I'm not that easy with the Baryancistrus genus (except maybe for the "golden nuggets" species which I have for several years)... Are you telling me that LDA33 is the juvenile form of L142 ? Searching into my books (Mergus Wels Atlas II) and running the web, the pictures of L142 are the clo...

Hi everyone, a well-known fish-hobbyist in my area is unfortunately and suddenly deceased :( ... with a few friends, we collected and adopted her fishes and tanks... One of these fishes is an ID problem for me... here are a few pictures : http://forum.aquagora.fr/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=7087...

... The adults are not that big... for the female, she's a tiny bit more than 5 inches (14 cm). The male is at 9 inches (23 cm)... As you can see right here above ;-) the parents are not that big... My impression of a second spawning was right... the female laid around 40 eggs (which seems to be a ...

hello all, the first spawning was certainly a "lucky one"... but this time, it seems they found the way of their tube with pleasure :D Yersterday I saw the male defending its entrance against the big G. gibbicepps... and when trying to watch from closer, I saw the female inside... I guess ...

I guess you can be excited... it's not that often that you can find such a beauty... and at this size... do you know exactly the origin ? Can you tell us more ? I think I remember it's from Venezuela, no ? No time to check my datas this morning, but I'll be back on your topic... I love this fish... ...

ok, Jools, if you don't mind reviewing my text, I'll write something relevant and interesting within the next weeks. I already have pictures, I have some information on my main tank (which could be part of the success), so I can do something worth... I'll let you be the judge about the pertinence of...

Hello all, it seems they love Sera Viformo, they come out to eat it even in full light :D The adults are not that big... for the female, she's a tiny bit more than 5 inches (14 cm). The male is at 9 inches (23 cm). For the moment, all is going fine... the little Pseuda are taking advantage on the Hy...

Hi everyone, just one more shot of the Pseuda babies... I can't help but sharing it with you :thumbsup: sorry if it's too much :oops: http://www.aquariophilie.ch/photos/big/2008-04/1207593026_DSC_0030.JPG Tonight, I clearly counted up to 21 babies in the nursery, without removing the shelters... I'm...

Hi Jon, this would be very presumptuous from me to write an article on it, as it was a "hazardous spawn"... I haven't done anything else than "normal" keeping conditions in the big Xingu tank (rain water changes, heavy feeding for the Panaque, the Baryancistrus, the Ancistrus, th...

Thanks to your advice... here a few pictures (this morning) of the babies... they begin to fight eachother as soon as there is something to eat in the nursery... :twisted: little devils !!! http://forum.aquagora.fr/index.php?action=dlattach;topic=6761.0;attach=4618;image http://forum.aquagora.fr/ind...

Hi everybody, It seems that my Pseuda ID problem have found a solution... a German guy, on L-welse has posted a picture which exactly represents my Pseuda... http://foto.arcor-online.net/palb/alben/83/432783/1024_3834383939336336.jpg I really thing it is this one, mainly due to the fish size... it's...

the question is in the title... I have a few Pseudacanthicus sp "black" babies, found in the 1600 liters... I moved them into a 54 liters together with Hypancistrus sp L66 juveniles... if I'm fine with the feeding of L66, I never had L320 babies to feed... I'm a bit desapointed... How can ...

on these pictures bases, does anyone have an idea ? an opinion ?

thanks... I'll post new pictures of the fry as soon as I can.

Hi Andywoolloo, the tank is a 1600 liters, so around 420 US gallons and 350 UK gallons. It's a 320x70x70 cm (around 126x28x28 inches). I thought this was a huge tank... till I discover a member of the Lausanne Club (Switzerland) who drives a 4000 liters (1056 US gallons : built in concrete and glass...

here you can see the waste water evacuation and the "nursery shelf", with above it the second air vent. Depending on the wind ouside, the air flow is from left to right or the opposite.

Bonus (for me and whom may be interessted) : juveniles of L320 and L66 in the same nursery

Hello all, I've just lost the whole text I had been writing for the last 20 minutes :oops: just because I forgot to save it... :evil: I'm mad... never mind, here is a shorter version... Being synthetic : - fishroom of 25 m2 - 3 air vents : 2 are simply "holes" in the upper part of the righ...

Hi everybody. I've just discovered this topic and I thought I could give you some "tested for you" ideas. I had the same questionning as Jools 3 years ago, when we built our house. From the beginning it was planned to have a fish-room in the underground. I made a serie of pictures during t...

Hello all, I have from about 1 year 2 Pseudacanthicus sp "black" which I thought were P. sp L320... They are in a 320x70x70 cm tank dedicated to Xingu Loricaridae together with several "big suckermouths" as Panaque "xingu", Scobinancistrus aureatus, Ancistrus sp L100, G...

Talking about shyness ... could you remind me since how long do you have your Hemis ? Actually, I have mine (the 5 first) from January 2007, 6 more in November 2007 and the 6 last early in January 2008... Each time I've added a group of fish, it's been a mess during 2-3 days (everyone outside, showi...

why not ? I think you should go on with a method that already worked. Moreover, you know how to do it as you did it once with the result we know... go ahead ! ElTofi PS : just a word to tell you that I recieved 6 more adult L128 from a French friend who needed space in his tanks (who said that Santa...

Hi, I'm a regular reader on PC and I have several tanks devoted exclusively to Loricaridae (4 specific tank in fact : 1600 l. of Rio Xingu, 375 l. of Rio Orinoco, 300 l. of Rio Negro and 160 l. of Peruvian Clearwater Stream). I saw your experience with L200 and as you may guess, I'm quiet interesste...