L134 - meaty foods?

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L134 - meaty foods?

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I have just bought a small L134.

Cat-elog states "Omnivorous with a tendancy towards meaty foods". What type of food would this be?

I feed all my other pl*cos on spirulina tabs and Courgette.

Also, LFS stated Hypancistrus L134 but Cat-elog states Peckoltia.

L134 body shape certainly resembles my L205 Peckoltia.

Is it that the LFS is incorrect? or is there a similar hypancistrus?

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Post by hazard »

I feed my L134 Aquadine flakes. At the lfs they have a dispenser where I choose veggie and cichlid flake. They love it. It is simple for me and it isn't messy

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Re: L134 - meaty foods?

Post by Jools »

batho wrote:Is it that the <acronym title="Local Fish Store">LFS</acronym> is incorrect? or is there a similar hypancistrus?
There are no similar fish to L134 (although L134 are very variable) and they are a species of <I>Peckoltia</I>, the dentition and head profile is different in <I>Hypancistrus</I>. Compare L134 with L66 and you'll see it better, especially if you can compare the suckermouths.
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Post by Walter »

Hi,
my L 134 seem to prefer wood...
Sometimes pellets, they dont take vegetables and couriosly also don´t take bloodworms, tubifex, etc. (But I know from other aquarists, that they eat vegatables and living food, it seems to differ ...).
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Post by Yann »

HI!

Since he is supposed to belong to the genus Peckoltia a rather omnivorous nutrition should be provide.
Commercially prepared food are usually well accepted. I have rather good results with Tablets that contains Spirulina.
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Post by batho »

Thanks for the info.

But I am still confused by what is meant by "meaty" foods in the Cat-elog.

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Post by Silurus »

But I am still confused by what is meant by "meaty" foods in the Cat-elog.
This means food with a high protein content, such as shrimp or carnivore pellets.
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