Mine is constantly on the wood, so yes. She barely leaves the driftwood. I can count the few times I've seen her on the glass or eating at the zucchini on one hand. They definitely benefit from it.

Thanks for all of the information! Apparently my female is not fully grown. Soon I'll be looking for more Starlights, hopefully someone would be willing to sell adults...

I have a question about breeding L183s, will a pH of 6.4 be fine for them to breed in? The KH/GH of my water is low.

I didn't know there had been replies, but thanks for the compliments!

Then why have almost all of the care sheets I've seen for L183s state they reach only 4"?

I live in a rental house and I'm pretty sure I could put a tote under one area of the roof where it's always pouring off in streams when it rains and store water in that. I may have to find a 55 gallon drum or something similar because a tote wouldn't be very sturdy full of water over a long period ...

Took her out of the tank. Turns out I was wrong, she's not fully developed. She's 3 inches, not 4. I also touched the nose and it wasn't soft, it was hard. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/LinkCrow/SLPleco.jpg I couldn't get a good angle so I took her out for 5 seconds to get a quick snapshot ...

I'll try to get a better photo of her in a bit. I read that peat moss isn't effective because the water will slowly go back to the pH it was before even after being soaked in peat moss. It's not as effective as RO. Rain water, though, now there's an idea... Looks like I joined the right forum if I ...

No, he's fully grown in this photo, 4 inches. I've had him since September 10, 2011 when he was one inch long. I don't think he's sexually mature yet, as I've read it takes L183s two years to reach maturity, but then again, bsmith, the guy I got him from, said it surprised him how quickly his L183s ...

Is it a male or a female? Let me know if this picture's not good enough. If it's not, then I'm going to have to dig him/her out because it's always hiding except at night. http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v632/LinkCrow/Pleco.jpg I'd also like to try to start a breeding project with it. I've read ...

Thanks, guys! I've been trying without success to add aquaria to my profile. How do I do this? It seems so complicated...

Thank you! I got the pleco at just the exact right time since I had just set up the 40 gallon and the breeder was selling them and they were going VERY fast. It was just a stroke of luck since I wasn't a member of either forum that he's on. I had to look the thread up, but the member I got the ...

Hello! Name's Adam, I'm from Greensboro, NC. I joined up because I have a Starlight Bristlenose Pleco, L183, from a member here. I originally had two, but I lost one when I had temporary trouble with my water. My pleco is very shy, refusing to come out unless it's night. I was wondering if having ...