I believe it is a female L201, but was wondering if you guys could help confirm that? I'm worried she may be getting bloat so I plan to move her to a 20gH quarantine tomorrow to keep a better eye on her. While in quarantine I'll be able to get some better pictures if it will help confirm the ID ...

http://i.imgur.com/F2Wrop8.jpg

I'm not sure what this is, the owner thinks it is a bristlenose but that doesn't seem right due to the lack of spots. Any ideas?

Does it always appear in the same locations? In other words, are there a specific number of spots, and they simply fade and then come back? Or do the spots seem to move around the body, in different locations? Is it just one spot, or are there several at once? (in your photos, there appears to be a ...

"... it's level with the skin. It's just a discolouration of the skin that disappears and appears at random." Since of course we can't see the actual fish in life, I'll take your word for this. In the photo you provided, the white spot appeared to me to be 3-dimensional, with a slight arch to it ...

"To answer their questions: it's not fish mites or flukes, because it's level with the skin. It's just a discolouration of the skin that disappears and appears at random. The tank temp is about 25C/77F. I tried getting better pics, but he's mostly hanging out in the back."

http://i.imgur.com/ONTXNZ7.jpg
About halfway down, next to the dorsal fin. The owner says it comes and goes in different spots but the pleco seems healthy.

I actually tried searching this forum, but I guess I didn't use the right words. Lots of reading to do now Thanks!!

Does anyone know of any articles or write-ups on bristlenose genetics? Like which traits are dominant (longfin/normal, blue-eye, etc) or about mixing different colors? I know hybridization is frowned upon, but I'm curious about it and haven't really been able to find anything on my own.

He passed 4 days ago. It was weird, he seemed to be better than ever that night then the next morning he was dead and half his body had turned white like milk white. I should have posted pictures here but I was upset and buried him.

Is it normal for them to turn white like that after ~10 hours?

Even though I've had no responses on this, I figured that I should update it. He seems to be doing well. I haven't seen him eat, but his stomache isn't looking sunk in. No signs of aggression from the bnp's. He's very shy, but he was before the wound, too. I've been overfeeding with tons of zuchinni ...

I picked this guy up last week, he didn't have the wound at the time. He was in a planted 55 gallon with 2 L114's (very young, about 2-2.5 inches), 2 L129's (about 1-1.5 inches), and a young L204 (3 inches). He is 2.5 inches himself. I've read the 114's and 129's can be aggressive to other plecos of ...

Why couldn't you just replace the impeller?

Jools wrote:This is further complicated by the addition of the Black Phantom Pleco,

L476

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Jools

Nice! Can't get enough
Wish there were pics available of it

Thanks!

PlanetCatfish has 77-86'F Seriouslyfish has it listed at 72-77'F PlecoPlanet is 79-84'F This article from Shane's world http://www.planetcatfish.com/shanesworld/shanesworld.php?article_id=454&title=Breeding+L128 has them breeding at 82-84'F. But in many posts people point out that the blues come ...