Thanks Marc!

I have decided to rehome my gold dojo female. I think the personalities between the L183 being shy, and the dojo being pushy, was the majority of the problems I had with trying to raise the juveniles L183's (that and not enough of the right kind of caves). Since I have separated the dojo, the L183 i...

Just a quick update, if anyone is interested... I put my dojo loach into a spare tank, and will see if the L183 is out in the open more. I saw him this morning, he was out for a few minutes even after the tank light was turned on, and his belly is plump. I think we are good! I am not sure what he is...

Thanks everyone for your help, I will stop worrying, as he seems to have settled into a routine. He is under the trunk root most times even during the day (but a least I can see his silhouette), but has picked one of the round caves as a back-up. Even though I still have not seen him eat any particu...

Thank you, I have been worried. Since I already had the divider in, I decided to leave it in place through the weekend, so I can try to identify the food he is eating. If everything goes well, I am glad I won't have to give up to Dojo. He is one of the most interactive fish I have, and is so ugly he...

My Batteries ran out half way through the night, but half the bottom scratcher is gone this morning, so maybe he ate well last night. I will keep trying...

That is awesome! I do have some green grapes in the fridge, maybe I will give that a try, until I go to the grocery store. I saw him this morning in the light, and I know that is not a good sign, so I snapped a quick pic. I have put the divider back in, and am trying to see if I can get him to eat a...

I am going to camp out with the goggles this weekend, I haven't, yet, seen where he is hiding, so I can't get a good a good look at his belly. But with the binocular, I can zoom in really well, and not be close enough to the tank to spook him. Hopefully Friday night, I can watch live, until I know. ...

I keep my tem at 76 to 78, it is at the high end of the range for the hillstream loaches (but I watch the oxygen carefully and they seem good), but seemed near mid range for what I have seen for the L183's. Last night he was very active on the anubis, and several of the leaves are VERY clean today. ...

I do have a bit of a concern, after watching for 2 nights, he is out from his hiding place 4 to 5 hours, but mostly perches and sometimes munches on the log, sometimes on the glass, but only dips down to the gravel for about 5 to 10 minutes a night where the food is. Right now my tank has a bit too ...

Well... one thing at a time. I got the monocular and tried it last night. I didn't have the focus set quite right, and can only see about a quarter of the tank at a time, but saw him for several hours. It takes hour long video, and goes right from one video to the next, it lasted for 7 hours and was...

Thanks! I will post when I get the night vision monocular, and actually see who is eating what...I feel much more confident this time around, with your help and guidance Marc, and he seems to be doing well, and once I know he is completely settled, I will start looking for a female (hopefully tank r...

The trail camera was borrowed, and did not have many menu options, so I gave it back. I ordered the monocular this morning, so should have it in a week or so, but did not think of the focus (hope it will be OK). The only CCTV camera's I found that did not need wifi, were the ones that needed an ethe...

I am going to try a night monocular that records. I should be able to get a couple of hours of footage (something less than 5 with the IR lights active, but we'll see) https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B00THZ2NFE/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A3NAF9JENREPWV&psc=1 This is about the only option I cou...

Thanks for the info, I think you are right. I suppose that is why I haven't got it to work (other than the cat triggering it). I'll look for one that doesn't need a network, but loads the data to a memory card. In the mean time, I have not seen him in the last day, but I know he has at least 1 hidin...

When I saw him slightly mottled, it was with the light on but at a very low setting, I got to see him for about 10 minutes on the wood, and then he went down to eat. He seems very lively though. I couldn't get the trail camera to work yet, it needs movement to trigger the camera to come on, and mayb...

Well, After a couple IR Camera issues (seems my wi fi is too slow for the in home cameras to initialize) I am giving a trail camera a try. I saw the L183 Monday night when I fed, and he is lively, and ate some of an omega one veggie round, but he had some brown mottling on his back. It looked like s...

Thanks Marc, the other fish have been pushy enough it has been difficult to see where he is hiding now. I did see him come out and grab some pellet food last night, but am going to pick up an infrared camera tomorrow, to make sure he is eating, and maybe see where he hides. No bites on the zucchini ...

Thanks, we will see how the next few days goes, I have some of the Fruut Luups and Bottom Scratcher, and will also keep occasionally trying those as well, but the rest of my fish seem to like them too, so maybe I need to feed in a few locations, and hope for the best. If I can get interest in those,...

Than you Marc, I guess they way I should have phrased it: is there a way to tell if I am feeding too much protein? On the swiss tropicals site, I couldn't always tell the ingredients, so was not positive if they were more plant or protein, other than the super green, which contains no animal product...

So, do you primarily feed the super green and soilent green, and add in the fruut luups and bottom scratcher occasionally? That would be more veggie, but still some protein? By the way, your other post was extremely helpful, especially to see the activity at night, how are those guys doing?

Thanks, I will definitely turn off the light at night, if that is preferable for them. Now that I know he ate something, I was hoping to get into a normal feeding regimen. I was considering mostly veggie rounds, with a couple shrimp pellets, and for a treat a couple times a week, fresh veggies or th...

My finnex planted light goes quite dim, but set to 24/7 mode, never off completely. Do you know if the infra red will still work with some light? Very neat idea, especially whenever new fish arrive, but also to see what is happening after I go to bed. I think he ate tonight, I got some live bloodwor...

So..., I have had him 2 days now, but am finding it difficult to know if he has eaten. I fed some fruit luups (about a dime size piece) and a couple different algea/shrimp pellets in his side on Tuesday. Last night, I did about the same but with bottom scratcher and added a piece of sweet potato. Th...

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not sure what I did, can anyone see my question about how to feed the fresh veggies?

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Thanks, I picked up a sweet potatoe and organic zucchini today, and wanted to try a slice of one or the other tonight or tomorrow. I have a small stainless rod to hold the food down, do I need to do anything other than rinse and maybe pour some boiling water over the slice and rod, before I put it i...

I picked up a organic zucchini, and sweet potato today, can you tell me if I need to do anything other that pour boiling water over the slice and stainless rod that weights it down? I just want to make sure he is eating and settled in for a few days before I pull the divider. Thanks for the advice :)

They don't know if it is tank raised or not, just that it is from California. It is about 3 inches long, and just transitioned to the tank. I mixed up some fruut luups, and put a small piece in that half of the tank. I have a divider in for now, otherwise my other fish will eat all the food. These w...

I will pick up my new L183 tomorrow, and will post a pic, maybe I can get help telling if it is a boy or girl. Got my repashy order today, so I should be all set. The water is stable, and the stump only needs the top rock to hold it down, so the cave in it, is exposed, and easy to get to.