thanks - I would lean towards the L229 just due to the dorsal markings - will pass this along

This is not my fish but there is some debate in a FB group about its I.D. - it resembles Leporacanthicus triactis (aka three beacon) but it is believed it is not (teeth have not been confirmed - but it is seemingly the only similar-looking pleco) https://scontent-lga3-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9 ...

@bekateen - so sorry I just saw this msg now: the cubes sink in my setup - they were frozen first.

I pretty much get veggies to my plecos two ways, One is by mixing veggie sticks with meaty type sticks when I feed commercial food. The other is by mixing Repashy Soilent Green at 20-25% when I make either Bottom Scratcher or Spawn and Grow. yea I do the repashy mixes as well - this is just the ...

not sure if the H. furunculus was just after the slime but she is not an algae eater at all and based on how she was on it, it def appeared she was munching the roots. BTW, we've had her over 2yrs. She is never on the glass which has plenty of algae - usually my BN cleans it off (except for the ...

b-) so much for *meat eater* have had her for over 2 yrs and have never seen her on any veggies nor plants. Last night I spotted her in same spot my albino BN was a few hours earlier munching on my recently added banana plant root tubers note: I had to lighten the pic and stand a few feet away from ...

BTW, the corydoras sterbai that I bought from you last month are doing great and very happy - I have 9 in total now and they are my husband's favorite - ty! and for anyone on the fence about ordering, I highly recommend Ted ^.^ he also checked in to see if they arrived and if all went well.

So just WOW! My 90 gal established aquarium was inundated in brown algae (diatoms) - no matter what I did it was just growing everywhere. I have 2 huge amazon sword plants that I thought would deprive the diatoms of nutrients and do my weekly 25% water changes and tested the parameters with liquid ...

Since you have a well written post, done your own research, and provided information I felt it was important to give you a similar but shorter response. (*) First I want to commend you on starting over as losing a tank is hard. It is obvious that you want to do everything correctly but please slow ...

After a full day of researching I finally found an article that explains it in layman terms and I finally understand it better - sharing the link here for anyone else that might find it useful
http://www.tropicalfishkeeping.com/memb ... ium-73276/

A little history on my 90gal 4ft. tank to be sure I don't omit anything that might be useful. 2 winters ago I was out of town during a snowstorm and a blackout – due to the weather I couldn't get back home in enough time and my entire tank went bellyup. Needless to say I went into a mourning stage a ...

so sorry for your losses