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3 hours ago, Bean said:

Isn’t that way overstocked?

I tried to explain this to mommy and daddy pleco, but they didn't listen. 😄

Yeah, I certainly don't want to have 150 full grown bristlenose plecos in this 29 gallon. I keep a constant supply of food in there and do water changes twice a week. As they grow, I'll have to ramp up the feeding and water changes, but I intend to start selling them soon. My LFS only wants them when they're 3+ inches, so I'll likely look elsewhere for buyers at first.

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21 hours ago, Irene said:

I love all your different corydoras! They're one of my favorites but I don't currently have any right now. Instead, here are a couple of my otocinclus hanging around:

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Irene, that's a great pic of the oto's tail - IMHO they have the most beautiful caudal fins - graceful and ornate. I have six new otos and already falling in love with them. 

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This isn't all of my catfish and plecos, but its who I've got recent pics of.

The pictus, doing their typical pictus pile when there isn't food to be had.

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Various ages of pictus. Mr Pim is the biggest one,  whose  over a decade old now, though not sure how far past that, given I got him already grown years ago.

20201126_140824.jpg.4f39b0cc25a88177a95e7b55fe19bdff.jpgThe farlowella ie twig catfish pair. Doing what they usually do which is hang off of things.

The female albino bristlenose, who doesn't  like to share her food. 

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 Corydoras. I have several species currently. But I have this group that were sold to me as merely c. Punctatus - which they most certainly aren't. There appears to be two species in this group.  Not sure what either are. But working on getting weight back on them, they came in looking like twigs. 

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Finely spotted, that seem to form vertical bars, darker bases.

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Larger more random spots. Lighter base color.

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Here they are together. Pretty distinct differences. But not sure on either species.

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This is my Common Pleco I donated to my LFS. I'm guessing he was about 14 inches when I let him go. He was living in a 72g tank. When he came out he basically did what he wanted with my plant scape. Between that and my feeling that he really couldn't turn around in the tank, I thought it best for him to find a home in a bigger tank. You can get an appreciation for the size in comparison to the full grown Pearl Gurami, Harlequin Rasbora and Mystery Snail in the picture.

We had named him Draco in honor of the dragon.

The LFS uses him as a 'teaching tool' when selling 2inch long common pleco's. 

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Just now, Dandy Pearl

This is my Common Pleco I donated to my LFS. I'm guessing he was about 14 inches when I let him go. He was living in a 72g tank. When he came out he basically did what he wanted with my plant scape. Between that and my feeling that he really couldn't turn around in the tank, I thought it best for him to find a home in a bigger tank. You can get an appreciation for the size in comparison to the full grown Pearl Gurami, Harlequin Rasbora and Mystery Snail in the picture.

We had named him Draco in honor of the dragon.

The LFS uses him as a 'teaching tool' when selling 2inch long common pleco's. 

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Is this just a common or like a leopard plec that gets just as big as commons

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On 11/25/2020 at 10:05 PM, StephenP2003 said:

I tried to explain this to mommy and daddy pleco, but they didn't listen. 😄

Yeah, I certainly don't want to have 150 full grown bristlenose plecos in this 29 gallon. I keep a constant supply of food in there and do water changes twice a week. As they grow, I'll have to ramp up the feeding and water changes, but I intend to start selling them soon. My LFS only wants them when they're 3+ inches, so I'll likely look elsewhere for buyers at first.

LOL yeah, once they get started they are almost as bad as guppies.

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5 minutes ago, josh world said:

I have 4 upside down catfish. Yours is soooo cute. How old is she and what size tank is she in? I am so jealous of her. wish my synodontis were that big.

I've had her for a year now, and she's in a 40 breeder she shared with humpback limia and platies, though as far as I'm concerned that is HER tank. I did originally mean to put her in my 75 gallon but I'm scared my bichirs will mess with her.

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