L102

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

I've recently bought a L102 pleco (definitely a L102), but I can't find much info about them.

I've so far found they like a slightly meatier sort of diet; is this true? What is the best food to give him?
At the moment I've been adding bloodworm pellets, sinking catfish pellets and well left over food from the tank.

Well basically that is all I've found out, can anyone recommend a better/more varied diet for him and let me know more about them?

Thank you

 

[roadmaster]

I've recently bought a L102 pleco (definitely a L102), but I can't find much info about them.

I've so far found they like a slightly meatier sort of diet; is this true? What is the best food to give him?
At the moment I've been adding bloodworm pellets, sinking catfish pellets and well left over food from the tank.

Well basically that is all I've found out, can anyone recommend a better/more varied diet for him and let me know more about them?

Thank you

I might still place vegetable matter in the tank and I say this because,just two days ago I lost my L102 that I have kept for three years
When I first aquired the fish,it showed little to no interest in vegetable matter, but did eat bit's of frozen krill,chopped earthworms,frozen brine shrimp,shrimp pellets,Biogold sinking cichlid pellet's,New life spectrum medimum pellet's ,and showed a keen interest in biofilm which was present on the substrate and back glass.
I am thinking that perhaps I should have placed vegetable matter in the tank as well, even though the fish rarely touched it.
I kept the fish in 75 gallon tank with six loaches, and adult Electric Blue dempsey(scared of his own shadow) without issues and they all ate the same foods.
Temp was 80 degrees F and tanks was filtered with two Emperor 400 filter's and an aquaclear 802 powerhead(att5ached to quick filter) for a little extra current that the loaches and pleco seemed to enjoy.(The Dempsey not so much)
My fish never grew longer than 4 inches and was around two inches when purchased.
Don't know what the cause of it's demise was,all the fish (loaches and dempsey) are fine, so I am leaning towards perhaps the fish not getting perhaps enough vegetable matter(grasping at straws), though I would have thought this would have resulted in problems long before now.
I just yesterday,aquired two juvenile LDA05 plecos that bear a striking resemblance to the L102 and they reportedly share similar diet's.
I think this time ,I shall place some smooth fairly large stones outside in a tub to gather algae and rotate them in an out of the aquarium as well as offer vegtables regardless of whether they are eaten or not.(seems cheap insurance)
Was gutted to lose this fish after three years it was one of my favorites.

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

I will add algae wafers and some veg in anyway for my snail so he can have some of that if he wants.

 

[TwoTankAmin]

This is a lovely member of the Hypancistrus species aka H inspector which grows to about 6 inches. They are primarily meat eaters but do need some vegetable matter in their diet. They will appreciate some wood in the tank as well as a cave. Here is a 2002 article on them found in the Shane's World section of PlanetCatfish Notes on keeping and spawning L102

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

This is a lovely member of the Hypancistrus species aka H inspector which grows to about 6 inches. They are primarily meat eaters but do need some vegetable matter in their diet. They will appreciate some wood in the tank as well as a cave. Here is a 2002 article on them found in the Shane's World section of PlanetCatfish Notes on keeping and spawning L102

Thats fine. I have a large piece of wood in there, 2 coconut caves, a boat for a cave when he gets bigger; a 'vase' ornament and 2 bridges so I think he has plenty of caves

Thank you for the link

Here he is, I named him Spot

Spot by dipsydoodlenoodle, on Flickr

 

[seizethecupcake]

Spot is charming

 

[roadmaster]

This is a lovely member of the Hypancistrus species aka H inspector which grows to about 6 inches. They are primarily meat eaters but do need some vegetable matter in their diet. They will appreciate some wood in the tank as well as a cave. Here is a 2002 article on them found in the Shane's World section of PlanetCatfish Notes on keeping and spawning L102

Thats fine. I have a large piece of wood in there, 2 coconut caves, a boat for a cave when he gets bigger; a 'vase' ornament and 2 bridges so I think he has plenty of caves

Thank you for the link

Here he is, I named him Spot

Spot by dipsydoodlenoodle, on Flickr

I don't normally name fish, and am embarrased to say that I also named the fish I lost spot.
Actually,,the girlfriend named it, and it just became a way for her to know which pleco I was talking about when discussing themand so I too called it spot.
Cute little #29###'s.

 

[seizethecupcake]

I name all of my fish, provided I can tell who's who! With the schooling fish or groups, I just do a head count a couple of times daily

 

[dipsydoodlenoodle]

I name all of my fish, provided I can tell who's who! With the schooling fish or groups, I just do a head count a couple of times daily

I name all of my fish too hehe. My boyfriend named Spot I'd have went with something more imaginitive but Spot it is; he doesn't mind I'm sure.