Which of the two stays the smallest then - i have looked in planet catfish database for size info on L177 but no size available, also are they suited to discus setups? It is a toss up between these, L183 starlight ancistrus and L201 Hypancistrus Inspector.

Cheers for you help guys!

Anthony

I have narrowed down my selection to 3 different species of catfish, and want to know which would be most suitable / reccomended for my tank (60" x 18" x 24" discus setup); L201 - Hypancistrus Inspector L183 - ANCISTRUS DOLICHOPTERUS L081 - Baryancistrus sp. Or ant species that stays 7" or under ...

Hi there, i have a LFS with golden nugget plecs in stock, however i think there are to different species in the same tank, i am after the smaller of the golden nuggets (think its L81), and want to know if one of these is it? If not what species of golden nugget are they? No. 1 [img]http://img ...

Well thanks for the help guys - actualy my pH is far from stable - stays at around 5 before a water change and shoots up to around 6.5 - 7 after a water change - just how much tap water should i add then? Also what additives do you guys use for the RO water (i have API electro right?!)? Lastly i ...

Ive never added tap water as it is hard and unfiltered - only ro is my means of filtration - if i was to add tap water (dechlorinated of course) - how much wuld you reccomend adding (to say a 5 gallon drum)?

Cheers

Anthony

Thanks for the prompt reply! Do you consider this stocking level to be acceptable? I will be increasing the water changes to 2 x 15 gallons per week of RO water - again is this acceptable or would you consider increasing them even more?

regards

Anthony

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Right, i am performing daily water changes of 50% while adding a bacterial starter culture daily. However, i lost the poorly L260 yesterday and the other 3 just dont seem interested in food at all. Have tried (well rinsed) cockles, hikari sinking wafers and tetra prima today but they dont bother at ...

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between 29 - 30 degrees

I have a 5 foot juwel tank containing discus, apistos, cardinals and zebra plecos, what corydoras species would be best out of the following 3;

Corydoras Adolfoi
Corydoras Panda
Corydoras Metae

Or any others you can suggest? Also how many would you reccomend? I was thinking of 6 minimum?

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0 whiptails (will remove)
2 rams
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how many corys?

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Cheers guys!

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