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Colu Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 (edited) 59 minutes ago, Solidus1833 said: What species of pleco is the yellow one Edited May 11, 2021 by Colu Miss spelling Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solidus1833 Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 Just now, Colu said: What species of pleco is tee yellow one that is Leo, he's an L075 'PARA' pleco Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 You have some really nice l number pleco 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solidus1833 Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 Just now, Colu said: You have some really nice l number pleco thank you!. In total I have, 4 pleco's in this 72gal. Three in the picture are, L191 Dull-eye Royal, L340 Mega Clown, and the L75. The 4th is an L200 Green Phantom, but unfortunately he swam away when I tried to take the image. Its difficult to get them all in one place stationary for long if there is no Repashy for them to eat. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted May 11, 2021 Share Posted May 11, 2021 I have a pair of bristlenose at the moment they like to breed like rabbits I use to keep clown pleco sailfin pleco I had a green phantom pleco a long time ago he got about 10in love the green colour 2 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solidus1833 Posted May 11, 2021 Author Share Posted May 11, 2021 3 minutes ago, Colu said: I have a pair of bristlenose at the moment they like to breed like rabbits I use to keep clown pleco sailfin pleco I had a green phantom pleco a long time ago he got about 10in love the green colour BEATUIFUL! Wow, you must be having a bristlenose explosion! haha. I had a bristlecone for about 10 years growing up in my very first aquarium. It started my fascination with plecos. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWilson Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Love this photo thread and hope to snap one soon! Any advice on keeping the L200/green phantom? I just bought one. The store I got him from does not quarantine so I’m trying to run him through the med trio in my 10 gal qt. And plan to follow up with another dose of paracleanse in a couple weeks. He does not seem happy there at all. He’s very skittish. he also doesn’t seem to be able to hold himself up on the walls without sliding down...is that normal? so far have tried feeding him some repashy on a log and he liked the log but didn’t seem to care for the repashy. Haven’t tried anything else yet bc was medicating and well, the repashy log seemed to have been too much for the qt cycle as I found .25 ppm nitrite this eve. The tank he will go into eventually hopefully will be great for him, has plenty of algae and mulm, flow, driftwood and rocks, and caves are on the way. I’m just scared I’ll screw out up too bad in the quarantine and he won’t make it there. sorry I don’t mean to hijack this thread just have found limited info on YouTube, the Google, or Google scholar. Most youtubers seem to acquire these but then don’t really talk about keeping them long term. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 3 hours ago, SWilson said: Love this photo thread and hope to snap one soon! Any advice on keeping the L200/green phantom? I just bought one. The store I got him from does not quarantine so I’m trying to run him through the med trio in my 10 gal qt. And plan to follow up with another dose of paracleanse in a couple weeks. He does not seem happy there at all. He’s very skittish. he also doesn’t seem to be able to hold himself up on the walls without sliding down...is that normal? so far have tried feeding him some repashy on a log and he liked the log but didn’t seem to care for the repashy. Haven’t tried anything else yet bc was medicating and well, the repashy log seemed to have been too much for the qt cycle as I found .25 ppm nitrite this eve. The tank he will go into eventually hopefully will be great for him, has plenty of algae and mulm, flow, driftwood and rocks, and caves are on the way. I’m just scared I’ll screw out up too bad in the quarantine and he won’t make it there. sorry I don’t mean to hijack this thread just have found limited info on YouTube, the Google, or Google scholar. Most youtubers seem to acquire these but then don’t really talk about keeping them long term. The most important thing is to get them to eat sometimes they will waste away and refuse to eat don't add them to your main tank till there eating well and provide them with plenty of hiding places so they feel secure 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solidus1833 Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 5 hours ago, SWilson said: Love this photo thread and hope to snap one soon! Any advice on keeping the L200/green phantom? I just bought one. The store I got him from does not quarantine so I’m trying to run him through the med trio in my 10 gal qt. And plan to follow up with another dose of paracleanse in a couple weeks. He does not seem happy there at all. He’s very skittish. he also doesn’t seem to be able to hold himself up on the walls without sliding down...is that normal? so far have tried feeding him some repashy on a log and he liked the log but didn’t seem to care for the repashy. Haven’t tried anything else yet bc was medicating and well, the repashy log seemed to have been too much for the qt cycle as I found .25 ppm nitrite this eve. The tank he will go into eventually hopefully will be great for him, has plenty of algae and mulm, flow, driftwood and rocks, and caves are on the way. I’m just scared I’ll screw out up too bad in the quarantine and he won’t make it there. sorry I don’t mean to hijack this thread just have found limited info on YouTube, the Google, or Google scholar. Most youtubers seem to acquire these but then don’t really talk about keeping them long term. So, mine took about 4 days before he would start moving around during the day. I would catch him eating on the glass in the evenings. Now he will come around periodically through the day monchin on the rocks and glass. I've not been able to get him to latch on to any repashy yet on either of the three blends i use. Hes not eaten the Extreme wafers, or hikari algae wafers. Nor has he eaten any veggies I've put in. Or atleast I've not caught him eating. Yesterday I started training him to eat in the same area the rest of my plecos eat. He came out to investigate a few times but ended up just monchin on the glass. I think it just takes time. When they get super hungry they will eat. I'm not sure how old mine is, sold for 65$ USD, which I think is normal for a young L200. He's around 3-4 inches already and was very healthy lookin when I saw him at my LFS. He'd also been there for 12 days, which I was dumbfouded about. Normally these exotics don't last longer than a few days at my local store. Most ppl special order them or request for notification on specific fish. What kind of repashy are you using? I noticed my L200 was eyeing the Soylent Green more than the Community+ and Morning Wood. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWilson Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 (edited) Thank you both so much @Colu and @Solidus1833, mine is about 4-5 inches, he was $90 at my lfs (realizing now maybe I overpaid but everything is more expensive in CA it seems lol) but I was also dumbfounded that he had been there for 9 days (there were actually 2 green phantoms and a blue phantom as well). Had never seen anything like that there. All I can think of is I live in the Bay Area, CA and summer has already hit with a vengeance, so it was really hot, and only the die hards want to go browse in a muggy fish store when its 90+ outside. I am using a mixture of about 75% soilent green and 25% bottom scratcher. I did catch him on the wood a couple of times, and when I took the wood out last night after I found the nitrite, some of the repashy was missing -- though no way to know if it was him or the snails or it just dissolved into the tank. He seems particularly fond of one particular rock, so maybe I'll try smearing repashy on that next time I make a batch. He seems surprisingly healthy for a wild caught fish, at least as far as his body seemed full, no sunken in belly. I'm not seeing signs of disease or parasites, I'm just quarantining as a precaution. The store focused on telling me to feed him extra, and just not rely on him as clean up, they didn't suggest that he would be hard to feed. They suggested algae wafers, wood, and vegetables. When I said we have repashy that we've been trying to feed to our bristlenoses, the guy's remark was that was old school and "no one has fed that for a long time." Which I thought was pretty funny being a part of this forum. I'll call back and see if they can tell me exactly what they were feeding that tank. Though my first priority at the moment is getting a handle on the water quality in there. Edited May 12, 2021 by SWilson Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solidus1833 Posted May 12, 2021 Author Share Posted May 12, 2021 36 minutes ago, SWilson said: Thank you both so much @Colu and @Solidus1833, mine is about 4-5 inches, he was $90 at my lfs (realizing now maybe I overpaid but everything is more expensive in CA it seems lol) but I was also dumbfounded that he had been there for 9 days (there were actually 2 green phantoms and a blue phantom as well). Had never seen anything like that there. All I can think of is I live in the Bay Area, CA and summer has already hit with a vengeance, so it was really hot, and only the die hards want to go browse in a muggy fish store when its 90+ outside. I am using a mixture of about 75% soilent green and 25% bottom scratcher. I did catch him on the wood a couple of times, and when I took the wood out last night after I found the nitrite, some of the repashy was missing -- though no way to know if it was him or the snails or it just dissolved into the tank. He seems particularly fond of one particular rock, so maybe I'll try smearing repashy on that next time I make a batch. He seems surprisingly healthy for a wild caught fish, at least as far as his body seemed full, no sunken in belly. I'm not seeing signs of disease or parasites, I'm just quarantining as a precaution. The store focused on telling me to feed him extra, and just not rely on him as clean up, they didn't suggest that he would be hard to feed. They suggested algae wafers, wood, and vegetables. When I said we have repashy that we've been trying to feed to our bristlenoses, the guy's remark was that was old school and "no one has fed that for a long time." Which I thought was pretty funny being a part of this forum. I'll call back and see if they can tell me exactly what they were feeding that tank. Though my first priority at the moment is getting a handle on the water quality in there. I wouldn't worry too much about the price. My royal pleco when he was 2 inches was 65$, but my Mega Clown at 1 inch was 99$. I've seen royals be twice as much from online wholesalers. Its all about species, and what return the seller is looking for from the sale. They may have spent over 100$ just getting the fish shipped not including the fish price. I've noticed this L200 actually cleans my tank as my others are lazy haha. Hope your quarantine goes well. I'm lucky enough to have an LFS that does this so I've never had to. Not saying that's a good habit, but so far I've never had a problem in over 20yrs in the hobby. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted May 12, 2021 Share Posted May 12, 2021 Green phantom pleco are Omnivores so try some frozen blood worms or brine shrimp mine loved blood worms and brine shrimp 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWilson Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 Finally got a belly pic of the L200! (Though I had to sneak up on him in the dark). I am not sure he’s eating. I also have been feeding light bc I had some nitrites on Day 3 of quarantine meds). Will try bloodworms and brine shrimp next. Bonus belly shots of the baby albino bristlenose and an obese frog 😬 we’ll be addressing that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Solidus1833 Posted May 17, 2021 Author Share Posted May 17, 2021 The pleco looks nice and pudgy to me. Ahahah. That frog! Perfect belly 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
H.K.Luterman Posted May 17, 2021 Share Posted May 17, 2021 I think this is an appropriate place to put this video I recorded a few weeks ago - my super red bristlenose on the glass, and you can see the movement of it's gut as it digests. 2 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colu Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 21 hours ago, SWilson said: Finally got a belly pic of the L200! (Though I had to sneak up on him in the dark). I am not sure he’s eating. I also have been feeding light bc I had some nitrites on Day 3 of quarantine meds). Will try bloodworms and brine shrimp next. Bonus belly shots of the baby albino bristlenose and an obese frog 😬 we’ll be addressing that. His belly doesn't look hollow so he must be eating something 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SWilson Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 Yes! I think he was eating well either at the store or wherever he came from before, thankfully. Algae wafers tend to disappear from his tank overnight, so I'm pretty sure he at least likes those. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hobbit Posted May 18, 2021 Share Posted May 18, 2021 (edited) 21 hours ago, H.K.Luterman said: you can see the movement of it's gut as it digests. Wow! Great video! For anyone using search terms on the internet that’s called “peristalsis.” Now maybe random biology teachers will find this thread and use that video in class. 😁 Edited May 18, 2021 by Hobbit I see you named the video peristalsis already! 👍 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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