I Have A New Pleco Arriving Anyday(l134). Some Advise Please

[mark1979]

hey guys

i have a new pleco coming to me any day now,its a L134 leopard frog type

please can you tell me how big it will get full size?

i have been told not to big,but i need to no for sure.

its looks amazing,i couldnt resist it when i looked at it

i presume it will be ok on its own?

 

[JenCliBee]

hey guys

i have a new pleco coming to me any day now,its a L134 leopard frog type

please can you tell me how big it will get full size?

i have been told not to big,but i need to no for sure.

its looks amazing,i couldnt resist it when i looked at it

i presume it will be ok on its own?

5 inch max usually , stunning fish m8 and will be fine on it's own

 

[mark1979]

hey guys

i have a new pleco coming to me any day now,its a L134 leopard frog type

please can you tell me how big it will get full size?

i have been told not to big,but i need to no for sure.

its looks amazing,i couldnt resist it when i looked at it

i presume it will be ok on its own?

5 inch max usually , stunning fish m8 and will be fine on it's own

excellent

they look so nice in the flesh,i just had to buy it,lol

 

[JenCliBee]

hey guys

i have a new pleco coming to me any day now,its a L134 leopard frog type

please can you tell me how big it will get full size?

i have been told not to big,but i need to no for sure.

its looks amazing,i couldnt resist it when i looked at it

i presume it will be ok on its own?

5 inch max usually , stunning fish m8 and will be fine on it's own

excellent

they look so nice in the flesh,i just had to buy it,lol

Out of curiousity, how much you pay?

 

[mark1979]

hey guys

i have a new pleco coming to me any day now,its a L134 leopard frog type

please can you tell me how big it will get full size?

i have been told not to big,but i need to no for sure.

its looks amazing,i couldnt resist it when i looked at it

i presume it will be ok on its own?

5 inch max usually , stunning fish m8 and will be fine on it's own

excellent

they look so nice in the flesh,i just had to buy it,lol

Out of curiousity, how much you pay?

to much,lol

£21.95 - seems alot but i realy wanted it and it was the last one

regarding them corys,i do need to rehome them pretty soon,im thinking of posting them,where do i get the heat packs etc etc?

 

[minxfishy]

In this weather I wouldnt worry about heat packs, either use a poly box or a sturdy cardboard box, lined with newspaper, and double/triple bag them (with oxygen) and then wrap the bag in some bubble wrap and then stuff newspaper all around to limit the movement.

Here is BigC's guide to transportation of fish: http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?showtopic=280779

 

[mark1979]

In this weather I wouldnt worry about heat packs, either use a poly box or a sturdy cardboard box, lined with newspaper, and double/triple bag them (with oxygen) and then wrap the bag in some bubble wrap and then stuff newspaper all around to limit the movement.

excuse my total lack of knowledge here,but i have seen people blow into the bag to fill it with oxygen,is this ok to do?

i can get packaging,and loads of it,thats my job,lol

did you notice the internal was packaged abit over the top,lol

 

[minxfishy]

It was a mass of packaging

Ok, what do you breathe out of your lungs? Think about it! So no, dont blow in the bag, use a pump, bicycle I guess would work, and pump in some air (dont ask me how, got to work that one out myself for a few weeks time). Personally I dont see how it doesnt escape out the top, but hey thats what is recommended.

 

[JenCliBee]

It was a mass of packaging

Ok, what do you breathe out of your lungs? Think about it! So no, dont blow in the bag, use a pump, bicycle I guess would work, and pump in some air (dont ask me how, got to work that one out myself for a few weeks time). Personally I dont see how it doesnt escape out the top, but hey thats what is recommended.

Yeh as minx says everythink is pretty much said already regarding postage, minx are you on about the air re-escaping while filling?..... hold the bag tight round the airline when filling when it is full just slide the airline out and tightly hold bag at same time ... works a treat.

to much,lol

£21.95 - seems alot but i realy wanted it and it was the last one

Far from to much m8, thats a bargain price for 134's from LFS, round here there around £40 for around 2 inch fish

 

[mark1979]

so what i paid was good.excellent

so i can put the airline from my airpump in to fill the bag with oxygen?

i realise what i said now,doh. So the lfs's ive seen do that are not good then

 

[minxfishy]

HAHA an airline/airpump, got it!!! Im so dumb, figured your used a footpump or similar Now I have to go buy an airpump/line as I never use them on my tanks, still quite cheap and an easy solution to my oxygen problem.

Also Mark (1979) make sure you write TROPICAL FISH FRY on the box, as the PO dont take adult fish, but will transport fry, they wont know the difference.

 

[matchstickman47]

It was a mass of packaging

Ok, what do you breathe out of your lungs?

18 percent oxgen......78 percent nitrogen and about 4 peecent c02

normal air oxgen levels are about 22 percent oxgen
not much of a differnce.

 

[mark1979]

The L134 is now in the tank,looks so nice!!

i will get some piccys up when he/she has settled

 

[mark1979]

i cant find my L134 anywhere,i have moved wood,caves,everything and i still cant find it

would these L134's dig into the gravel completly?

bit concerned i am

 

[TwoTankAmin]

No they don't burrow. However, they do like to wedge into tight spaces. They are cave spawners.