Funny thing is only 1 of them changed colour. The rest remains the same.

What about the mouth area? Is it consistent?

A bit shaky. Is this good enough?

Sorry I can't provide before pictures cos I have 12 of them. So I really don't know which is which. But it's really like the pictures posted earlier and all 12 pieces looked similar, albeit the size and some finnages are shorter.

http://www.plecofanatics.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=35876 http://www.plecofanatics.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=35872 http://www.plecofanatics.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=35871 The 'tiger' stripe still remaining on the dorsal. http://www.plecofanatics.com/gallery/displayi...

Yes, it's the same fish. Probably it was taken at an angle, thus giving false impression they are different. I have just tested the nitrate level, and it's pretty healthy at <5ppm. I have not got a PH test kit now, so will have to wait till tomorrow for me to get 1. Any other stuff I need to test? I...

Ok guys, more pictures





Any comments?

I am quite certain it's L02 as I have kept this group of 12 pieces for more than a year. I will try to take a picture of the remaining 'tiger' stripes that have yet to disappear on the dorsal fin.

But this fish looked exactly like this prior to the colour change.


In fact, there're still some 'tiger' markings on the top of it's dorsal fin. So I'm really puzzled as to it's identity.

Guys, apologies for the late reply. Been busy of late. I have managed to take a better picture of the whole fish. Yes, it is exactly what it looked like before in the link picture posted by Matthew. http://www.plecofanatics.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=35862 Not sure if the colour will remai...

That piece in the picture is 1 of the L02 that I have in my group. It used to be in the normal L02 colour. But today I just saw it in this colour. So I am puzzled what had happened?

Anyone can explain why this particular L02 Tiger pleco have turned into this colour?



It really looked like the Parancistrus aurantiacus 'Xanto' man. What happened?

I had L128 instead. But I suppose they are identical in sexing. I find that venting is really diificult for me to sex them. They just looks the same to me. I looked at the pectoral fins instead. The male I suppose will be having long spikes, very rough. Female will pricky there, but much shorter tha...

Hey man, to my surprise, I saw some L201 fry in the tank. I also saw 2 dead fry. They are of 2 sizes from half inch to 1inch. I can only spot a few though. Ok, here's more detail of the tank. - 200 litres tank filtered with eheim2078 and a tunze 6025 wavemaker to create some current. - 4 adult P. Cr...

I have not transferred the fry to the grow up tank yet. But I have changed the nursery tank to a bigger sized one. I have actually 2 of these nursery tank, measuring 11inch by 13inch and the water level is about 4inch or so. What I did is I will transfer the fry from 1 nursery tank to the other on a...

Hey, thanks for the advice. I have added in those 2mm sized Dennerle gravel. Any advice on how I can feed them in this grow up tank? Is it possible to just throw in those Hikari sinking pellets and the fry will find their way to the food? Cos currently I am feeding them powder food, which actually s...

The 10gal tank for the fry you mentioned, should I add in some gravels or should I just leave it a plain bottom tank? This size seems big as in floor area, so I am concerned how I should feed the fry. I am currently feeding them decap brine shrimp eggs, algae wafer in powder form, and tiny pellets f...

Lately I have a batch of sturisoma fry, which I hatched in a nursery tank. This nursery tank was just resting on top of the main tank. I had a pump to pump water from the main tank into it, and the water will subsequently overflow back into the main tank. I had accidentally released 2 fry into the m...

Hey Mats, according to the Cat-elog, there're 3 species which looks similar to me. They are the Hypancistrus Sp (L201), Hypancistrus Contradens (no L number), and Hypancistrus Inspector (also L201, aka Snowball Pleco). I am a little confuse as to which I am having. The adult size of each are differe...

fischkringli, I sure hope you are right man. This will assure me of some females.

I have just got myself these cute little babies. Will you be able to sex them with these poorly taken photo? They are anout 2-2.5inch SL. Group photo: http://www.plecofanatics.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=32979 No. 1 http://www.plecofanatics.com/gallery/displayimage.php?imageid=32984 No.2 ht...

For what I'll do is to get a PVC pipe with internal diameter enough for a cube of the frozen bloodworm to slip through. I place this PVC pipe, with length enough to reach to bottom of the tank. Then I just slip the frozen bloodworm into the PVC pipes. The worms will sink to the bottom when it defros...

Hey cool man. I too have a group of them, probably 5 male and 3 female, Been keeping them for just half a year or so. Saw the male keeps fanning, but seems like no female likes this chap. I am keeping this group in a 200litres tank. With the handheld meter, it gives 130 readings. I read somewhere I ...

This is good, isn't it

For mine, the female doesn't seems to learn how to stick the eggs on the glass well. It has been a few batches already, and all the eggs just fell to the ground.

Yes indeed we are talking about different types. What I have at home is the dried mushroom.

Probably I will go to the store to look for some fresh ones. Thanks for clarifying.

I am not sure about you guys. I am from Singapore, an asian country. Whenever my parent cook mushroom for dinner, they will soak it over night in a tub of water before cooking. I reckon that is to soften it before cooking. In the process of soaking, the mushroom gives out a stench and I could see th...

Hey alright, thanks.

I always have dirty nursery tank.

Hi Eltofi, I understand your fry are kept in a nursery tank. May I know how do you maintain the cleanliness of it? Do you clean it every day?

I am just curious what is the best way to do this.

Hi Richard, for this tank, I am running it with a eheim2260 filled up with Sera Siporax and Eheim Substrate Pro to the brim. At the same time, I am also running the ozonizer, hoping it will help to kill some parasites lurking around. To reduce the NO3, I have in place a nitrate filter, which current...