I looked at the cat-elog entry for this fish, and it said that it is tolerant of varied water parameters. Can anyone be more specific? I'm thinking that I'd like to have one of these in my Tanganyikan community tank, and possibly in a frontosa tank as well (both tanks- ph 8.2, gh 13, kh 11). It appears that they have similar diets, largely carnivorous, but I wouldn't want to put one of these in a tank with incompatible water. Also, will they grow large enough to keep from being food for frontosas?
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L133 question
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L133 is not very similar to L333 , so that won't get you much.
However, L14, is a much more popular fish withiin the same genera, so it should be possible to find some reasonable information on that (I searched for breeding info on L14 and found a few dozen posts, and there's at least one post on L14 in Shane's world, but I don't remember if it's talking anything about water parameters).
There's obviously nothing saying that L133 wants the same water parameters as L14, because water parameters have much more to do with the environment the fish comes from.
Generally speaking, Loricaridae are fairly tolerant to varying water parameters, as long as the change from natural soft waters to hard tank waters isn't done too suddenly. That doesn't mean, of course, that all loricaridae follows this principle, and for breeding purpose, there's far more species that require soft water to successfully breed.
Hard/alkalic water is certainly not the IDEAL for this fish, as it's natural inhabitat would have very soft and somewhat acidic qualities. But I think it would live quite well in the proposed tank.
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However, L14, is a much more popular fish withiin the same genera, so it should be possible to find some reasonable information on that (I searched for breeding info on L14 and found a few dozen posts, and there's at least one post on L14 in Shane's world, but I don't remember if it's talking anything about water parameters).
There's obviously nothing saying that L133 wants the same water parameters as L14, because water parameters have much more to do with the environment the fish comes from.
Generally speaking, Loricaridae are fairly tolerant to varying water parameters, as long as the change from natural soft waters to hard tank waters isn't done too suddenly. That doesn't mean, of course, that all loricaridae follows this principle, and for breeding purpose, there's far more species that require soft water to successfully breed.
Hard/alkalic water is certainly not the IDEAL for this fish, as it's natural inhabitat would have very soft and somewhat acidic qualities. But I think it would live quite well in the proposed tank.
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