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by bekateen
08 Feb 2016, 00:34
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: Howdy
Replies: 3
Views: 1011

Re: Howdy

Welcome, Ivan. Thanks for sharing your story.

Cheers, Eric
by bekateen
07 Feb 2016, 21:43
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: BNs can be aggressive killers?
Replies: 10
Views: 1459

Re: BNs can be aggressive killers?

Now she just sits outside the cave as if she did nothing wrong...
by bekateen
07 Feb 2016, 21:19
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: Live tips to save cory eggs
Replies: 136
Views: 58126

Re: Live tips to save cory eggs

These do look like bladder snails. I was under the impression, perhaps mistakenly, that these were just young Ramshorn snails. But they probably aren't. I'll have to try again and next time select my snails more carefully. Up to now, I know very little about aquarium snails, other than I really don'...
by bekateen
07 Feb 2016, 20:54
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: BNs can be aggressive killers?
Replies: 10
Views: 1459

BNs can be aggressive killers?

Hi all, In an old thread ( Re: Ancistrus sp. Albino X Albino Equals what? ), I reported my male ABN trapping a smaller female in his cave and killing her. Speculation was that he wanted to spawn with her and she wasn't cooperative, then he got aggressive. Sadly, it happened again, but this time the ...
by bekateen
07 Feb 2016, 19:46
Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
Topic: Live tips to save cory eggs
Replies: 136
Views: 58126

Re: Live tips to save cory eggs

Okay, so I came home today and found a small clump of fresh cory eggs in my community tank. ...I picked out 40 eggs and divided them evenly into two plastic containers in 1.5 cm depth of tank water. To one cup I added five small RH snails. No airstones, relying only on diffusive oxygen exchange. Af...
by bekateen
07 Feb 2016, 19:25
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: My spotted orange seam plecos: Hemiancistrus guahiborum (L106)
Replies: 81
Views: 30312

Re: My spotted orange seam plecos: Hemiancistrus guahiborum (L106)

...it was a 3" fish at less than £20. Gosh, no matter how long I stay in this hobby, no matter how often the issue presents itself, I will forever be flabbergasted by the discrepancies in availability and price between continents! We can't find L397 at a reasonable price in the USA, and yet fi...
by bekateen
07 Feb 2016, 17:33
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: My spotted orange seam plecos: Hemiancistrus guahiborum (L106)
Replies: 81
Views: 30312

Re: My spotted orange seam plecos: Hemiancistrus guahiborum (L106)

Although I've read the description of L122, I'm not sure I would be able to tell the difference between it and guahiborum if I saw them both in a fish store. :-\
by bekateen
07 Feb 2016, 16:16
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Mustard spot pleco (Panaqolus albomaculatus) project
Replies: 144
Views: 37165

Re: Mustard spot pleco (Panaqolus albomaculatus) project

one more tip to share, ... He loves his carrots... I slightly blanched them, with my theory being that if it was too hard to eat easily, he'd quickly give up on eating it, but now he has developed a taste for it I will feed unblanched. Okay, thanks. I've tried carrot before with my ABNs an clown pl...
by bekateen
07 Feb 2016, 09:22
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Mustard spot pleco (Panaqolus albomaculatus) project
Replies: 144
Views: 37165

Re: Mustard spot pleco (Panaqolus albomaculatus) project

Thanks for the pics, Teresa. My fish all have what I would call "rough" sides, but none yet have clearly larger odontodes.

Cheers, Eric
by bekateen
06 Feb 2016, 23:09
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Labelled as L102 -> ID please
Replies: 8
Views: 1347

Re: Labelled as L102 -> ID please

That is a nice looking fish!
by bekateen
06 Feb 2016, 21:30
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Feeding Ancistrus
Replies: 11
Views: 1435

Re: Feeding Ancistrus

I use bamboo shish kebab skewers. I impale the veggie (raw sweet potato is the favorite among my plecos) and then anchor the stick by securing it in a veggie clip with a suction cup to hold it against the glass near the bottom of the tank.

Cheers, Eric
by bekateen
05 Feb 2016, 20:34
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Ornamental fish of the Xingu river - Brazil
Replies: 12
Views: 3339

Re: Ornamental fish of the Xingu river - Brazil

Wet Spot Tropical Fish (http://www.wetspottropicalfish.com/index.php/fish, then scroll down to "LORICARIIDS") is a major seller on the West Coast of the USA, both as a internet retailer and as a walk-in-the-front-door retail store. Their prices online and in-store are typically similar, al...
by bekateen
05 Feb 2016, 20:28
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Agressive and wounded Ancistrus HELP!
Replies: 19
Views: 2242

Re: Agressive and wounded Ancistrus HELP!

I agree that water quality might now be a bigger problem than the original aggression. You'd be surprised at how fast a decent sized fish like your pleco can foul the water. If you can't control water quality in the new tank, you might be better off putting the fish back in the original tank, if tha...
by bekateen
05 Feb 2016, 18:13
Forum: African Catfishes
Topic: Interesting Documentary Featuring Synodontis
Replies: 8
Views: 4260

Re: Interesting Documentary Featuring Synodontis

Thanks so much. I can't ever seem to get them to work right. No problem. :-BD If you want to embed a video in your post, use only the identifying URL info and place that inside the youtube tags. For example, the URL for your video is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SV8dnp-7H3Q. What you want is onl...
by bekateen
05 Feb 2016, 18:04
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: My spotted orange seam plecos: Hemiancistrus guahiborum (L106)
Replies: 81
Views: 30312

Re: My spotted orange seam plecos: Hemiancistrus guahiborum (L106)

Yeah, I am pleased, although also impatient for more development and progress. \:d/ :YMPRAY: (-| One thing that is evident in the "before" (original) and "after" dorsal view pictures is how much the body has filled out (although again, not enough to clearly indicate male vs. fema...
by bekateen
05 Feb 2016, 14:38
Forum: African Catfishes
Topic: Interesting Documentary Featuring Synodontis
Replies: 8
Views: 4260

Re: Interesting Documentary Featuring Synodontis

Hi unblinded,

Your link didn't work, so I fixed it for you.



Enjoy everyone! :-)
by bekateen
05 Feb 2016, 13:42
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: Mustard spot pleco (Panaqolus albomaculatus) project
Replies: 144
Views: 37165

Re: Mustard spot pleco (Panaqolus albomaculatus) project

Hi Teresa, Thank you. Don't sweat the rush. I'm more interested in seeing the extent of the odontodes in relation to the body size you already measured than I am in knowing that the fish is brand new to you and not conditioned. Take your time and don't stress over needing to take pics before it is c...
by bekateen
05 Feb 2016, 01:26
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Anyone able to ID this pleco.
Replies: 17
Views: 1747

Re: Anyone able to ID this pleco.

I have no idea. :-\ Hopefully someone else does.
by bekateen
05 Feb 2016, 01:24
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: My spotted orange seam plecos: Hemiancistrus guahiborum (L106)
Replies: 81
Views: 30312

Re: My spotted orange seam plecos: Hemiancistrus guahiborum (L106)

UPDATE: After 8 weeks of care in my quarantine tank (and this may become their permanent home for the foreseeable future), I thought I'd do a reshoot of pictures to show you how the fish have improved. I still can't sex them and I haven't seen any of them show interest in each other sexually. But oc...
by bekateen
05 Feb 2016, 00:33
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Anyone able to ID this pleco.
Replies: 17
Views: 1747

Re: Anyone able to ID this pleco.

That's a common mislabeling as far as I've seen. I don't know about the name "fire glow" pleco, but I've found several stores that sell albomaculatus as "galaxy plecos" EVEN if they go on to correctly ID them as Panaqolus albomaculatus instead of any of the Leporacanthicus that g...
by bekateen
04 Feb 2016, 22:26
Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
Topic: L240 Breeding
Replies: 10
Views: 2680

Re: L240 Breeding

Have you read the breeding report ("BLOG") on file here? L240 BLOG of Cristoffer Forssander Also, you can read this thread: Breeding Leporacanthicus sp. cf galaxias L-240 Finally, have you tried searching the forums using keywords like L240 and spawned? ...www.planetcatfish.com/forum/searc...
by bekateen
04 Feb 2016, 22:20
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Anyone able to ID this pleco.
Replies: 17
Views: 1747

Re: Anyone able to ID this pleco.

I do not expect that the lack of wood in its past diet will cause a problem as long as you are simultaneously offering a diversity of foods, some wood and some easier-to-digest foods. The only real problem I could envision, and this is not a guarantee that it would happen, is that if the animal had ...
by bekateen
04 Feb 2016, 15:24
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Anyone able to ID this pleco.
Replies: 17
Views: 1747

Re: Anyone able to ID this pleco.

It took my mustard spots a few tries to learn this, but mine really like to eat the raw sweet potato.
by bekateen
04 Feb 2016, 15:03
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: Anyone able to ID this pleco.
Replies: 17
Views: 1747

Re: Anyone able to ID this pleco.

Stating the obvious, but your photos are a little blurry. Is the mouth right for Panaqolus? Is it ? The off color may be stress.
by bekateen
04 Feb 2016, 13:43
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: what is my pleco
Replies: 4
Views: 745

Re: what is my pleco

I agree with Daniel, .
by bekateen
04 Feb 2016, 13:40
Forum: Speak Easy
Topic: New member hello
Replies: 6
Views: 1017

Re: New member hello

Hi Kangacory,
Welcome to you too! And good luck with your new tank.

Cheers, Eric
by bekateen
04 Feb 2016, 07:33
Forum: What is my catfish?
Topic: what is my pleco
Replies: 4
Views: 745

Re: what is my pleco

Hi wesa.benoy,

Welcome to Planet Catfish. To answer your question, we'll need some pictures of your fish.

Cheers, Eric

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