Your situation is much like ours was. My Stepson had a 20g in his room and we bought a small Sailfin as well. Eventually he was around 8" or so and was just putting out SO much waste for that tank. About a year ago we got a 55g for the sole reason that he needed to be moved and my stepson just wasn ...

Like all striped pl*cos, the pattern varies from fish to fish. See the pics here that show 168's with spots:
http://planetcatfish.com/catelog/image.php?image_id=2083
http://planetcatfish.com/catelog/image.php?image_id=2214


The second pic with the shrimp shows the female L168.

The first one ...

Congrats. I am curious though what the species is in the 2nd pic with the shrimp on the filter. The spots don't look like any of the wild L-168s I have?

Todd

Is it possible to get a higher res photo?

I tried to post them as they were but got the 512k size message so I converted them down. They are being shot with a Kodak EasyShare that is 8.1MP. Originals are running around 1Mb in size and 3200 x 2400 (roughly). I would be happy to send them privately ...

Not sure, but it sort of looks like fungus growing on uneaten food - that's just a guess however.

Can't really be that, at least not on uneaten food. It doesn't seem to be growing on broken down algae tabs we have put in there and the food that is being fed to the other inhabitants are micro ...

This past Tuesday I received my shipment of L168 Butterfly/Flounder Plecos ( Zonancistrus brachyura / Dekeyseria brachyura ). We didn't quaruntine them as everything that went into the 29g was going to be from this order and the larger 55g we didn't have any fish we were really concerned about ...

So in about 5 or 6 hours I will be receiving my first shipment from a wholesaler that was placed primarily to get the L168 Butterfly's ( Dekeyseria brachyura / Zonancistrus brachyura ) since I couldn't find any available anywhere else. The L052's were available if I searched hard enough but not the ...

Hi again all. In a post in Tank Talk I had mentioned our 55g had 1 C. agassizii in it (as well as other fish LOL) and I was told that part of the reason the little guy (or gal) was so reclusive was because he was alone. It was recommended that he be in a group of at least 4 and preferably 6+ so we ...

I just wanted to thank all of you for taking the time to respond.

For those respondants about various species "eating small fry" and that being a possible problem, we aren't concerned about that. In fact, the wife's decision to get the guppies came not only for the technicolor dreamcoat they add ...

Well, that really is too bad. The pleco certainly seems much happier with the tank than his old digs. We moved him, the 3 Congo Tetras and a 6 year old Blue Gourami out of my stepsons (who was already 18 years old) room because he wasn't taking care of the tank and the tank was way too small as the ...

Hi all, new to PC and am looking for a little advice.

We have a 55g freshwater tank that is what I consider a typical novice setup. Small plants (no idea of type)in small clumps through the middle with the left side of the tank under a nice surface of duckweed and some longer plants that reach to ...