Hi Tom, I have the same situation with my 8 L333's, though they are smaller (as you refer to conditioning them to spawn I assume they are close to mature) and will be split into two tanks soon. I recently purchased a school of 16 blue tetra ( Boehlkea fredcochui )and added them to the current ...

Hi mate, i had the same experience a while back, happening upon a colony of L144's. Very few people have these fish in australia from what i am told, so i would recommend these to you from a breeding perspective (especially if you are interested in them :wink: ). The Aqualog pics of L144 are a great ...

It just makes me so angry i think that if many (or any) lfs around here sold dyed fish, we might have to start a 'movement', painting whole shopfronts fluorescent pink during the night leaving a nice little message stating our cause. I'm sure they'd do it themselves if they had opposable fins to ...

Thanks for the reply Irene0100, I do mean common ancistrus/bn, she has become blacker and blacker with age living in my tank with black gravel and rocks, almost completely losing her spots all the while. The reason i have not already treated with mela and pimafix is that she has no signs of physical ...

Hey all, one of my mature (4 1/2 years old) female common ancistrus breeders is quite unwell. Her eyes are sunken and she seems to have little life left in her. She swims only occasionally and with a distressing lack of control, at the moment she is perched rather awkwardly on her side and has not ...

Hey all, just a quick note to say hi everyone! Been using the site for a while for its L-numbers (thats right, i'm a pleco nutter), and thought i may as well have a sniff around the forums too. Keen to learn, and keen to share! Cheers from australia...

Eden