Hobbyists typically buy 2"- 3" L204 not realizing how large they get. The Cat-eLog says 5.1" but I recall my buddy saying his breeders are more in the 5" - 6" range, either way, the male needs to trap the female inside the cave so the cave must fit 2 adult fish so even at 5", I would recommend a 10 ...

You need to make some wooden caves. Here in the USA we use Red Oak,
however, I'm not sure what types of wood are available to you in India.

I am looking for a few ancistrus to add to a tank. They will be the spotlight fish, so I would prefer them to be along wild lines rather than the commonly bred ones. No Green Dragons, No Red Marbles, No Reds, No Albinos, nothing like those. The only exception would be some Blue Eyes, I would be ...

Yesterday I saw this and today there is another batch of eggs!

Here's a photo of my

Ancistrus sp(l338)

.
This is a juvenile about 2" (5cm).

I was using a friend's web space and she switched internet providers
and forgot to tell me. Oh well I'll put the photo on another server.

And the only reason I mentioned a centralized system is because I've been there, done that, and it was a total disaster when it came to disease and parasite control. A circulating pump in a single tank is not a problem at all and I personally prefer current in my tanks, however, a couple of my ...

Well it's certainly possible to remove and replace the sand with gravel (with or without an undergravel filter) because I've done it several times. The best tool to remove sand is a kid's plastic toy shovel that is flat. I confiscated my son's years ago, and although he was a bit upset at the time ...

And undergravel filters are probably not the greatest idea for plecos anyways. The principle of pulling all the dirt into the surface on which the fish tends to spend most of its time seems to be a poor solution, in my mind. -- Mats I totally disagree. I know undergravel filters are "old fashioned ...

MatsP wrote:....., the stripes looked too straight/symmetrical (if you look at the 10 week old juveniles in the Cat-eLog, you'll see what I was looking for), but in the video, it's very clear that the bands aren't as straight as they look in the still photos.

--
Mats

That's what I was thinking.

It's not dumb. We have to start somewhere so sp. 5 sounds fine to me.

Here is the adult breeding male.

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I think these could be young

Panaque sp(l169)

(LDA01).
I would lean toward Panaque but here is a photo of a young
wild

Peckoltia compta

for comparison.

I think your fish look like L002 but there are several very similar
Panaque species. Here is a photo of my

Panaque sp(l169)

(LDA01).

Here are couple photos of my third spawn of Ancistrus sp. "Snowflake". This species was hard to trigger but now they won't stop. LOL! http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s172/Jackster_Grafx/anc_sp_snowf1.jpg http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s172/Jackster_Grafx/anc_sp_snowf2.jpg Here are some of ...

Here are a couple photos of the two species in question here. This fish is wild, from Peru, and I have always considered this to be Ancistrus sp. "Rio Ucayali". There is also a very similar fish from Rio Nanay which grows larger to around 9" possibly 10" (25.4 cm). http://www.plecoworld.org/modules ...

The terms of my position were clearly stated in an email to the seller and if there were any issues with providing me a refund then the seller should have called me on the phone which she did not. Twisting the facts after the refund has been issued will not change my position and as anyone knows ...

I'm hoping the seller will do the right thing and give me some type of refund, otherwise, this is a case of complete misrepresentation so basically fraud. I have kept Ancistrus triradiatus and this species is different with the seller telling me that the adult male has a "green" head. I also ...

I just bought some fry that came from the parents in the photos below. The seller assured me they were Ancistrus sp(l159) , but in my opinion, they are not even close. The only fact I have is that the parents are indeed "wild caught". I had asked for photos up front but didn't receive them until ...

I did quite a bit of research and I believe my catfish are Panaque LDA67 not L104. The Germans call them Panaqolus sp. aff. maccus and here they are referred to as Panaque sp(lda068) in the Cat-eLog. I use 3 types of wood in all my tanks including Malaysian wood, African root, and sun dried red oak ...

I would try some Cochu's Blue Tetras (Boehlkea fredcochui) but I can't be sure they won't get eaten. They are a fast swimming aggressive little Tetra so I think they would work well. Try 6 of them to make sure they will survive before you throw in a couple dozen. My second suggestion would be ...

Outside of spawning season I keep them in tap water which has a pH of 7.4 and the TDS is 340 to 450 ppm depending on how often I change their water. These are very realistic TDS numbers (for my tanks also) and I think a lot of people won't give you an accurate information when it comes to TDS. You ...

They actually spawned in the cave on the left in the photo. I make my own oak caves but I didn't offer the Clowns a wood cave or they probably would have preferred to use a wood cave. Since I couldn't get them to spawn before, I was going to attempt an upright cave with a hole in the side made from ...