Here is what rubbed off, can’t tell anything with the dye…

Ok so Hank (pooper) is not happy with me , but I did get a chance to treat Hank today. Something rubbed off of Hank today when I went to treat him, but I think there is still a little healing… so I am hopeful he/she will be ok.

I will do that, thanks Shane!

Hello everyone, it has been awhile! Happy New Year! I hope this is the right forum. My Royal Pleco came out of its cave today to eat and I noticed this white puffy thing on it. Might it be an injury or fungal problem? I have Melafix and Primafix on hand but did not want to be hasty without getting s...

All look like females!

I have to say off hand they don't necessarily look like L340, can you get a pic of a male frontal shot?

Larry,
Thanks for sharing your experience... I will have to take out all of the caves except for my three males, what you said totally makes sense and if nothing else it is worth a shot!!

All of my females stay in the caves for the most part unlike some of my hyps. The only easy way to tell my males from females are the very fuzzy tails as Matt mentioned above. I have heard of others claim to have had females with some fuzziness, but not nearly as fuzzy as the males get. I have some ...

Given the fuzziness by the tail, I call male.

I had a nice group of these, they all had odontadotes on the cheeks and similar body shape, the only way we could tell the sex is that the males had very fuzzy tail region and the females did not.

Here is a pic of one of my juveniles (not a juvie anymore) that I also got from Barbie (years ago)... Some of the fry that were bred from my L260 looked like the picture in the auction. Their patterns are very variable, but undeniable. :D http://www.planetcatfish.com/images/full/loricariidae/hypanci...

HOW PRECIOUS!

Congratulations Jools and Clare!!!!

Gotta love them speed bumps!!!!

Yowza I would take that fish back to the LFS and give that worker lady a stern talkin' to!!!

That is TOO cute!!! (even for a mantis...LOL) Great job!!

That was a VERY awesome quilt your Mom made Barbie!!! How cool!!

Congrats to Jools and Claire!!!

***Waits patiently for fry to grow out***

I am by far not an expert but that pic does not look like any L340 I've ever seen, does the head look right?

Hello!

I personally would not put them in a tank that small, or maybe would have 1. I was breeding in a 20g long and I think that was pushing it, IMO...

It says that the images do not exist anymore....

I would be very suprised to see a real L136 attached to a piece of zuchinni!!!

Completely awesome Dr. Gold!!! I love these little guys! Live food definitely helps to get them to spawn. Please keep us posted on the fry rearing!!!!

As was said above, a macro is VERY helpful but along with that is definitely A LOT of patience and a large memory card...lol... I agree that you take a lot of pictures and pick out the very best! Patience, patience, patience. Everyonce in awhile you get lucky and snap and click and get a perfect pic...

Janne wrote:They are L66 and not L333.

Janne

Hello Janne!
I am just curious what about these plecs in the pictures distinguishes them as L66 as opposed to the L333?

Sorry, I forgot the "TL" in my post. I've never really pulled out a ruler, just a guestimate but I know they are over two years old... I was always wondering when they were going to start to look like yours but I'm wondering if perhaps they won't??? They don't have much bristles to speak o...

Who else thinks the habitat shot above should be added to the catelog entries of Silurichthys indragiriensis, Kryptopterus macrocephalus and Clarias leiacanthus? HH, can I have your permission to do that? Cheers, Jools I think the habitat shots are just as important as the shots of the species them...

Barbie, I have had mine for over a year and a half and they were at least 2"+ when I got them, mine look more like his at this point still, but do not look near as big as yours. Do you know how long it took for yours to get that size or were they already full grown when you got them? Here is a ...

I agree from this angle and coloring/lighting... It does not look as much like a L199, but it appears the picture has been edited to lighten it up or something so I really am not convinced enough to give opinion either way. Though Dr. Gold presents a very fair observation.

The patterning and coloring remind me of a L199, but it would be nice to see a better shot of the head to make sure.

Male indeed....