Hello folks, I am back again with some pleco p0rn :)) X9AB14OOe3U Watch and enjoy. Feel free to share the link with other hobbyists. Again, I'd like to emphasize that the female is actually forcing it's way into the males cave at the beginning. There is evidently no "trapping" going on. The female ...

No, I did not feed it for most of the summer time. I don't want them to get too fat. It's best to give them some time with lots of veggies and less protein based foods. I think you can use most Pleco foods from the big suppliers for this period. Just don't feed too much to your adults. Youngsters on ...

Well at least I feed it for 2-3 days untill it is gone. Depends on my mood whether I am up to make it every third day all over, again. So they get some breaks in between. I feed it mostly when I want them to spawn, or rather when I expect them to spawn again soon. Like now, when winter and rainy ...

Jess, I did never witness my L168 spawn (only ever had 1 spawn). But I found the word trapping being mostly missleading. I think it's more often the male refusing to let the female in than the female actually not willing to spawn and therefore being trapped by the male forcefully. It's especially ...

I take an old big tea cup with hot water and boil it in the microwave. Then add the powder and stir well using a spoon. Once hardened, I will feed it using a spoon to make portions of what I assume would be appropriate for the tank. One tea cup usually is enough for two or sometimes three days. That ...

Hey Tom, the picture really makes it look horrible. I hope it is in better condition than the picture suggests.

I think we need a better picture for now.

I don't like derailing this thread, but I wonder what happened there now @stuby ?

The description of a male L14 having the square jaw/head and the female having the more pointed jaw/head shape is actually backwards.... the female has the square jaw shape and the male is more pointed! https://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=44635&p=304112&hilit=l14#p304112 The ...

Head looks not pronounced enough to be male for me. Body looks round, too. The interopercularodontodes are a little in between. If this is a big specimen of 10 inches or more I would say female. If it is still smaller, it might just grow a more angular / edged head and be a nice male though.

JBL Aradol Plus 250 works good against argulus. As always I don't know if it is available in the US. It's based on Diflubenzuron . It stops the argulus from growing new "skin" so they die during molting. Also affects shrimps and other crustaceans. Snails showed no signs of problem though. And it is ...

stuby wrote: ↑27 Mar 2019, 11:08 nothing bad is in it but could make a mess of the tank.

You got that wrong. It's the panaqolus making a mess of the tank

Basically, your cave should be a little longer than the male at least. If one fits, it is very likely two will fit, too ;) Some plecos prefer very narrow caves, others wider ones. It depends. Baryancistrus are some of the trickier to breed. You might look into some of the L177 spawns that are ...

Here comes a story that is a little sad, a little happy, a little unbelieveable and yet very true. Yesterday I swapped some fishes between tanks. Mostly because the L183 tank seemed to be a major letdown. PH just never went below 7, even though the water was super soft and KH was below 1°. I tried ...

Marc, some months ago I found one of my L397 males with completely reduced interopercular odontodes. All that was left was a white stump. Reminds me pretty much of what your fish shows there. Though I did not see the early stages (he is a real cave dweller). He was perfectly healthy otherwise and ...

Chris helland wrote: ↑23 Mar 2019, 16:41 So ive bin told, but then ppl keep telling me that the fins need to connect which they dont.

There seems to be an inconsistency about the fins. Like a natural variation within the species. That's why you should rely on the mouth.

Hey, best way to make the distinctioin is to look at the mouth when its attached to glas. Lowfin - Hemiancistrus http://www.l-welse.com/gallery/files/9/1/3/l_welse_com_l_200_17cm_600.jpg Hifin - Baryancistrus http://www.l-welse.com/gallery/files/9/1/3/l_200_hifin_bild03_600.jpg Source: l-welse.com

I would think using nonburned clay/loam/silt would be the best option to provide a digging ground for plecos. Filtration will be another challange, though muddy water might not be a real problem for the fish, right?

Hello,

the reason why there are no reports is that there have been no recorded spawnings on L27 and L95.

Cheers

Sad to see this continue.

You might want to provide a picture of your tank. What is the water volume? How many L134 do you keep in there?

Haha, after looking at him in my tank I came across the idea that he looked like stardust, googled "ancistrus stardust" and came up with Ancistrus sp(l100) . And the spots seem to be pretty "spot on". (pun intended). Not sure if the caudal fits, though :/ Could use some better pictures of L100.

Hey everyone, I bought a group of Ancistrus sp(l107) about a year ago. They were really small back then and had quite some variation in size and pattern. First of all, I have my doubts about the source of the fish, since he said he had them from a friend and I couldn't see the parents and he also ...

Yes keep it up.

I was so close to buying a Vectron Energy MultiPlus (Inverter+Charger+Auto/On/Off) before and might now just go for it. Had a devastating 8hours power outage some years ago and am still very afraid of it happening again.

Nice to see many striving fry
How are they doing now?

82°F is still pretty low temperature for it's habitat. Wouldn't expect that to be a major problem. If you had enough successfull spawns at this temperature I would love to see a control experiment on higher temps again.

Haha what a pleasant surprise.

It is indeed always great to find a fish you did not expect.

Marc,

if you keep experiencing dropped eggs, I would strongly consider dropping the male

Move him to a different home and see if one of the remaining males will fare bettter.

(And when I say different home I mean a different Tank in your fishroom)

bekateen wrote: ↑01 Feb 2019, 15:00 I'm attempting to use @jobro 's fin pics to sex your fish. I agree that your group is male heavy, but I can't decide if you have one female or two.

Good luck, Eric

Same here, I tend to think there are 2 females in the group. But it should be easier seeing them in real.

My experience with this species is, that both genders will develope strong odontodes. I tend to look at the ventral fins for sexing these. Males will have way longer ventral fins than females have, when ready to breed. Pictures are from: https://www.suedamerikafans.de/en/wels-datenbank/welsart/?art ...

I would worry about any pleco lying in the open, upside down or not

The revision of Farlowella can be downloaded here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/9usj4wkmz43t7r8/retzer1997_farlowella.pdf?dl=1 Oh man, thank you very much... I'm reading and reading... I'm no biologist though. Not used to these papers :D Well I can tell, 2 are very likely platorynchus or at least ...

Hi Jobro, Neat! How do you identify them? Cheers, Eric Wow Eric, you are fast :)) I use the abdominal scutes and also the net like pattern on their body and head. I go by this: http://loricariinae.behrenart.de/genus.php?id=7 Scroll down, then read 1a and 1b, click on the links on the right (2, 4 ...