mr pleco

forget the blimmin breeding scheme thingy on page ?im still waiting for my year book

depends on the "L" number jaide some will and some wont you need to search a site like www.planetcatfish.com to see all the "L" numbers and what sizes they grow to

yep aprophecy where have i heard that from before :-?

yep definite BN time will tell if female but looks like one you can tell by white tip on tail commons dont have this good going and good luck mr pleco

nice .....real nice 8)

yeah both in same tank but definetley bred with their own coz i saw the female in with the male by the way he is sittting on a huge batch of eggs probably 50 at least well im hoping anyway ill go look at yr numbers but i dont think so

8) lol aprophecy yeah pics coming when they hatch , should be soon i hope definetly two sorts of pairs one has two white stripes at end of tail one at top and one at bottom the other has a solid white line at end of tail but niether has white on dorsal fin one pair looks alot like L100

and you think i havent already dixon ? lol but yeah might be someone out there that knows what they are will try for photos when they let me cheers for the offer

no and its not L183 nor L182 so i dont know what ive bred but thats cool ill figure it out eventually 8)

been out of breeding guppies for a while so is it me or do those two last photos have the worst examples of specimen fish for a guppy strain they look malnutritioned and their tails are shocking

well had to get these going, had them for a while and finally can say have eggs and looking good found them today and male is doing a good job am pretty sure its L183 but someone can correct me if im wrong coz i have L213 in there aswell but cant find any pics of them to confirm that number either

yep the "males " hard at it again had the female in there for three days this time guess he wasnt gonna let her go till she did the business ....my kinda guy 8)

looking good 8)

not sure really without seeing before and after shots what yr exactly describing but plecos are nocturnal and if hidey spaces are not available he will hide mostly during the day and sleep alot this will seem like hes dead but quite alive when yr sleeping so sounds quite natural to me

if she is pregnant she will show a dark grey to black area in stomach but female is more rounder naturally so a photo would be good to help clarify

glad you are enjoying yr new addition/addiction they are cool others that you may enjoy are clowns L104 queen arabs L260 king tiger L066 flash pleco L204 meddusa L255 snowspot L213/183 L226 tiger panaque all are available at times in nz and average size is about 10 cm full grown the larger ones that are just as cool are L128 blue phantom L200 green phantom L190 royal panaque L018 gold nugget Lda 33 snowball these grow 20cm + so you will need more MTS to have these probably hope this helps if you want to see what varieties are around in the world and dream a little then www.planetcatfish list all plecos so far discovered p.s i dont actually have a fav as all of the above i have and each has its own interest for me

carbon has to be replaced depending on usage every 4-6 months ) otherwise it will build up nitrogens and dump excess back into the water crashing yr ph this may explain yr problem remove all carbon clean yr filter out in water from the tank give it big 50% water change and see what happens ..although carbon is great for keeping the water clean most fish keepers dont use it unless they replace it regularly or only if they want to remove chemicals after dosing for a disease or such hth mr pleco p.s cleaning it dosent mean the same as replacing it ,its a disposable item kinda like a cigarrette you cant smoke it twice

look for one same size but no and i mean not a whisker of hair should be female also rounder in body shape would be better best of luck

do you run carbon in yr filter system?

male no question about it

hey there caves are made out of ceramic tiles cut them with a diamond cutter attached to a skillsaw or just a tile cutter glue with aquarium silicone but on that note i use bamboo caves and terracotta pots for my bn and only tile caves for my hypans but theres no reson why you cant use them for BN, id make different sizes as not one size fits all hth mr pleco

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for angels they will breed on almost any surface even glass/filter intake hoses / and even heaters best ive had is in community tank with amazon sword leaves as i can snap the leaf and remove the eggs but slate at 75 degrees against the glass /upturned terracotta pots /etc work fine ,if in good condition and right enviroment they will breed

realistic price is 20-30 $ per fish retail depending on age and size they are not "hard "to breed and have been bred before in nz the hard part is getting females as alot of them are males best of luck with them if you decide to purhase them

not really except to say yr feeding regieme is about right they can honk down the food at that size ,his belly will give it away if its slightly curved outwards then hes in good condition a sunken in belly is a sign of underfeeding or problems usually i put a 1/2 a courgette in once every two days for something that size and take the remainder (if any ) out the following night dont bother boiling it or microwaving it just put a fork in it to sink, boiling it will make it softer and it will sink easier but it will also break up faster and possibly cloud the water mine scoff 1/2 a courgette in about four hours and they aint 40cm but there is more than one alternate between courgette /cucumber/ or algae wafers (about 4 per serving ) even try mushrooms / some shrimp pellets occasionally and remember it will "hoover up" any left over food you feed the others too HTH mr pleco