Tony4143 wrote: ↑29 Sep 2023, 04:09 Yes, over the years from the linage they throw orange. i have a friend who has been line breeding them for years and have a ton of them that are orange instead of the normal red.
-Tony

That's exciting news thanks for the insights!

Hi friends hope everyone is well.
Has anyone else seen L397 adults with this striking orange?
Reminded me of the Irwinis with the orange hue on there bodies.
Anyone changed diet to achieve colors?

Thanks you guys are awesome and very knowledgeable! Appreciate it!

Started not wanting to breed a couple years back! He could be a little older than 10!
He stills messes with my other plecos and has his territorial cave.

Love my old timer 10 year old L397 breeder male who doesn't breed anymore but still fights with the younger males!

Hi Shane your post makes my day! Thanks for the update.
I had a pump go out like that and both my gulpers got sick. I treated with stress guard para guard melafix and 1 month later they survived!

Ok, hopefully they will finally breed for you. I will have this as a long time breeding project. 😁 I will be looking forward to it good luck. I heard cool water with higher ph helps breeding haha but that's coming from someone that has failed and now they become pets taking up alot of tank space! I...

I added Ziss moving bed filters to a few tanks. I'm thinking about twotank mentioned about it not really adding much if you already have top filtration. I run wet drys and eheim 2080's full of marinepure. Love to watch it tumble. This weekend I'm gonna set up 1 gallon of K1 micro media in a swiss st...

Hi I agree with Eric! The males really flare up there odontodes in my observation. I feed zuchini, sweet potato, northfin wafers, repashy soilent, bug bites & sometimes shrimp. I had them 4 years and it seemed for sure many times but never any eggs. My l397 & l306 breed every fee weeks for y...

Thanks very much for your post, I'm always looking for ways to better filter my water! I have a ziss moving bed k1 filter in a 26 gallon pleco growout tank will see if it helps nitrates!

I wanted to add the K1 to the back compartments of this uniquarium to utilize the room!

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L306 hatchlings in the summertime

Hi Shane on the Swiss Tropical Corner Matala setup I was thinking of filling the corner up with K1 and a couple large air stones and creating a moving bed filter

Any advice? I wanted to add the K1 to the back of my uniquarium also to create a filter in the sump space!

Nice looking L204's! I have a colony for a few years & still no luck on breeding!

Cool 6.5 gallon acrylic boxes hanging on my big tanks for growing out my L306 & L397 hatchlings!
Any advice friends https://youtube.com/shorts/HDZ9eyw7kOM? ... 9STJluHYTJ [/youtube]

Would live to see some photos of different tank set ups from the pros!

Very cool Andy!

Hi friends hope everyone is doing excellent!
This is a 75 sea clear.
Any advice on the setup with pump and cave placement?
The lights are usually off on just for the pic!

Thanks for your excellent message! I love your method since my breeding season is usually over summertime. Hello, sorry I did not see your query (I turn off all forum notifications). I use metric units but I suspect your 3 degree F shift is too small. However, it's a great place to start experimenti...

Hope everyone is doing well and the fish are good.
Looking for the growth rate on L306 plecos. I was comparing them to L397 and it seems L306 grow much slower.
Thanks in advance friends!

Oh wow that's absolutely amazing! Seems this might need to be documented!
I had my huge chubby go from yellow to pitch black but took a few days.

Hi I learned from Andrew the females have a wider head than the males. Seemed to be about right! I could see people bidding up the males and hanging on to females for breeding. Acanthicus sorry for labeling the fish wrong I was going on the importer information 😃 Those new wormline ones are very coo...

Awesome so happy that worked out so smoothly

That sounds so awesome!
I hand feed my gulpers cats, black ghost knives, pipa frogs but can't get them that comfortable!

Thanks so much Shane I'm gonna set one up I love those filters there amazing!
I been a big fan of yours forever

Hi Shane love that pleco!
That filtration is very cool is it the Swiss matala system I've read about?

Hi friends the slots on these acclimation tanks are 1.5mm wide. Will new fry be able to fit thru the slots or will I be fine?
Thanks so much!

I wanted to ask how many degrees you would drop your tank I'm thinking of trying tonight a 3 degrees F drop

Yes, I use ice in the evening to trigger a spawn the next morning. Instead of cumbersome water changes, I also boost dissolved oxygen with a home made reactor and oxygen cylinder. On tetras, I drain 80% water out and do a gradual overnight water change via airline siphon using rain water and a smal...

Hi Jools!
My definition of far was on the other side of my house

Does anyone ever float ice to induce spawning after a water change! My breeding season seems to end when my weather warms up here in Miami, Florida