That is absolutley brillant i have 6 baby 128s bought them in the hope to breed when they a mature. Had a look around and i couldnt find anyone who has bred them. Seeing this thread is great now gives me hope cool excellent am well excited even thou i have got a couple of years wait i think.

Okey thanks for that very useful

Hello all, am looking for some help i am keeping a number of L128 plecs i want to make my tank the closet to there habitat as possible, have tryed to find pics of where they come from which is venezuela and columbia upper rio orinoco drainage. But have had no joy. If anyone has any tank ideas ...

Okey thanks for that mat very useful as always, the one i was going to get is made by a company called d d as thats the one my local shop stocks also they do the jbl but the filters that go inside are nearly twice as expensive and with what you say about regular carbon changes i think the dd is the ...

Hello all after having my tank set up, getting all the inside looking ok and starting to stock fish, thought the next thing i should do is is invest in r o. I would like peoples comments on the best ones out there on the market for quality, price etc. i have a 450 ltr tank

Hello all i have one rusty plec for sale or maybe a swap, i am in dartford in kent the fish is for collection or may deliver to the local area, can send pictures on request.

nice fish like the look of him, thats the size of fish i want swimming around stoping the tank from looking so empty

Okey thanks for that mat, will take a look at those fish

Thanks for the link mats have just spoke to them have one def male 12-14cm, another large male they are keeping and the rest unknown are 75 each. He is going to send me pics of the male thats for sale.

Really where they for sale? where abouts is that shop?

My rusty plec is a messy bugger i have invested in a vaccum which i use weekly when i do my water changes, i think they should find a poo eating fish lol

Hello all looking at tank today am happy with the plecs i have which are 4 L128, 1 watermelon panaque, 1 rusty plec, 1 L 368 with all these spending most of there time arround the bottom in caves etc, the centre of the tank is looking empty would like to put a fish in there that will swim up and ...

Thanks for the advice guys, been really helpful. i have been paying 45 pound each for them. thinking bout it should have got mature ones. all a learning curve i suppose. sorry that i put in wrong topic

Hi and welcome to plant catfish, sure you will find all the help you need

Oh okey sounds like i have a way to go then, how old are yours?

Hello all, well i would like to try and breed the blue phantom plec, i started to have a little read up but theres a few things i dont know. my little ones are about 4cm at the moment i have been buying 2 at a time and so far have 4 the idea is to have 6 to 8 of them, then hopefully will end up with ...

Yes very true well thats that one sorted am well happy with them both, they have both been eating well and been out and about around the tank.The rusty plec has also noticed the watermelon and doesnt like to share his piece of bogwood with him so he will have to choose one of the other two i think ...

Thanks for the kind words corrie and right you are mat wildwoods are very busy easy mistake i suppose they do have alot of L numbers there.

I think it looks good mate sure you will be changing around a few times before you settle

Thanks for the kind words on the L330. As for the L 336 mat when i bought the fish the label had on it L 336 scobiancistrus sp tapajos. i asked the man also in wildwoods that that is the correct name and L number, he said yes. I dont honestly know either way i cant seem to find any anywhere else and ...

oh and heres my tank

Hello all well after going to wildwoods last weekend, just had to go back today, thought i would treat myself to a fish or two. Went to get L 366 which i saw there last week, then a freind pointed out a L 330 watermelon panaque, which i think looks the same as a royal but mine has spots instaed of ...

Okey thanks for that mats, i did change the top white part of the filter last week, it was very dirty oops :( .The external filter i put micro mec in the bottom tray and the ceramic stones in down the middle, so theres plenty of breeding space for the bacteria. like i said all my levels are fine. I ...

Price wise im quite flexable depending on how much i like the fish and the rarenty of the fish. ideally i would say from 50 to 500 pounds

Okey thats for the replys think i will leave it in there then, i must admit i did see a big change in the water when i hooked up the external filter thou, the only thing thats bothering me a bit is the water still seems a little cloudy, all the levels are fine i do a 30% water change every week ...

thanks for the advice mats and jon, sounds like a good plan to me. with the fish you mentioned do you just get one male and one female or do you buy a few and wait to see who pairs up?

Hello all well i have a juwel vision 450ltr tank at the moment i have the internal filter in there and a jbl 1500 external was sitting looking in the tank thinking i dont really like the internal being in there taking up space etc, was wondering if i should take it out and replace with another ...

Hello all just a quick question i would like to try and breed some plecs i have been going threw the l numbers and find alot of them saying that alot of them havent been captive bred is that because no one has tryed or that they wont breed? or is it a bit of both? any help or advise would be much ...

Yes i will do before i buy a fish i get as much details as i can on them, size is one of the first questions i ask.

No thats not it this little chap i looked at was black with white spots is about 30mm big at the moment he said it was a new species not even sure if its been given a name yet, will take a photo as soon as i get it