Barbie,
I agree - I only take the removable top off when I move the fry from parents tank to the grow up babies tank.

btw: one year later he is still producing..

My 8 year old male zebra with fry in the top-removeable cave:

http://www.google.co.il/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=l046+cave&source=web&cd=3&ved=0CD0QtwIwAg&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3D23kZnWQOUM0&ei=lOJWUavAK6fE0QWJy4HwCA&usg=AFQjCNERBQtU_Oro2yDsyVjUnN5KHZEgrA

Enjoy !

This is my Zeb Fry new home, built as a Rio Xingu biotop.
The babies are 3 month and 5 month old.




Enjoy !

[Mod edit: use youtube tags --Mats]

Hello,

I am interested in a Rio Xingu,Brazil fish collection trip. Anybody knows of such a commercial trip ?

Thanks.

Please see:

http://www.plecofanatics.com/forum/show ... hp?t=16564

Thanks.

I keep my 2 L264 with 6 large Discus: They eat beef-heart, blood-worms and Tetra-bits. Beside they DO eat cucumber, mainly at night.

I heard that they will soon start exporting wild L46 - Zebra Pleco from Brazil. Anybody knows if this is correct ?
Thanks.

2 weeks down the road : This time L260-QA eats good, looks good. I have moved the QA to the community tank.

What tank size will fit 4 x L46 zebra plecos ( no other fish in the tank ) ?
Thanks.

duonri wrote:3rd QA - L260 checked in yesterday. This time to a small 10 gal special tank for a full attention and feeding. We'll see...

11 days. This time it goes very well !
I have learned that QA - L260 is very shy, night animal, slow feeder.

3rd QA - L260 checked in yesterday. This time to a small 10 gal special tank for a full attention and feeding. We'll see...

Kev,

Any idea how it is in the Apayacu, Orosa and Ampiyacu Rivers during August - how deep and what means of collecting needed ?

Thanks.

Jon wrote:They look like monte dorados--not L-260, to me.

what L-number is it ?

Telnes,

I looked at the pics - your QAs and L46s looks great !
Also thanks for the interesting information.

PS
I have visited your home town Bergen , but in the summer. During the longest day in June at midnigh we attend an Opera - Nabbuco under the clear sky ...

I agree that
"well fed individuals will not eat plants".
Remember they will still rarely eat your plants. If your plants are important to you , you should consider this.

Talking with friend here who purchased QA-L260 lately, most of them died. So maybe my aquarium params and population ( detailed above ) is not the reason...

The plec stick as i called it is for poking plec's out from between rock's, you'd be supprised how well they can wedge them self's in. I actually have that stick on the wall in my fish room :D . As for precaution's there isant any really, just hope you dont get bit by somthing :wink: , i did see a ...

2nd QA died !

Andre Costerus wrote:Thanks!

Do the guys actually help you get the correct documentation if you want to take some fish home with you?

Yes. They help you with all the documentation. Remember - exporting from Peru and importing to your country is extra $ and not cheap.

Andre Costerus wrote:Do you guys know what costs are involved in a trip like this? It is also definitely a dream of mine

$1395 ( not including flight from/to your home country to/from Iquitos ).

kev wrote:MatsP is right, i went to brazil in 2004 and just hoped i would see pl*co's and stingray's in their natural habitat, let alone catch some, it was a fantastic adventure and one im hoping to repeat soon.

Kev

Did you go on an organized tour ? What DID you see ? any L-numbers ?
Thanks.

50 gal tank with 12 more mid size L s (all small by nature -less than 4 inch or larger but young - again 4 inch or less ) and 10 Coris as follows:

L260
L08
LDA08
L172
L163
L047 3 inch
L100
L134
LDA33 2 inch
LDA32 3 inch
L018 (GN) 4 inch
L018 (GN) 2 inch

Cories ( 1.5 - 2.0 inch ) :

5 C. Julii
3 ...

one week down the road - no problem yet.

I plan going on an Amazon Fish Collecting trip on Aug 2006 as part of "Margarita Tours" expedition group around Iquitos-Peru Amazon area.

I wonder what chance I have to collect rare/interesting L's (Loricariidae, Plecos) fish ?
Do you have experience in L's fish collecting around Peru-Iquitos ...

1st one I had died after 5 days. Now I have my 2nd one.
50 gal tank with 12 more mid size L s and 10 Coris
Temp-80
Ph-7.0
Ammonia-0
Nitrite-0
Nitrate-10.

Any special recommendations for keeping this new guy happy ?
Thanks.