Thank you for your replies! I really appreciate it. I raise and breed different species of plecos, and this fish was not for me, rather a friend. I have several tanks, and one of them is my cichlid breeding tank, and in this tank I keep one of twelve different species. The species Im keeping are in ...

One, yours arent big enough to breed yet. They are an awesome predator fish, as I have been breeding them for years-IMO juveniles look better as they get older, they lose the white tips. I have info on these fish over at http://www.cichliidtank.com, just only with one 'i', Register and then goto the ...

Could be a blue ancistrinae, possibly a L128. I have bred some L128s that havent had any spots, and were bright blue-very raely has it happened, but a pic sure would help-obviously, but Ill see if I can locate the person I sold one to, and snap a pic for ya.

I have a variation of L076-more yellow than the orange, and it looks exactly like that when it is stressed out. In my opinion, it is not L018, because the L018's I have turn dark when put into stressful situations. Just my opinions though.

Well me and my buddy have been breeding these L046s for a while now, and man do they breed good. The males get extremely fussy when guarding the nest. I would also say in response to some of your statements, wood is not a necessity. Also, I keep east african fish (malawi's) and wood is definitely ...

What is a good pleco to be put into an african cichlid tank with a pH of 8.4?