Plec Collectors!

[bunjiweb]

Here's my list of loricaridae!

L066 - King Tiger Plec
L128 - Blue Phantom
L134 - Leopard Frog
L200 - Green Phantom
L204 - Flash Panaque
L260 x 5 - Queen Arabesque
LDA33 - Big Whitespot
Bristlenose Ancistrus
2 x Albino Bristlenose Ancistrus

And today I got given a 6" L014 - Sunshine Plec by a customer!!!

So how about you? Smithrc?

Ben

 

[nadajdui]

So jealous! I have a Spotted Bristlenose Pleco right now, though in a year or two I intend to get another one if I can ever find one again. I love those plecs!

 

[andyw823]

I have 4 plecs, but i want more!

1 BN, 1 clown, 1 leopard frog and 1 Rubber nose/ bulldog

few pics included

 

[Ginge]

I have 1 adult female BN.
And about 5 BN fry- About 2.5 cm(p.s how fast do they grow?)

I currently have a malawi cichlids setup but when i change it to a community setup i hope to get some nice new plecs.
Adult.

Fry.

 

[bunjiweb]

The bristlenose is one of the quickest growing plecs as it should be a fairly consistant feeder on algae and wood. provide both of these and you should have a 2-3" bristlenose within a year.

So anyone else have lots of plecs?

Ben

 

[zedonepilot]

well i aint got none due to my new tank cycling
its a 48x24x24 its got t5 lighting x2 tubes with bog wood some pebbles coarse sand and hopefully some plants

can anyone give me some ideas as to what and how many i could have keeping the size of the plec small
i had a sailfin some years ago but let it go with tank
jus starting again with this one and want a few plecs even atempt breeding them maybe in the future i dont know yet need to surf and read also glean knowledge from some of you out there

thanks

ph 6.5
soft water area

 

[TwoTankAmin]

I currently have long finned bristlenose and albino long finned bristles nose. I have tons of fry from them as well.

I just shipped out two mature male L-260, and pair adult of L-134 and a pair of adult L-333 which i have had for years. They went out in order to make room for a breeding colony of 13 L-046 plus 5 fry. In order not to disrupt the established pecking order of the colony, I moved my other two zebras in with my discus pair.

I now have two more spawns from the zebras. One batch was evicted from the cave last week and the second batch is now free swimming but still in the cave with dad.

 

[bunjiweb]

Great to hear people breeding zebras, I hope more people will take on this challenge if it is viable to them.

zedonepilot, a pair of bristlenose would suit perfectly for algae eating duties. Most of the ones I have are largely ornamental and don't eat much algae.

Ben

 

[zedonepilot]

cheers
ornametal ones would be fine also looking at goldnuggets snow balls ect
any more i could have ?
also anyone know of a decent fish internet site to buy from in the uk ?

thanks

 

[zedonepilot]

cheers
ornametal ones would be fine also looking at goldnuggets snow balls ect
any more i could have ?
also anyone know of a decent fish internet site to buy from in the uk ?

thanks

 

[Ferris]

1 Sailfin
1 Magnum (L47)
1 Tiger (L38)
1 Sunshine (L14)

 

[~T~]

I have

mango
gold nugget
red fin dwarf
2 albino bristlenoses (adults and about 50 fry)
1 regular bristlenose
2 whiptails

I recently lost in a tank crash

red fin cactus
vampire
royal
pekoltia sp.

 

[max11180]

I have a few plecos.. 1 common (11"), 1 sailfin (8"), a pair of bnose (2.5-3"), 1 clown pleco (1.5"), and a pair of oto's (1.25"). i'd love to show pics, but i only see the common and sailfin when the moonlight lamp is on, so they always look blue, lol. I see bits and pieces of the bnose and clown, but rarely see the whole fish for much length of time, and the oto's are too damn fast for a pic!

 

[andywg]

Hmm, there's...

2 Chaetostoma sp.
3 Ancistrus sp.
3 Otocinclus sp.
1 L264
1 L333
1 L027
1 L027a
1 assumed sailfin

And I think that's it.

 

[~T~]

Heres 3 of the ones that died, had them for years too

Leopard Red Fin Cactus

Vampire

Pekolita sp.