Your post has given me a lot of help! I'm probably 2-3 mos out from setup of tank, but will for sure tag you in my post for your opinion!

Marc,

Just came across your thread! This is amazing to see as I am starting to do my research now on setting up a breeding colony of L128s. Great job, your tank looks really nice!

Awesome pics. Love seeing them in their natural habitat! Thank you!!!

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Yea, I was figuring as much about trying to find a single female. I think I might already be talking to the person that has the pair for sell. Thank you for the input!!!

Thank you, I sent him a note.

Do you have any female L260's you would be willing to sell? I am looking for 1 or 2 for my 4 males which I have had for several years now.

Thanks,

Mike

I know this is a shot in the dark, but I have had my colony of 4 male L260's for several years now. They are fully grown and looking great. I have pics posted on this site if you would like to see. Well, I am now trying hard to find them a female or two. If there is anyone out there willing to sell ...

Just an update. I am pretty sure they are all males. I have had them for several years now. They are all fully grown, looking really great too. I am now very much in need of a couple females. I know that is a common statement, but if there is anyone out there that is willing to part with a female or ...

I will be keeping an open eye.

DJ-don wrote:i would say all of them are males except maybe the second one or fourth!


great fish though!

Yea, I think one of them is a female, hoping so any way. I would love to get more but I know that is near impossible.

They are 3"-4". About 4 yrs or so old.

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You guys have access to Flubendazole, which is a fantastic parasite treatment, IME. The fish weren't stressed at all when I've used it and it was very effective against even camallanus (granted, at a much higher than recommended dose). The fish themselves handled it very well, as did decorative ...

I hate to say these, but I did warned you over our conversations before you even got the fish about treating them.. Out of all the plecos I have, L-260 are notorious to having lice and other parasites. Sorry to hear about your losses.

Well, I guess I didn't pick up it to clearly, either way, I ...

I don't know if you ever treated your L260 for Gill Flukes and internal round and tape worms but unless they are tank raised fish I can guarantee they do have some or all of these parasites. That's the way they come from the wild. Even if they are treated once that is only the beginning. It isn't ...

I have this at home that says flukes is one thing it does.

http://www.drsfostersmith.com/product/prod_display.cfm?pcatid=12098&cmpid=03csegb&ref=3312&subref=AA&ci_src=14110944&ci_sku=0022968000000

But I have not used it yet. But it has been recommended on this site numerous times as safe for ...

Hi Mike,

The issue of treating for their common parasites is serious and needs to be addressed. Parasites affect ability to use nutrition adequately and the fish need their gills to be functioning at peak efficiency. Gill Flukes are a common problem but fortunately an easy one to deal with.
Gill ...

[quote="apistomaster"]Your fish could only have lived in pure RO so long if there was a source of minerals being dissolved from the substrate......

I really appreciate you taking the time to type that out. It actually made me see things a lot better.

Here in LA our tap is quite hard, around 14kh ...

Farid wrote:hi there,
the buffering or the RO water is simply some liters of tapwater...that's it...a little bit of KH stops the pH to drop!
(did i missed something )

are you using CO 2 in the tank

farid

No, I do not put CO2 into this tank.

Okay, a final posting on this very, very sad day for me. This has turned out to be the hardest lesson learned...

From what I have learned today, this is what I feel happened, please correct me if you think differently.
Sorry, going to have to disagree. At pH's so low as what you were probably ...

Okay, a final posting on this very, very sad day for me. This has turned out to be the hardest lesson learned...

From what I have learned today, this is what I feel happened, please correct me if you think differently.

My tank has been setup now for about 7 weeks or so. Cycle was complete, no ...

The API test kit uses drops, but not in the way that Mike suggests. Titration, you drip in one drop at a time until something changes colour, and the amount of drops you added determines the pH. The API test kit uses some sort of pH sensitive colouring agent that will give a different colour for ...

All of my water tests are done with the API Master Test Kit. Not familiar with that one. Does it measure pH via titration (dropping acid into a container with water until color change) or with pH paper/stick? If the latter, don't trust it. If the former, don't trust it blindly .
What buffering ...

All of my water tests are done with the API Master Test Kit.

What buffering agent should I be using to help stabilize the water?

My ph was at 6.4, which is what I thought it should be at.

Mats, can you please recommend a proper buffer agent that I should use?

I was thinking, they have been in 100% RO since I got them almost 4 weeks ago. All w/c's have been with RO, so I am not sure if the RO is the problem. I am not adding anything though to the water, should I be?

I am suspicious there is 0 nitrate - is the test kit new or an old past it's best one?
But nitrate is listed as 15 ppm...

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Mats

Yes, my nitrite is 0, the nitrates are around 15 ppm.

I am seeing small trace of ammonia as well. I will due a w/c with tap and prime.

I did end up losing 2 ...

I just did another 50% w/c tonight. I have one of my L260's keep lunging out of the water along the glass. 2 other one's keep climbing up the outflow of the filter. They are acting like there is little O2 in the tank, but I have a brand new Whisper 20 running 24/7. I am really scared I am going to ...

My L260's!
I am not sure if this is a bad thing or not, but some of my L260's are laying on the output of the HOB filter. Their heads just slightly out of the water, but right in the output stream.

Water is about 82, ph 6.4, ammonia - 0, nitrite - 0, nitrate was at 15 yesterday, did 50%+ wc tonight ...

How much should I feed 6 young adult L260's on a daily basis? I am not sure if they have a fast metabolism or not. I currently feed them fbw and fbs along with an occasional algae wafer which they do nibble on.