In my attempts to breed L144 I bought 7 young fish. Five turned out to be males. One was set up with the two females. The other four are very robust so I decided to investigate their relationship to the common albino Ancistrus by housing them with six gravid female A. sp.(3.) The first spawn ...

I suggest checking for ich. These parasites invade the gills first, so ple*os often show breathing problems before external signs of disease.

6 neons who also have heavy fin damage.

Since it's impossible for a pl*co to catch a neon, that leaves disease or bad ass tetras. Do you happen to have UG filtration?

I'm also keeping a dozen L204 thanks to the great article by Janne! In February they arrived without any tail filaments (broken off?) at 7-8cm TL. The filaments have grown about 1cm per month since then. They are now about 10cm SL about 15cm TL. They are just starting to show odontodes. I use large ...

I have had success with bamboo as furnature & food for my pl*cos. When green, it sinks fast and quickly grows slimy like veggies. In time and after much gnawing, it looks more like driftwood. It also makes good caves.

Just received a group of L127 but can't find any info on them or even their genus. Cat-eLog shows fry, so somebody knows about them. Any tips on feeding, water quality, flow rate, etc?? TIA

Craig

What a fasinating fish! Can anyone suggest a source for F1 fry (preferably) or wild cought. I would like to help popularize this one.

Yours,
Craig