This is my newest pleco's, bought as Peckoltia vittata aka L15, do people here have the same meaning?
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nice and active pleco btw
thanks
Steen
by Steen
23 Aug 2003, 08:25
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Zebra pleco??
Replies: 5
Views: 1134

Well, I have 6 zeb's and 4 of them is at least 5 years old and no colourchanges has occured. I sure hope that they will hang on for many more years...
by Steen
30 Jul 2003, 20:14
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Gold Nugget Experiences
Replies: 30
Views: 6830

I have had three for nearly 2 years now and they are still eating/growing fine. They are in a 200 l. with some big roots and some drifting plants. Temp. in high 20'ies and lot of current. Eats everything but prefer meaty stuff (love suchini also). There are 2 S.eupterus (these are going out soon) an...
by Steen
19 Jul 2003, 21:27
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: Pictus cat and Clown loaches?
Replies: 2
Views: 1188

I have kept both (4 P.pictus and 6 clowns) together in a 720 l. for several years and there have never been any problems.

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