i love 'em.... paroto, oto, whatever.... pitbull, flexilis, bRING IT! i love these little guys. I just bought an otocinlus gibbosus... not finding much info.... any thgoughts? also, my LFS brought in three parotos (as i can tell) called "yellow oto" (pale orange), "green oto" (a grey looking ...

mine wont touch any algae at all, i wouldn't count on any Panaque doing that job for you. but he eats my veggies (potato, cucumber) and devours my african root wood. it might not be his most preferred wood but he leaves piles of sawdust and it quite healthy and FAT so he must be gettting all he ...

don't count on it being an "algae" eater in the way you i think you would like. Sure it eats some, but its not going to "keep your tank clean". try some otocinclus etc. for that task.

it looks alot like an LDA65 titanicus (as labeled at my LFS) its selling for $75 (US).

the cat-e-log states they might not like wood, but my L046 seems to be constantly resting on some of it. and it has many other options. just a thought.... try a piece for your little one.

i would love to rid myself of carbon in my fluvals and magnums. can i get away with bio stars and ceramics only? and with ammonia chips that i can recharge? i know its possible to recharge carbon but im not wanting to. any thoughts?

can anyone comment on the difference between Hikari brand "sinking" and "algae" discs? My LFS was vague at best with their answer, and the ingredients are virtually identical. I've always bought the "sinking" variety as they are easily availible to me in the smaller diameter (1/4"). I feed them as ...

any thoughts? sorry i cannot just post the picture.
http://cichlid-forum.com/tanks/displayt ... ?tank=4601

i'd be more than happy to contribute. what's the best method of getting them to the correct person. i took some ok pics of both yesterday and will get good ones tonight with better camera.

i agree with Caol.... I've used the Red Sea brand o2 test. It gave me the same reading on all of my tanks. Curious, i staged a test. I took some water from my roomate's betta bowl that had not seen a water change in over a month. And also tested fresh tap water saturated with o2. They both ...

thanks alot silurus! are these two not in the cat-e-log? by the two i mean, hisontus leucofrenatus and otocinclus flexilis... and to expose my ignorance.... what is a "junior synonym" of a species? I'll try to snap some pics today. thanks.

My friend had a similar problem. I tested his phosphate levels and it maxed out my test. He tried the Phos-sorb from aquarium pharm. and replaced the carbon in his filter. Seemed to work well. Phosphate levels are nil and water is clearer. Also he started convering the tank during the really bright ...

thanks. what about the arnoldi?

i bought a couple of each of what my LFS calls otocinlus niger, and otocinclus arnoldi (regular oto, it said). are these correct names. She thought that maybe the niger had a new classification taking it out of the otocinclus family but the name "oto" just stuck. any clues on my fish?

thanks for the help everyone! I of course know that Htpancistrus are meat eaters so i instantly ignored our annoying one. I've kept L260 queens. But i want this little beauty to be happy and thrive so i thought i'd ask some keepers what theirs like. And thanks alot for the advice! as for my recent ...

a ban according to whom and to what penalty? Who is "publishing" this "ban".

I've heard 14" but some say one of the L#s stays smaller. either way, i'd say the 20 gal is too small for the long run. You'll need to move it when as it gets bigger. But theat should take a while. I hear they are slow growers.

I just gladly paid $100 (US) for my L046. Gladly. From a very reputable LFS and the first time i've seen one there in over a year. I've been obviously hesistant buying one online in an auction, not being sure what i would get in terms of health. So if you can get one at any size or age from a source ...

thanks for all the thoughts everyone. Sorry it got a little crazy in the middle! Bound to happen when discussing these amazing fish. People get nuts! So right now it specifically gets live Black worm (not blood), and frozen brine and mysis (totally diff. just wasnt sure if peeps knew what mysis is ...

I realize this might be an overdone subject, but im excited. looking for fresh intelligence.... My new zebra is residing in my killi tank. They get live black worm and frozen brine shrimp. As far as i know, this is fine for the zebra, but curious if i could/should supplement with anything else. the ...

nice price... they go for $40 out here in the NW. My L200 loves cucumber and potato (all kinds). I skewer them with a chopstick and jam it in between the rocks. Try to find seedless or "English" cucumbers. They have way smaller and less seeds than regular cucs. More meat and less water content. They ...

I realize this is a little off subject but i hear it all the time in this site and want to have my say. Root wood is not Bad for, nor disliked by african c-lids. With no help other than c-lid salts my water stays at 8.0-8.2, with a large piuece in my 30 gal.. No coloration issues, nothing. my ...

I have a fairly overstocked 30 gal. and to keep L# waste to a minimum I employ a large sponge in the back, bottom corner attacheed to a 802 powerhead (400gal/hr). It pulls all the waste along the bottom to the sponge where it breaks down and becomes yummy bacteria. I rinse my sponge well in the same ...

no offense either (but uber-toungue-in-cheek-humour intended), But suggesting the relatively banal "Bushynose" ancistrus as "the most beautiful of the L#'s" is as analogous to stating that a pug is the prettiest canine. Some may think so, but not many. There are undoubtedly beautiful ancistrus, but ...

so another $80 for one I know little about didn't seem logical to me. Maybe next month. yeah like they'll still have it. that seems very expensive to me. I regularly see them for $40 for juveniles and $50 (max) for full grown specimens. In fact i've never seen ANYTHING for more than $60 at my LFS ...

My 6" L-190 lives happily in a 30 gal with a clown and a L-239 Blue Panaque. They all chill on the same piece of wood together at times. Will move him to my 75 soon though.

it appears mine loves potato and cucumber even more..!

whats the best method for knowing how much to feed and when, concerning veggies.... everyday? until its gone? i had a slice of potato about 5cm in diameter and 1cm thick. it took them 3 days to eat it. by them i mean a small clown, my l239 and my 5" royal. they aslo had access to a littl spirulina ...

thanks everybody! Mine is definitley developing odontodes that are a brilliant metallic gold color. Similar to the sheen on my L190 Royal. I'll try to get pictures. Do the presence of these definitly mean its a male? How about on a Royal?

Here are a few pictures of my Ancistrinae L-239 "Blue Panaque" the third is the best pic IMHO. http://www.blutosports.com/fish/blue/blue1.jpg http://www.blutosports.com/fish/blue/blue2.jpg http://www.blutosports.com/fish/blue/blue3.jpg I bought him as a "wild" fish at about 10cm. I've seen him (or ...