I have a L370 plec and was wondering if anyone knew the correct water conditions which i should keep it in? what type of filtration should i use? what should i feed it? are they easy to breed? how do i go about it?
http://www.jjphoto.dk/fish_archive/aqua ... 370_2x.jpg
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Wanted: L370 Info!
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OK, I realise these are your first two posts but you've posted in the wrong forum, you've cross posted (your other post WAS ALSO SHOUTING AT US!) and you've been a smart ass about your location. If you had any questions about this, you could have asked them in the _suggested_ say hello post in the speak easy forum.
We love to help fellow catfish keepers in this forum byt why should anyone take the time to reply to you if you have clearly not taken the time to find out the forum rules or indeed to abide by them?
I've locked your other topic and moved this one to its correct place. Don't cross post again please, we will ban you.
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We love to help fellow catfish keepers in this forum byt why should anyone take the time to reply to you if you have clearly not taken the time to find out the forum rules or indeed to abide by them?
I've locked your other topic and moved this one to its correct place. Don't cross post again please, we will ban you.
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L370 is a relatively new-found species, so it's not that well-known in the aquarium hobby. Breeding information is obviously much easier to get for the more established species.
There's a littel bit of info in the Cat-eLog for L370 including the picture you've linked to.
As being an Ancistrus species, it SHOULDN'T be hard to breed. As to how to breed, you can read a lot about breeding on the Shane's world reproduction section. It won't say exactly how to breed L370, but with a generic understanding on how Ancistrus and other Loricariidae breeds, you should be able to convince these to breed, unless they belong to the harder to breed species of Ancistrus [which we won't know until someone tells us how to breed them...].
The natural water conditions where this fish lives would be slightly acidic, soft water. Other ancistrus species are quite tolerant to water conditions that are different from this, but since L370 is new, it's probably better to play safe if you can, and try to aim for slightly acidic (pH 6.5-7) and soft water (less than 5 GH or thereabouts). Temperature of around 25'C is probably about right. Better with lower rather than higher, I would think. [Searching for "Rio Tapajos" on this web-site indicates a temperature range of about 23-26'C].
They will like water with a bit of current and lots of oxygen. Since they also create a lot of mess, you're better of having a good filter. Adding an air-stone won't hurt either. What type of filter doesn't really matter much, either an internal or external canister filter is good, but you can probably use under-gravel filter if you like that better. As long as the filtration system and your water changing keeps the water reasonably clean (Nitrate less than 25 ppm is definitely a target here, and less is better. Obviously, no nitrite or ammonia in the water, just as for any other fish.)
Feeding: I would suggest a mix of natural algae, vegetables [courgette (zucchini), peas, green beans, broccoli stems, etc. Cooked for most, but for larger Ancistrus, fresh Courgette (Zucchini) is fine] and algae wafers (Hikari for instance).
As Jools have pointed out, there are some rules about posting on the Forum. I suggest you read them. Please try to post one post with all your questions in one post, in one place [1], preferrably the CORRECT place, but if you don't know, don't try to find the correct place by posting in 18 different places. The moderators are happy to move a single post from one place to another, but if you post several posts, they aren't going to be happy. And I wouldn't be happy if I wrote this long reply to you, trying to help you, and then find that someone else has already answered all your questions somewhere else, but not in the place where I thought it would be...
[1] Of course, if one question is about a catfish of some sort, and the other one about how to breed crabs, you shouldn't post both of those in the same post, as one belongs in the relevant CatFish section, and the other either in a Crab-fish forum somewhere else, or if you really want to post here, probably in the "Speak Easy" forum.
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Mats
There's a littel bit of info in the Cat-eLog for L370 including the picture you've linked to.
As being an Ancistrus species, it SHOULDN'T be hard to breed. As to how to breed, you can read a lot about breeding on the Shane's world reproduction section. It won't say exactly how to breed L370, but with a generic understanding on how Ancistrus and other Loricariidae breeds, you should be able to convince these to breed, unless they belong to the harder to breed species of Ancistrus [which we won't know until someone tells us how to breed them...].
The natural water conditions where this fish lives would be slightly acidic, soft water. Other ancistrus species are quite tolerant to water conditions that are different from this, but since L370 is new, it's probably better to play safe if you can, and try to aim for slightly acidic (pH 6.5-7) and soft water (less than 5 GH or thereabouts). Temperature of around 25'C is probably about right. Better with lower rather than higher, I would think. [Searching for "Rio Tapajos" on this web-site indicates a temperature range of about 23-26'C].
They will like water with a bit of current and lots of oxygen. Since they also create a lot of mess, you're better of having a good filter. Adding an air-stone won't hurt either. What type of filter doesn't really matter much, either an internal or external canister filter is good, but you can probably use under-gravel filter if you like that better. As long as the filtration system and your water changing keeps the water reasonably clean (Nitrate less than 25 ppm is definitely a target here, and less is better. Obviously, no nitrite or ammonia in the water, just as for any other fish.)
Feeding: I would suggest a mix of natural algae, vegetables [courgette (zucchini), peas, green beans, broccoli stems, etc. Cooked for most, but for larger Ancistrus, fresh Courgette (Zucchini) is fine] and algae wafers (Hikari for instance).
As Jools have pointed out, there are some rules about posting on the Forum. I suggest you read them. Please try to post one post with all your questions in one post, in one place [1], preferrably the CORRECT place, but if you don't know, don't try to find the correct place by posting in 18 different places. The moderators are happy to move a single post from one place to another, but if you post several posts, they aren't going to be happy. And I wouldn't be happy if I wrote this long reply to you, trying to help you, and then find that someone else has already answered all your questions somewhere else, but not in the place where I thought it would be...
[1] Of course, if one question is about a catfish of some sort, and the other one about how to breed crabs, you shouldn't post both of those in the same post, as one belongs in the relevant CatFish section, and the other either in a Crab-fish forum somewhere else, or if you really want to post here, probably in the "Speak Easy" forum.
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Mats