2 New Pl*cos

[Rhiannon]

Wow their spots really stand out.

So cute I wish I had a tank big enough for one.

 

[demonmagus]

those are nice

 

[~T~]

Just came back from staying at my girlfriends for a few days and found both of them have died.I have no idea what happened.Everything in the tank is fine and nothing in there would have been able to kill them.One looks a bit bloated.

 

[J4MES]

what are your water stats and ph?

J4MES

 

[~T~]

what are your water stats and ph?

J4MES

Checks out good and the ph was exactly or almost exactly the same as the ph in the bag

 

[DarkEntity]

Where did you buy them from if i might ask?

I was through in Stirling at the weekend and they didnt have anything of note

 

[Leonwillow]

Just came back from staying at my girlfriends for a few days and found both of them have died.I have no idea what happened.Everything in the tank is fine and nothing in there would have been able to kill them.One looks a bit bloated.

Oh no. So sorry to hear that. They were stunning. You must be gutted.

 

[stang1]

Sorry for your loss T.

 

[cahnnarel]

Oh no, that's really sad Sorry to hear about that ..

 

[~T~]

Where did you buy them from if i might ask?

I was through in Stirling at the weekend and they didnt have anything of note

Coral Reef on Paisley Rd, I think they still have some left.

And yes I am gutted

 

[smithrc]

Where did you buy them from if i might ask?

I was through in Stirling at the weekend and they didnt have anything of note

Coral Reef on Paisley Rd, I think they still have some left.

And yes I am gutted

Gutted mate...

I'd go back and complain..

 

[fishlette]

can someone explain the L??? to me? i have never heard of these guys described as letters and it confuses me hehe just wnating some clarity on their numbers and what they relate to

 

[DarkEntity]

I wouldnt touch anything from Coral Reef, seen so many dead dying, diseased fish in there.

can someone explain the L??? to me? i have never heard of these guys described as letters and it confuses me hehe just wnating some clarity on their numbers and what they relate to

The "L Number" system began when two German magazines began featuring newly discovered Loricariids in their magazines. Since these species were not yet described to science, the magazines began assigning them "L numbers". The German magazine "DATZ" (Die Aquarien und Terrarienzeitschrift) started with the designation L1 for the Loricariid which has now been described as Pterygoplichthys joselimaianus. So now L1 is retired. Another German magazine "Das Aquarium", also began to run a similar feature in its magazine and labeled the fishes as LDA followed by a number. At the time of writing, the DATZ L system is somewhere above L370 and the LDA system is above LDA 70 - neither show signs of slowing. This numbering system has caught on and new species of Corydoras are now being assigned "C Numbers".

Hypancistrus zebra. This fish has almost single-handedly created an entire generation of catfish lovers.Finally, along came the Aqualog series of books and they published a book with all the known L numbers with photos or drawings of each fish. This makes things a lot easier since not all of us, in America or the UK, have access to back issues of German aquarium magazines. There are apparently some problems though because not all of the photos in the Aqualog book match the species in the photos that ran in the original magazines. So sometimes it is necessary to note where you L number is coming from (magazine or book).

To quote from planet catfish