Happy to report that both have found an individual cave they like and I see poop so they are eating. I am removing the remaining food each day and try to deviate between different types of food as much as I can. I am expecting two more L136B by end of next week!

Thank you Tony

Thats really cool Emanuel! All the best raising them!

Congratulations on the new addition. I have a breeding colony of 10 myself that are wilds. The love meaty food and lots of current -Tony Tony, another question, in your experience at what size can you sex them? On this pair I notice one has a bit rounder nose and the other a bit pointier, hoping ...

Thats cool Tony! Yeah I have carni wafers, Fluval bug bites and an assortment of frozen feed and spirulina tablets right now, but will try to order more variety for them. I am waiting on a spray bar to arrive for the 207 Fluval which pumps 7-15x the volume of the tank, thinking the spray bar will ...

Hello, I am since recently part of a WhatsApp group of local pleco enthusiasts and amateur breeders that do a weekly raffle and I won a pair of L136B's that just arrived today. The fish are still very small, around 3.5 cm. I bough another pair so I have a little group in my 80Liters bare bottom tank ...

I love the yellow variant. I know a few breeders here that are breeding the super white variants but for me the yellow line is way prettier!

Good luck Emanuel with raising the fry, I hope most of them will survive!

So... how do you achieve this with slow eaters and strong filtration and current? Apologies for my ignorance but my worry is most of the food will end up in the cannister filter this way. How do you do this? Edit: for clarification, these 2 will go in their own tank so nobody else to clean what they ...

Thanks both! I have frozen food already (baby bine shrimp, red mosquito etc) so thinking they will prob take that. Plus I ordered Fluval bug bites and Pleco and Catfish carni wafers from Plecofood for now. I will visit a few shops in the next week to see what else I can find. Didn't think yet of ...

So I am part of a WhatsApp group here in Spain that organizes draws or lotteries with fish and yesterday I won a pair of L136B's of approx 3cm's . They will be shipped to me somewhere next week and needless to say I am very excited. I happen to have an empty tank cycled, bare except for some wood ...

Lovely, such a great result!

Hi Emanuel, Greetings from Barcelona, Spain! I love this thread, your photos and videos! In the past I had L260 and in my tank they were very shy too (and it was a species only tank). I am absolutely in love with your L236, especially the yellow and regular version! I am planning to setup a species ...

Do you have any pictures of your L260's in your tanks Marc?

Thanks for sharing, they are gorgeous!

Just see your instagram name and have been following you (and liking your pics) for a while already


Ruud

Thank you James, added him to my saved sellers on Ebay. Once i have my space confirmed for my breeding tanks, and can start building I will check him out and see if he still has stock, and most importantly will ship to Spain. I am guessing you took the 5cm 30ppi mats? Those are the ones I would be ...

Wow post some pictures please. L134 is one of my favorite small place's, along with the L260 and I am really hoping I can keep both species soon again in the near future!

Cheers
Ruud

Hi Ruud, @CoryWally and I think you could maybe you could consider a trip to the CSG convention in March next year - Barcelona to Manchester is not very expensive considering the fishes you could find at very good prices... Thanks Jools, who knows?? As we speak i am in the search of a workshop ...

Hi - can I ask where you got the HMF mats in the UK?


Thank you
Ruud

Hello My name is Ruud and I am from Netherlands, but since about 4 years now living in (near) Barcelona, Spain. I emigrated here 4 years ago and left the hobby for a while when i started over my life here. I never had more than 3 tanks in NL and currently have none but am looking to get back in the ...

What a great video! Years ago, when I still lived in NL I had these and some other L numbers. Very pretty pleco's.

I am just returning a bit to the hobby, hope to find some of these here in Spain.

Ruud