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General care & feeding L14
Posted: 14 Aug 2003, 11:50
by tangy1
Hi all,
I'm new here so please go easy on me. Can any of you give me some tips for keeping and feeding L14's.
cheers tangy
Posted: 14 Aug 2003, 11:57
by Silurus
This and
this should help.
Posted: 14 Aug 2003, 21:11
by tangy1
Hi,
Thanks Silurus I have already read those but I was just after the personal opinion's of anyone that keeps these themselves.
thanks tangy
Posted: 15 Aug 2003, 03:43
by ClayT101
I have one. It is about 4 inches long. It eats algae tablets, sinking tablets and anything else it can find. I have noticed that it is territorial. It goes after my gibby, which is about twice its size. At feeding time, it will also chase anything away that goes after its food. Its a very pretty fish, but they do get to be about a foot.
Posted: 15 Aug 2003, 10:33
by tangy1
Thanks CLAYT im feeding mine bloodworms, 3 different algea wafers,zukini and cucumber.
I have only had him for 4 days and as yet he does not appear to be eating but I hope he is just taking his time to settle in.
tangy
L-14
Posted: 15 Aug 2003, 15:57
by clint8
Hi Tangy1,
I find these little suckers to be robust and easy to keep. I have 4 of them and all very playful and a bit territorial when it comes to feeding time. I guess as long as you have enough hiding places for it there shouldn't be much of a problem.
I feed them a variety of foods including frozen bloodworms, brineshrimp, mysis shrimp, cooked prawns, spirulina and brineshrimp flakes, colorbits, zuchinni, cucumber and of course their favourite food Hikari algae wafers.
They are a beautiful cattie to look at and gives me many pleasures daily.
Good luck with yours.
Cheers,
Clint
Posted: 15 Aug 2003, 18:23
by polkadot
I think L14 is not a fussy eater so you should let this bugger have a mixture of green and meaty diet.
Posted: 16 Aug 2003, 01:40
by Plec0maniac
yup peacocks love anything.. but they prefer meaty food, try to vary ur diet.. I have a 16inch peacock and it very much loves to chow shrimps.. and squashes.
Posted: 16 Aug 2003, 02:58
by ClayT101
Does anyone else have one that is territorial? Mine goes after anything that goes near it, even my mollies (even when there is no food involved).
Posted: 18 Aug 2003, 00:03
by Easy
Mine is about 6.5 inches in length...bought it 6 months ago when it was 4 inches...it sure grows fast for a pleco. It's not as territorial as my L114 leopardus. It'll eat anything.
