L066 are carnivours, so meat type foods like bloodworm, beefheart, shrimp pellets, ect work well. If they are hungry, they will find the food.

Thanks. I was aware that they are man made.

3cm is too small for a definant ID. Try again when its about twice the size.

I bought these as Rineloricaria sp. L010a, but after comparing them to photos in the cat-elog, i am not too sure. Mine have head markings, and arn't as bright red. Maybe LDA52, Rineloricaria cf. parva?

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Definently not L169. Looks more like a Peckoltia. Though more photos would help.

Is there any other fish in the tank? What are you feeding the fry and parents? Water quality needs to be as good as possible, you should do about 10% daily water changes.

I have a 3 year old L104 that is 6.5cm, and another that is alot younger, but is 7cm. So it probably doesn't take that long for them to reach full size.

Well the biggest i have ever heard of is 8cm, and the biggest that i have seen is 7cm.

deb wrote:At two years old and more than half of the expected adult length

I wouldn't expect your L104 to get much bigger than what it is now.

Female.

Do you think that any of them could have disturbed him? Have you done anything that may have disturbed him, like looking into the tank, or shining a torch into the tank to see, or even changed anything to the tank/water while he was in the cave?

Did you do anything that may have disturbed him? Is there any other fish in the tank?

No photo, just shows a plecofanatics banner, which also happened to me while trying to show photos on here from plecofanatics.

I've seen your L333 on plecofanatics, and its probably going to be too hard to be sure about its ID until it gets bigger, as alot of Hypancistrus look the same when young.

Chrysichthys wrote:Give it foods that are high in carotenoid pigments, such as TetraPrima. Otherwise it will lose the orange colour; and you may find this happens anyway.

They dont really have that much orange on them to start with.

Pretty similar to common BNs when it comes to feeding them and keeping them, but they do take longer to mature.

Wow, your Flash has very bright markings.

Didn't even think of L031, that sounds like a good match.

Possibly L004.

Looks like L104 to me, though i have never seen a L104 with such markings. Also, i think it has fin rot.

Body shape, tail and pattern all look like that of a Hypancistrus to me. Maybe L270?

Have you changed anything since they started fighting? Could it be over food?

Just plecofanatics banners. I even logged out and back in. The links just lead to giant PF banners. Maybe Jeff put up some sort of block at PF?
-Shane

I dont know whats going on? In the first post i could see the photos for a while, but know they are replaced with the PF banners! :?

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The "pics" are just showing banners for PF.com
-Shane

Thats strange? I can see them!

Maybe this will work better - http://www.plecofanatics.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/15191/cat/500/ppuser/7787
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I bought a Whiptail under the name of 'Sturisoma panamense', but while looking in the Cat-elog under Sturisoma panamense i read this: Another elegant species confused with S. festivum (and thus S. aureum). This species can be distinguished by the fins which, while spectacular, do not have the ...

I wouldn't use anything smaller than a 3 foot tank. IMO around a 4 foot tank is best.

L201.

Looks like L333 to me.

I might have to give it a try!

Fry are really effected by ammonia, so if your ammonia level is even the slightest bit high that could have something to do with it!

Peppermint BNs will be fine in 27c water!