henward Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 I just ordered one:D they actually look nicE! picture sonline do not do them juctice Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simian Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Nice, what do they sell for if u dont mind me asking? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 dont know how mch usually but was 200 at one store, getting for about 150. first time i seen them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 They're cool eh, hope you're not getting it to eat the algae in your planted tank tho... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 lol no they only eat the good algae i have removed the Blue green stuff it came off very easily i discovered the problem cos i over feed and dont vac the bottom well enough wont happen again lol it was a new thing to me you see:D the othre tanks dont have that problem my royal is now sucking the crap out of wood and the walls of the tank for all the algae.... i fed it 1 algae disc today, its tiny so its fat and swollen lol i used to vac once a week on the planted tank, and WC twidce a week im increasing that to 2x vac and 1x WC a week. and im also increasing my vac to 1x a week to my other aro tanks and 2x WC for the 1.5 red and the Jar tank. cant wait to have my two 8 footers going! march or april next year! getting the stands done by this engineering company, very reasonable. also i like them cos when they are big, they LOOK big, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jfishfanatic Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Can you take a pic of it when you have it your tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 sure, if i can find it once it hides in the wood:D ill do that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 they have very cool tails. long and finny. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 Trust you to get a carnivorous pleco!! :lol: Should look awesome when it gets a bit of size on it, I nearly bought one but was worried it would develop a taste for my bichir. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 lol i am unsure that it its a predatory pleco it is a scavenger that eats meat on occasion and detritus at the botom of rivers but it does excite me that i can feed it shrimp:D higher protein means bigger quicker:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 My understanding was that they were pretty much identical to common plecs, just with red fins. I would like one. Hutt Pets had a tank that said scarlet pleco on it, but didn't appear to have a scarlet pleco in the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 maybe it was an invisible one:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted December 11, 2008 Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 They don't look much different from the commons at a small size, I hope the colour improves with age. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 11, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 11, 2008 yeah thats what i thought, hence why i was hesitant when initially looking for plecs - but, after i saw an actual specimen, 5 cms only.... the colour was vivid, same supplier will provide the same type of specimen variant. scarlet apparently comes in a couple of different variants. the ones that are in right now are very coloufull. the red extends to the base of tail and fins as opposed to just the tips of them and they eat meat:D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_elmo Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 cool fish, i had one before it should look like this http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... ies_id=188 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David R Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Had? What happened to it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Watch your scarlet with the tankmates to start off, as they are quite shy and retiring, particularly at juvinile size. the fact they eat meat doesn't correspond to the aggression level, your royal at the moment will be by far the most dominant. It will be a while before the scarlets here are of the size to be a problem. There is an almost black variety as well, although L24 is the one which I'd really like colourwise. I see that 2 x24cm scarlets were bred to a two foot tank in the last few weeks in Japan. That economy of scale for you. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Hmmm, Might see about grabbing one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_elmo Posted December 12, 2008 Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 Had? What happened to it? i put it in my big tank, forgot about it and found it dead/floating about a week later dunno what happened to it lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 12, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 12, 2008 thta sucks bout the pleco evil elmo! anwyays, the scarlet is going to a completely different tank with the royal so yeah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evil_elmo Posted December 17, 2008 Report Share Posted December 17, 2008 you got your scarlet henward? pictures? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
henward Posted December 18, 2008 Author Report Share Posted December 18, 2008 no not yet i jsut went to pick it up doesnt look like the one in mt roskill HFF, but it jsut arrived int he original bag, so i was reluctant to take it. the improter said its the same species and variation, and that trasport will change its colour and whne it settls it will start to get its true colours so the HFF guys kindly agreed to let it settle in their tanks so i can see Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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