kylefish02

well Krib in petshops $120- $150 and for critter they only grow 12cm thats smaller than bristlenose i was going to get a whole lot fro people at $80 but i might not do that now as i have bred them and yes they will be cheaper than that if they survive and yes krib they are also known as pretty peckoltia

thanks guys below is a page about L52 and pics too there such an awsome fish aka butterfly plecos http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/loricari/dekeyser/983_f.php

To my suprise this afternoon i came back from town and saw thta my female L52 was looking way skinnier than usual so i looked under my males pot and there he had about 50 eggs which is a big spawn for L52 the funny thing is i cant get my stupid bristlenose to spawn

we have one of those at the zoo there awsome fish thanks for the info

well 3 eggs have hatched except one baby is dead and the other two are fine so ill see how it goes cheers

KM im pretty sure theres one at mt eden jansens as i saw one there about a week and a half ago

this morning in my L144 tank my female had layed alot of eggs except that they wernt in the cave they were all outside on the gravel and i think maybe she was tired of the male not spawning with her so she just deposited them anywhere so ive got them in a net with bubbles but im not sure even if there fertile so ill wait and see any one got ideas?

today i stripped my female zebra cichlid and this came out any ideas? Photo Credit:CatBrat

lol.Sadly though my adult female twig died this morning of old age but i still have two young ones so hoping theyll be a pair any one breeding twigs that i can buy a few babies off please? cheers Kyle

well my pair have done it again they spawneed just 11 days after the last spawn and this time its bigger man what am i going to do with all these guys

just an update heres a pic of them eating letuce all doing well no deaths so hoping to raise quite a few

there not suppose to be very hard just make sure there is plenty of plants at the top for the male to build his bubblenest also are you surer you have a pair put a pic on here and we can sex them if you do have a pair just lower water and slow filtration right down or even off and wait

Hi Jammos Zebra plecs should always be kept with other zebra plecs as they are a schooling cat and require 3-5 so one would be very unhappy and for a rare fish like that would be a big watse so if ur only going to get oe dont bother as would be cruel and as for terrortorial that is only males when wanting to breed Cheers Kyle

I believe ther actually a killie i think a panchax of some sort cheers

hi yes Niloc i still have my baby whiptails but are still small and there are no gaurantees that they willsurvive but i found out why so may peoples baby whiptails die after a week o 2 as they have to have spirulina in there diet as contains all th nutrients required and is easy for there little stomachs to digest.As for L52 they are not confirmed but if i can get them they will be here in around 3 months and Mystic if you want L168 good luck as there are none in nz i believe and would be better to go with L52 as they look the same just that my one was stressed and not on a white gravel like the L168 cheers

looks like a young pseudotropheus socolofi maybe

thanks guys heres another pic you can se the little tail looks like a whip

also mystic they will be 8cm and they grow to around 13cm so they will be young adults and i dont know about shipping i may not but if i need to i will cheers

no brianemore the one you have posted is L168 and is very similar except that L52s lines are more broken and are still nice ill post a pic of one of mine heres mine but except were its brown it should be white as this one was stressed and as you know butterfly plecos can change colour ver easly and do so often hence the name butterfly pleco

dont worry about your guppies theyll do fine i keep my cichlids outside in the summer and they come from warmer areas than guppies.

today my whiptails hatched and they are stuck on the glass they look so cool below is a pic

here plecs this is off planet catfish also i wouldnt recommend getting another as these guys fight like hell with each other and are quite hard to breed by needing super fast current flowing directly into there cave and othere things heres a good linkhttp://www.planetcatfish.com/cotm/2000_12.php

tanks guys.Yes wok whiptails eggs are green and change to brown colour at about 4 to 5 days cheers

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here some pics of my male banded whptail and his eggs sorry not best quality i was holding camera in one hand and trying to get the torch on the eggs with the other