Of L066, L236, L287, L333, L399 & L400 I have kept what were called LO66, L236 and L333. Of these I have had 236 spawn in my tanks botht e regular and super white variant. I have also kept and had both zebras and L173 bred in my tanks. All of this was well before the Hypancistrus seideli ID.

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That is easy there is only one zebra pleco which has been identified/described as a species. All the others are not zebras and only have L numbers. I have kept and bred zebras, L236 regular and super white and L173b and the real L173. I have one of the few wild caught groups of L173. I also kept ...

This reminds me of a situation with which I was familiar from a number of years ago. A gent in Texas was breeding zebras and the fry were dying. Nothing he tried helped. He was a friend of Barbie F. who is a mod. here. I knew her from my very first fish forum in 2002. She got me into breeding zebras ...

roanjeje537 sent me the pics and asked the same question. There are no bumps like the ones on his fish in the pic eric posted. I had to enlarge the pic to see them clearly and when I enlarged enough to try examining them the resolution was too low and the image was a blur.

The bumps were most ...

I have dosed excel in planted tanks for over 20 years without incident. This included tanks with bristlenose, zebra plecos, l66, l333, Altum angels, DD Black angels, clown loaches and sidthimunki I have now had the whole time. Any fish in my planted tanks was exposed to Excel.

I have always dosed ...

Just when I thought I was out, they pull me back in!

I just ordered a refill from Ebo-Aquaristic in Germany. Just over 3 kg, so not as big an order as the first time. They have been my preferred dry food option for a while. Between the Ebo, Repashy and Frozen I think my fish get a decent diet ...

The only thing I like almost as much as discover a spawn from my fish is hearing from somebody to whom I have sold fish having them spawn. It still makes me do the happy fish dance. I found 236 to be the most prolific of the B&W Hyapans I kept. And they go at an earlier age and a smaller size ...

I am wondering from those of you who live, work or visit near the river at any point in Brazil what water levels are really like. What I read up hear in New York says it is pretty bad.

Most of the plecos with which I worked in the past 15 years were mostly from the Volta Grande of the Rio Xingu ...

I would like to explain why I donate the way I do to this site.

Before I was even a member here I knew it was one of the better sources online for catfish information. I cannot count the number of times on the other forums on which I posted over the years that I have suggested somebody come here ...

I officially hit the 10 tank level about 10 days ago and then my helping a new fish keeper in CA who came to me for cycling help initially and then needed help with plants. On the other hand, I am overrun with plants and have been selling them gradually at my club's auctions. So I sent her a few ...

I have never personally brought back fish from outside of the country. However, I did work with to people who did regularly import fish from the other side of the world and S. America. It was not difficult and is was definitely done for profit. To complicate things one import was of 324 zebra plecos ...

I have always done what ghyti does with one addition. Because the dad has eaten minimally while guarding and caring for the kids, I give him a weeks vacation in the grow tank where I feed him well. The odds are that as soon as the kids are out, a female will be ready and wanting to spawn again. So ...

I will not be there I have almost no plecos left, so I have nothing to sell. I am getting rid of more fish and tanks, so I cannot buy anything either.

What I will miss are the people.

I would be inclined to try Flubendazole. I have this and have used it successfully to treat wasting disease. Have a read here http://www.inkmkr.com/Fish/FlubendazoleArticle.pdf

As for how to find Flubendazole in France I cannot say. But it is available in Europe.

Lernex in the Netherlands sells ...

There are times where a bare bottom is an asset. This is one of them because it allows us to see the fish poop and makes it easier to see if there is uneaten food. usually, a bare bottom tank is best for Hospital and often Quarantine use.

As for the fish wasting here:

Eradicating Hydra and Other ...

"Believe none of what your hear and half of what you see."

And when what you see is on Youtube, the fractions change.

youtube does not pay for quality content, they pay for views. But consider the below if this person is catching fish in sewer systems (I added the red to the text below):

What is ...

A number of years ago I messed around with doing a much smaller version of this. I did not know what a kinon was until today and it was not a part of what I did. What was very similar was to have and end to end flow as opposed to the normal back to front we get from hang-on filters.

I did a smaller ...

The good news is the WC 173 are spawning and I can spot small fry and bigger. So I am keeping them and a grow tank for them as well for a bit longer. I have 21 in the grow tank now. I will find out what I have in the breeder tank in the near future as I intend to move the fish to the fish space ...

I need to make sure any fish and tanks I am keeping a bit longer can be kept to my usually standards. I just had my carpenter in last evening to see if we can redo my inwall sat-u[. It is a 75 over a 30B (this is no dry and empty). The 75 is high enough up that I must use a 3 step ladder to work on ...

If only it were that simple. My brother and I, both bachelors. live in a very nice spot in the woods. Out parents built the house, tennis court and then a semi-detached guest house/storeroom and pool. The house was intended for weekend and summer use as we lived in New York City which is misery in ...

OOPS- I did not look at the pics when I posted. What is below if for aquariums for fish , not the tank you have.

I have almost 30 tanks, at this point at least a dozen are empty. Every one of them has the same frame etc. you described. My smallest tank is a 5.5 gal. my two biggest are a 150 and a ...

I have always bred my plecos, starting with zebras as my first Hypancistrus to try to spawn. I was pretty successful and went on to work with more Hypans from the Big Bend of the Xingu.

I have always worked from the position that I am not smarter than the fish, The males know where the best caves ...

*sigh*

This is the second death this week for me of a really good fish person and decent human being who will be sorely missed.

I have thought about what Dbam wrote above for some time now. I just sold off the last of my RB 236 offspring as well as my tank of "mystery" hypans (I had no clue what species they were and it was several not just one.) I now have two zebra fry and my WC 173 and offspring left. They will all be ...

I came to PC this morning to see what was new. I spotted an article from Shane listed in the Random Read box. When I clicked on it it did not take me to the article. So I headed over to the listing for all of Shane's great articles. I tried to go to them via the link provided and almost every time I ...

Nature has little choice in terms of evolution as far as I am concerned. It is an ideal way to insure species are best adapted to their environment. It also wants to insure that species survive over time. And for a very very long time nature had its way. What changed things was us. Humans have ...

MY problem has been the house itself. My brother and I , two old bachelors, share a lovely house we inherited. Out parents built it in 1961 as a summer and weekend place. It is in the woods and has its own private well which is mostly why I have done so well with plecos. But the house has no ...

Next week I send out the final 12 offspring from my TR parented L173. The beeders went out almost 2 years ago. Also going out next week are my 3 oldest zebras the oldest is over 20 and the next one may be as well. The third is close to 20.

Also going out in the very near future are my tank of mixed ...

When I was first setting up my tank for altums which is stained. I was interested in a pleco I could eventually add. I had H. contradens and apparently they come from the same region and some of the rivers where the Altums live. I put in a pair of my adults. I lost one after about a 18 minths and ...

Apparently yes. My brother sent me the pic which was a still taken from a vid. It is a small boat and the man is not reaching for it, so I would guess the fish landed back in the water. That is ubless the dog caught it.