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Have any of you heard of reports about breeding mangos? I know they're all wild caught, but I was wondering if there was any type of information about breeding reports.

Doubt it, in fact I have never even seen one over 4".

I'm pretty sure they are wild caught.

they might be the same with breeding nuggets since they are of the same family.. but I have never seen any documents about anyone who has been able to breed them..

T wrote:Doubt it, in fact I have never even seen one over 4".

We kept a 5 inch long (SL) one once upon a time. They obviously do get that big, but it probably takes years and years to do it.

Rusty

hi there,

I was visiting a place in Huddersfield UK, at the weekend, a wholesaler and fish importer who is now selling to the public (tropicalfish.co.uk).

He had a tank of mango plecs there. Amongst the group were fish well above 6 inches, which he thought to be 2-3 yrs old.

He has also had some in well above this size.

I also saw the biggest L128 I have evedr seen, a real beauty over 10 inches I'd guess


Stu

I have one that is close to 6 inches in length...it has become a bit territorial.

Could someone please post a pic of a mango pl*co over 4" please.....I would love to see one.

Just to cheer you all up thinking 4" was big, I have some in at 7" to 8" at the moment. But the largest we have imported were 12" and were built like tanks.

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Loricariidae Wholesales wrote:Just to cheer you all up thinking 4" was big, I have some in at 7" to 8" at the moment. But the largest we have imported were 12" and were built like tanks.

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Please say you have pics????

Btw whats a good diet for a fussy mango?

Here's my almost 6" Mango Pleco.

Is it true that as it grow bigger and bigger, the yellow part of the fins will get lesser and lesser?

1. Sorry I do not have photos, it was before I got a digital.
2. You are right the yellow does get less although there is still some on the tip of the dorsal and plenty on the tail. the yellow tips on the other fins had gone though.

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Great pic, mine has grow since I have had him.Just not much, what do you feed yours Easy, mines a tad fussy to say the least.

w0w a 12inch L47 that really is a beauty.. Im sure its quite hard to get one? Ill try to order for some! At the moment we have imported 12-14inches L27, L14, L95, L155 and L25... the biggest L47 ive seen is at 7-8inches.. that really must be a very beautiful fish! I hope someone could post pics of an L47 at 10-12inches

I do not find feeding L47's is difficult if they are kept on their own or with other L47's. I normally feed raw peeled potato and flake food. Obviously other greens would do as well but I can't be bothered to tie a lead weight to everything. The biggest problem with getting them to feed is that they are very timid fish that will not muscle in on food if other fish are feeding and as such may not be best suited to a community plec tank if not enough feeding points are available. The other big problem that I have mentioned before is if the pH is too low it will inhibit their feeding.


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Whats a good PH for them?I sometimes find mine will just stop eating for a week or so.Mines just in a planted tank setting and theres always food available to him, out of all the pl*cos in there he is the boss too, even dominant over a royal of similar size.

I keep mine around pH 7.5, that is not to say they will not fair well at different pH's. I would not go below pH6.5 and would try to keep it above pH7.