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- 17 Dec 2022, 23:24
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Clown Pleco (L104) Spawn
- Replies: 1
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Clown Pleco (L104) Spawn
Im so happy After 2 years of on and off trapping I finally have eggs in a cave. What a year it has been spawned two new plecos
- 06 Dec 2022, 06:45
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: L168 feeding
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1803
Re: L168 feeding
My L168 eat anything including blanched zucchini, chopped shrimp my males are big above 15cm and do breed regularly form early spring till late summer
- 07 Jul 2022, 07:53
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Repeat spawning of Dekeyseria picta L052
- Replies: 47
- Views: 40162
Re: Repeat spawning of Dekeyseria picta L052
mine have gone dormant they should start back up around September hopefully ill have them settled in their new tank in the next couple of weeks
- 05 Jan 2021, 08:51
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: When can I tell the sex of my blue phantom im getting tomorrow
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3908
Re: When can I tell the sex of my blue phantom im getting tomorrow
Welcome!! Like Eric said a mature fish is much easier to sex
- 05 Jan 2021, 08:49
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Spawning Sterbai
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2064
- 05 Jan 2021, 05:06
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Spawning Sterbai
- Replies: 3
- Views: 2064
Spawning Sterbai
Good morning Catfishers ….I had a single pair of sterbai spawn every week or so for me( about 20 or so eggs every 6 days) One of my friends had about 6 giant sized sterbai who never spawned for him, I jumped at the opportunity to add more adults to my spawning pair. Just after i added them to my tan...
- 05 Jan 2021, 04:59
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: L104 Spawn!!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3365
Re: L104 Spawn!!!
Well we are at trapping attempt nr 1765249 (at least it feels like that) i just leave them alone now and feed and do my water changes waiting for the fry
- 29 Dec 2020, 01:09
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: L104 Spawn!!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3365
Re: L104 Spawn!!!
patience pays I guess ill be waiting
- 28 Dec 2020, 23:36
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: L104 Spawn!!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3365
Re: L104 Spawn!!!
6 trapping attempts later still no eggs lol breeding plecos is sooo much fun
- 08 Dec 2020, 05:43
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: L104 Spawn!!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3365
- 08 Dec 2020, 04:16
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: L104 Spawn!!!
- Replies: 9
- Views: 3365
L104 Spawn!!!
I finally have a trapping hoping its a successful one. You can not get the smile off my face. Thanks to Eric and Lars for all the advice and guidance
- 09 Nov 2020, 06:48
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Leopard Frog dilemma
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3631
Re: Leopard Frog dilemma
Markw thanks for the share on your post it just shows you they will breed when the want to
- 09 Nov 2020, 05:16
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Leopard Frog dilemma
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3631
Re: Leopard Frog dilemma
today will be the 5th consecutive 30% water change then ill stop i had a lot of issues over the weekend power cut of 9 hours my cycled crashed lost my 2 lda074 plecos saved the tank by moving a cycled sponge filter over from another tank. I must say the L387 in the tank are tail wagging like mad fish
- 04 Nov 2020, 18:38
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Leopard Frog dilemma
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3631
Re: Leopard Frog dilemma
thanks buddy ill keep doing what I'm doing Ill do 5 consecutive waterchanges this week and then back to normal fo two weeks and see what happens
- 03 Nov 2020, 20:38
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Leopard Frog dilemma
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3631
Re: Leopard Frog dilemma
28 degrees Celsius closer to 30 being summer, Twice a week the get chopped prawn
- 03 Nov 2020, 20:13
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Leopard Frog dilemma
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3631
Re: Leopard Frog dilemma
mixture of zucchini, chopped prawn, hikari carnivore pellets and maybe some left over flakes that the dither fish don't eat
- 03 Nov 2020, 19:23
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Leopard Frog dilemma
- Replies: 10
- Views: 3631
Leopard Frog dilemma
Last year breeding season my males where tail wagging but no females where interested. This year I added another adult female, males are wagging again females are definitely getting bigger( assuming they are producing eggs). Im using RO mixed with tap ph around 8 tds 38 gh 1 kh 1, tank water is ph7 ...
- 22 Oct 2020, 06:54
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Venezeula Black
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3070
Re: Venezeula Black
Thanks buddy
- 22 Oct 2020, 05:42
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Callichthyidae - Corys et al)
- Topic: Venezeula Black
- Replies: 6
- Views: 3070
Venezeula Black
Hi guys silly question i cant find them on the c list or the cw list any help?
- 22 Oct 2020, 05:10
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Amazing Bristlenose Catfish Documentary
- Replies: 4
- Views: 3699
Re: Amazing Bristlenose Catfish Documentary
I finally had some time to watch the whole 3 part set. I must say well done!!
- 21 Oct 2020, 14:53
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Finally
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3034
Re: Finally
So what your saying it will take time to neutralize, I will try to keep my tds count stable between 50 and 60 I really need it to go down to the low 5's. On the butterfly plecos the ph influences the incubation time of the eggs if its to high they hatch prematurely. Thanks for the massive reply slow...
- 21 Oct 2020, 08:19
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Finally
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3034
Re: Finally
Thanks ill wait +- 7 days and test again
- 21 Oct 2020, 06:22
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Finally
- Replies: 7
- Views: 3034
Finally
Finally got a RO filter going did my first changes did small 30% changes My L168 tank tds is down to 60ppm GH1 KH 1 but the ph is still stuck at 7.6 how long before i can expect it to stat dropping? Will the drop happen gradually? I do have lots of wood in the tank and also added some liquad tree le...
- 12 Oct 2020, 07:34
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: How many years have you known the zebra pleco?
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2709
Re: How many years have you known the zebra pleco?
up to about a decade ago i never knew about other pleco species accept for the common sailfin pleco, This site has opened my eyes to all sorts of catfishes. I even started a whats app group called Catfish South Africa to start getting a catfish community together. Learning and growing my hobby is wh...
- 29 Sep 2020, 21:34
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: 4 weeks old fry Dying one by one for years
- Replies: 5
- Views: 2304
Re: 4 weeks old fry Dying one by one for years
how closely related are your breeders? might be that they are inbred so much that the genetics are weak
- 26 Sep 2020, 23:51
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Documentry
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1671
Re: Documentry
thanks buddy
- 25 Sep 2020, 20:38
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Documentry
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1671
Re: Documentry
think it was posted a month or two ago cant find the link
- 25 Sep 2020, 17:46
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Documentry
- Replies: 4
- Views: 1671
Documentry
Does anyone have the link to the documentary on Ancistrus?
- 26 Aug 2020, 07:56
- Forum: South American Catfishes (Loricariidae - Plecos et al)
- Topic: Peckoltia lineola breeding project - spawned, but...
- Replies: 35
- Views: 18738
Re: Peckoltia lineola breeding project - spawned, but...
At least they spawned buddy. I have faith in you, you will succeed
- 14 Aug 2020, 07:11
- Forum: Speak Easy
- Topic: Crashing Cycles,power failures and Covid....
- Replies: 1
- Views: 2199
Crashing Cycles,power failures and Covid....
What a terrible year so far! 2020 has become like that cousin in prison we don't talk about! At least spring is in the air and i can see some of my plecos Starting the flirting rituals