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by bekateen
17 Nov 2015, 21:58
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: What does your username mean?
Replies: 79
Views: 20185

Re: What does your username mean?

If you new me you would understand the chaos but since you don't lets say "winging it" is the best way to describe my life and just life in general in my opinion I can read that with admiration, one fish guy to another, or I can read that as a parent of teenagers (which I am). This brings...
by bekateen
17 Nov 2015, 21:54
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Sexing Panaqolus maccus? Spawning at last!
Replies: 109
Views: 29159

Re: Sexing Panaqolus maccus? Spawning at last!

Thanks, and you are right - they are almost ready to find new homes. I'm going to hold on to the largest to see how big they will grow by 6 months, in order to provide more growth data for the BLOG. With the other fish I've bred, I realized that I had a habit of giving them away or selling them befo...
by bekateen
17 Nov 2015, 19:18
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L397 sexing and breeding - now I'm not so sure
Replies: 39
Views: 7946

Re: L397 sexing and breeding - now I'm not so sure

Indeed 1 a male 2,3 and 4 female (Lucky bastard :) ) Rob, By "lucky bastard," are you referring to the lone male in a tank with three females? Or is this a statement of envy expressed towards @Mol_PMB because he is so lucky to have a mixed sex group of this beautiful Panaqolus ? =)) Eric
by bekateen
17 Nov 2015, 19:04
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L397 sexing and breeding - now I'm not so sure
Replies: 39
Views: 7946

Re: L397 sexing and breeding - now I'm not so sure

Eric in your experience with the maccus in terms of ratio of males to females how much is too many males Hi Teresa, Honestly, I'm not fit to answer that, as I have experience with so few plecos. But another member (@stuby) brought this issue up when I was trying to find the right foods to get my P....
by bekateen
17 Nov 2015, 17:50
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: are these 2 L66 king tiger?
Replies: 14
Views: 2714

Re: are these 2 L66 king tiger?

I see the pics too, but I don't know hypans well enough to offer an opinion as to ID.

Cheers, Eric
by bekateen
17 Nov 2015, 15:43
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: What am I?
Replies: 20
Views: 3041

Re: What am I?

Is it not ? And a nice male for sure! :-)
by bekateen
17 Nov 2015, 14:03
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L397 sexing and breeding - now I'm not so sure
Replies: 39
Views: 7946

Re: L397 sexing and breeding - now I'm not so sure

Regarding your feeding choices, they sound safe to me - nothing too rich. Regarding the possibility of 1 male and 3 females, I was told about my P. maccus that too many females can interfere with mating. But in your case, I don't know if three is "too many" for one male. The other things I...
by bekateen
17 Nov 2015, 06:08
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Greens are good for u-and for plecs?
Replies: 24
Views: 4255

Re: Greens are good for u-and for plecs?

Here are my bristlenose juveniles feeding on raw sweet potato and a boiled Brussels sprout. The veggies are all impaled on a bamboo shish-kabob skewer, which is mounted in a plastic clip to the wall of the tank to prevent the veggies from floating. In this photo the Brussels sprout appears to be mor...
by bekateen
17 Nov 2015, 06:01
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Sexing Panaqolus maccus? Spawning at last!
Replies: 109
Views: 29159

Re: Sexing Panaqolus maccus? Spawning at last!

Here's a couple of the fry (not the largest, but the largest I could catch) photographed during a recent tank cleaning. After all the spawns (some of which I made no effort to salvage fry), I have somewhere between 35-50 juveniles of various ages, from 2 weeks - 3 months old. (Note: The green stuff ...
by bekateen
17 Nov 2015, 03:46
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Hypancistrus ID
Replies: 12
Views: 2498

Re: Hypancistrus ID

I don't know about them being Hypancistrus inspector . According to its description, H. inspector should have a distinct black margin on its dorsal and caudal fins. And although your photos of your fish from the side are not the best, I don't see any sign of a black margin on those fins. When your f...
by bekateen
16 Nov 2015, 23:37
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L397 sexing and breeding - now I'm not so sure
Replies: 39
Views: 7946

Re: L397 sexing and breeding - now I'm not so sure

Ah well, perhaps I've just been looking after them too much! They are all a bit tubby... ;) As long as it's due to eating lots of wood and veggies, "tubby" is good! (it may indicate gravid females) My female maccus were REALLY ball-shaped by the time they started breeding. :-BD IMO, "...
by bekateen
16 Nov 2015, 23:31
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Greens are good for u-and for plecs?
Replies: 24
Views: 4255

Re: Greens are good for u-and for plecs?

Here are two recent forum threads about feeding meaty foods to plecos: Feeding carnivorous/omnivorous plecos Will clown plecos eat shrimp? Is raw or cooked better? And here are the results of a search for "bloat" and "meaty" in the pleco forum: http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/...
by bekateen
16 Nov 2015, 23:21
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Greens are good for u-and for plecs?
Replies: 24
Views: 4255

Re: Greens are good for u-and for plecs?

So maybe I should try out different foods? Yes, try out a variety of fresh veggies. But if you want to be purposeful about it, I would treat the fish like human parents treat newborn babies: Introduce only one vegetable at a time and see if they get used to it. As mentioned above, I would keep feed...
by bekateen
16 Nov 2015, 23:03
Forum: All Resolved Issues
Topic: Faulty Distribution map display for Corydoras schwartzi
Replies: 15
Views: 10709

Re: Faulty Distribution map display for Corydoras schwartzi

Okay, eventually I clicked on the maps for all 22 fish listed along the Purus and here is what I found: Every species with more than one "Distribution" occurrence works (i.e., displays occurrence data as markers on the Google Map): Brachyplatystoma capapretum Corydoras sp(c078) Gladioglani...
by bekateen
16 Nov 2015, 20:20
Forum: All Resolved Issues
Topic: Faulty Distribution map display for Corydoras schwartzi
Replies: 15
Views: 10709

Re: Faulty Distribution map display for Corydoras schwartzi

Hmmm. I encountered the same problem with Corydoras evelynae . Both this species and schwartzi have the Purus as their only locality. I wonder if that might be part of the problem - maybe it's not the species giving us issues, but it's the Purus as a single location. By comparison, I clicked on some...
by bekateen
16 Nov 2015, 17:38
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Greens are good for u-and for plecs?
Replies: 24
Views: 4255

Re: Greens are good for u-and for plecs?

I've used raw sweet potato, raw celery, raw bell pepper (but remove the seeds first, they are probably TOO SPICY), raw beets, raw carrots, raw broccoli stems (cut into 1-2 cm long segments; I've seen others use the broccoli tops, but I haven't tried those), raw cucumber, raw zucchini (courgette), an...
by bekateen
16 Nov 2015, 17:29
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L397 sexing and breeding - now I'm not so sure
Replies: 39
Views: 7946

Re: L397 sexing and breeding - now I'm not so sure

When my P. maccus eventually bred, I didn't even need to use the water changes - by simply ignoring them and giving them privacy (the tank almost entirely wrapped in black paper), they eventually spawned... And once they started, they wouldn't stop: Re: Sexing Panaqolus maccus? Spawning at last! . S...
by bekateen
15 Nov 2015, 22:40
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L397 sexing and breeding - now I'm not so sure
Replies: 39
Views: 7946

Re: L397 sexing and breeding - now I'm not so sure

Hi Paul, I have lots of caves but I wonder if they're big enough. As long as the fish can fit their body in the cave, "too small" a diameter should not be a problem, based on my experience with P. maccus and ABNs; in fact, I think my males prefer narrower caves because they provide more se...
by bekateen
15 Nov 2015, 20:28
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L397 sexing and breeding - now I'm not so sure
Replies: 39
Views: 7946

Re: L397 sexing and breeding - now I'm not so sure

Based on odontodes and body girth, I'd GUESS #1 male, #2 male(?), #3 and #4 female. But that's not based on any personal experience with L397, just based on my experience with P. maccus.

Good luck, Eric
by bekateen
15 Nov 2015, 06:41
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Greens are good for u-and for plecs?
Replies: 24
Views: 4255

Re: Greens are good for u-and for plecs?

shrimpkeeper222 wrote:Sweet Potato Skin(Raw)
Maybe it was lost in the translation, but none of my fish like to eat the skin of the potato. I remove the skin before adding the raw sweet potato (usually as 3-4mm thick slices) to my tank.

Cheers, Eric
by bekateen
15 Nov 2015, 03:05
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Go big or go home right?
Replies: 9
Views: 1340

Re: Go big or go home right?

Mine spawned in bamboo caves cut from 1 inch diameter bamboo poles which I bought at a garden store... Very affordable.
by bekateen
14 Nov 2015, 22:07
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Go big or go home right?
Replies: 9
Views: 1340

Re: Go big or go home right?

Very nice! Congratulations! :-)
by bekateen
14 Nov 2015, 21:05
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Possible ammonia spike. Update lost 1 fish. Advice needed.
Replies: 6
Views: 832

Re: Possible ammonia spike. Update lost 1 fish. Advice needed.

With my Panaqolus maccus, they get mostly wood to eat, with just the occasional sweet potato or algae wafer added as a supplement. The poop they make is so nutrient poor that the snails in my tank barely survive as a population - I see a few snails but they just aren't getting enough food to explode...
by bekateen
14 Nov 2015, 19:47
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Possible ammonia spike. Update lost 1 fish. Advice needed.
Replies: 6
Views: 832

Re: Possible ammonia spike. Update lost 1 fish. Advice needed.

Hi Teresa, Sorry to hear about your pleco dying. I hope the worst is over. I'm curious about why you're sure it's an ammonia spike and not something else, especially since this dead fish was one of your new arrivals. Also, you have the ability to delete your own old post if you want: When you view y...
by bekateen
14 Nov 2015, 19:02
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: confession time: worst fishkeeping screw ups! come on folks we've all done them!
Replies: 34
Views: 7247

Re: confession time: worst fishkeeping screw ups! come on folks we've all done them!

Oh my! Indeed, I bet this is one of the most common "worst mistakes" any long-time fish keeper will be guilty of. :-). In my teenage years, my brother and I did that to our bedroom while using a garden hose to fill an aquarium. What is it about distraction?!? LOL I'm sure I would have done...
by bekateen
14 Nov 2015, 15:38
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Greens are good for u-and for plecs?
Replies: 24
Views: 4255

Re: Greens are good for u-and for plecs?

Hi Shrimpkeeper222, You've picked some nice fish there. Regarding foods for these fish, especially vegetables, there is a lot of advice already present on this website on the matter, if you know where to look. For general questions like these, I've learned to start by seeing if there are any Shane's...
by bekateen
13 Nov 2015, 12:23
Forum: South American Catfishes (Everything else)
Topic: B.filamentosum
Replies: 3
Views: 818

Re: B.filamentosum

Hi Brachyplatystoma, Welcome to PlanetCatfish! Alas, the link you provided did not format properly. For some reason, the end portion of it didn't get included in the hyperlink. I've fixed that for you below: http://s1075.photobucket.com/user/Jonathan_Gozali/media/Mobile%20Uploads/20151113_065338_zps...
by bekateen
12 Nov 2015, 03:30
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Some interesting Hypans
Replies: 13
Views: 6117

Re: Some interesting Hypans

Nice looking fish. Thanks for sharing!
by bekateen
11 Nov 2015, 19:29
Forum: Travellers note book
Topic: Some photos from my time in Bhutan
Replies: 29
Views: 39547

Re: Some photos from my time in Bhutan

Thanks for the frog information; yeah, I figured that the frogs were not the priority, but I was just hoping to get lucky with more pics.

By the way, it's always a good idea to stay away from kraits and cobras... As a herpetologist, that's my two cents. ;-)

Cheers, Eric

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