I appologise i haven't been around for a while, been very busy recently.

Simple fact is no tank is large enough, no matter how large it is, it's still just a tank and not a river....

The large cats shouldn't be sold. End of story....

Amen.


If we lived in an ideal world, a lot of fish wouldn ...

It looks like a leopard frog pleco to me (L134);



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Looks like leopard frog pleco to me;



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They look like Otocinclus mariae to me;

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... ies_id=106

Actually on second thoughts i think i agree with you sidguppy

Thats really awesome, how did you go about breeding them ?

Kinda looks like a L087 to me;

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=1253

Or L356;

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=1705

Or L379;

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=1717

Or L130;

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog ...

Yeah its definately a Panaque maccus, do you have any wood in the tank at all? They like a lot of wood in their diet, bogwood/driftwood and mopani wood make good woods for these little plecos to eat- make sure you have good filtration though, as even though they are small plecos they poop like crazy ...

Cool, i'm glad to hear that giraffe catfish would still be a good option then. I'm already an avid fishkeeper, the hobby is very addictive, have gone from one 10gal tank almost 4years ago, to 3 125gal tanks today.
I feel really sorry for red tailed catfish though, they just grow too big for most ...

They really look like LO28 to me, the mouth on the fish and the patterning looks almost indentical to your plecos;

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... cies_id=10

LO28 mouth;

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/im ... ge_id=7001

Plus LO28's come from brazil

It looks like a sailfin pleco to me;

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... ies_id=148

Either way though, what size tank are you keeping this pleco in and what do you feed it and how often on average?

That fair enough then, thanks for your help/info. In a couple of years time i want to do a large indoor aquarium or pond project, the maximum size aquarium/pond i could probably opt for would be a 12ft long by 6ft pond/aquarium.
If an RTC is not suitable for such a size tank, would a giraffe ...

Ah i just found this on this on the site via a search;

"An adult red tail will require at least a 8 foot long tank which should be a minimum of 30" front to back (width) to allow the fish to turn properly. Although the fish are commonly found in deep water pools in the wild, they don't seem to ...

Hi there, i will start off and say that i do not own any red tailed catfish. In fact the largest fish i own is a 10inch+ common pleco in a 125gallon tank.
But i would like to do a giant aquarium project in a couple of years time, and i would like to know more on keeping certain tankbusting catfish ...