Jim: here's the original post

http://forum.planetcatfish.com/viewtopic.php?t=5766

ummm, I don't have an egg tumbler.

So what would ya'll recommend?

Thanks so much.

When would you strip a mouthbrooding cichlid with a mouthful of s. multi eggs?

Venustus does live up to be a host, but it's a huge, agressive fish.

Not easy to keep in a small tank, males can kill their females with little issue whatsoever.

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Thanks, no worries. I have a tank full of aggressive fishes :) It is a weird tank actually. So called community fish, with ...

Thanks Paul, I did not know that. Hopefully future spawns will result in more babies. I had a heck of a time finding out exactly when I should strip the cich. I couldn't find that info anywhere :( So I had to guess with this one. :?

In the tank they are in, I have some Venustus in that tank as ...

Hmmmm, so when would a good time to strip the holding female cich?

Thanks.

Hey jim, any chance on pics of your babies?

Congrats. Seems there's going to be a bunch of s. multi's appearing in Canada and the US ( my babies are 11days old now ).

Good luck.

When is the best time to strip?
I guessed with this batch and striped at 9 days past spawn. The babies are doing wonderfully, eating and swimming well.

Should I have stripped the cich sooner? Would that have given me more multipuntatus babies?

When are the yolksacks absorbed?

Thanks.

Yup, They are indeedy s. multipuntatus fry. They've grown amazingly even in the last two days. A couple today pics.

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/ChristinaM/fish/multis022904a.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com/albums/v16/ChristinaM/fish/multi022904b.jpg

http://img6.photobucket.com ...

It's a guess the fish.
I know what they are.
I discoverred them today, and have had my fingers crossed for the last week

I wonderred how many people would actually know these guys as babies.
They are quite unmistakenable as they grow, which doesn't take long.

Can anyone guess?

I'm sooooooo excited on these babies [/img]

Thank you all for your time and thoughts. I know its hard without a pic, so I do appreciate this. So far no go, but I haven't posted Yann's possibility of an oto.
I think we'll leave it at that....so many pleco eh

Thanks again.

How frustrating LOL.

No luck yet, here's more on the plec he saw
"Alright, alright, I just checked Krystyna's suggestions: L260 & L134 don't match at all.
The tiny pleco I saw had thin white parallel lines from head to toe, black body, no perpendicular stripes."


Is there any questions I can ask ...

Caol_ila wrote:Well its just a stupid game of guessing with no pics...
Maybe your friend should look through all the pics in the catelog...

He is thank you very much.
But there is many a pic to look thru. The suggestions help and are very much appreciated.

Thank you for the responses. I posted them to the fellow who seen the plec, so far it's not an L066, his words "no L066, no way. "Mine" was totally black with very thin white stripes from head to toe"

Just posted him the other suggestions.

Thanks again.

Has anyone ever heard of a Panda pleco?
From another board I'm on
"Have you ever heard of a panda pleco?
There was a tiny pleco today at the store with that name, he looked like a zebra pleco but was definitely not a zebra (mainly black with very thin white lines) - anyway he was really cute but I ...

What type of filtration do you have?

As long as you do your regular water changes, and have adequate filtration, you'll be fine leaving the plec in and adding the tetra's and two more cories.

BUT, I would do one at a time, add the cories....wait a week and add the tetra's. This is to give your ...

Many thanks Sir, I will definately have to check out the "bible".

Thx.

wow, and now I think he's an impressive fish.
Can just imagine him at 20+"......definately a centerpiece fish.
He will be going in a 110g tank with some other large, or to be large fish. He is definately a welcome additon.

Thanks.

May I ask where you generally get your information from?

Well, this depends on how you measure the fish. The largest recorded size for this species is about 7.5" SL (without the caudal fin) and 10" TL (with the caudal fin).

ahhh, ok.....well my baby is 9" TL......hmmmm, so I guess it's possible he could grow a touch more perhaps....

any ideas on how ...

wahooooooooooo.

Then I definately must dispute the max growth in the profile of 6.5".

My new "baby" is 9" long, 2-3" wide, and very thick

Definately my pride and joy.

or not?

not the best pics tho.

Thanks Silurus. That is exactly what I don't want. I already have 4 Liposarcus and don't need any more of the large guys.

Ok, I guess what I'm looking to hear is, what size would the chocolate albino plec reach? Is it a big guy like the commons, or does it stay under 8" like the chocolates, or rhino plecs?

Thx

ah ha.....thank you. That saves me from buying one. I already have enough larger plec's. Will pass on the info at my fish store.

Thx.

Has anyone ever heard of these?
They are on my LFS availability list from the wholesaler....
They are relitively inexpensive.
That's bout all I know.

If you have any info, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks

hmmmmmmmmm.
That is not what I wanted to hear...hmmmmm.
Perhaps mine are immature still?
i hope.

it's a possibility, but not one I can say 100%. The pics in the gallery, those fish are more striped than mine, perhaps a diffrent colouration variation?

I can tell you one thing, the one that should be male, when I was getting him from the bag to the tank, he was very distraught and got me a good ...

will check it out....I should have mentioned...the top two pics are of one fish, next pic is a diffrent fish, last pic is the one that should be a male.

Positive id anyone? I have a quad of these guys, 3f 1m. They were sold as goldspot bnose pleco's.

http://symphony.net/~cmarvin/public/goldspot.jpg
http://symphony.net/~cmarvin/public/goldspot2.jpg
http://symphony.net/~cmarvin/public/goldspot4.jpg
http://symphony.net/~cmarvin/public/goldspot5 ...