Help with L183

**iaintay** · 25th Dec 2010, 03:03

One of my L183 that I got from c328 is losing it's colour while the other is still having it's jet black colour. Anyone knows what's wrong?

**alvinchan80** · 25th Dec 2010, 10:32

I experienced that when I placed mine in a tau huey tub.. Can it be because they are stress?

**iaintay** · 25th Dec 2010, 11:13

I doubt is stress. It is inside my small tank for 2 days and it didn't show that it's colour fading.

**iaintay** · 25th Dec 2010, 12:40

What do you feed to a juvenile L183? Mine doesn't seem to be eating the algae wafers given.

**alvinchan80** · 25th Dec 2010, 12:43

I never feed them at all.. They seems to be happily grazing on my GSA or brown algae on my glass.. Even my oto also not eating algae wafers, just kept scraping on my glass..

**iaintay** · 25th Dec 2010, 13:27

But my tank no algae to graze!

**alvinchan80** · 25th Dec 2010, 14:03

Lol.. Do you need some? Come come.. I scrape some off my glass give you.. But don't know if they will grow in your tank..
(so weird, people wants to clear algae.. You want algae.. Lol)

**porky0516** · 25th Dec 2010, 19:38

perhaps stress related?

**iaintay** · 25th Dec 2010, 21:16

@Alvinchan if algae is food to them, why need cultivate it! Can save some money on the food. Feed less!

@porky I doubt. I think when fishes sleep the heart pump slower make them look pale. My theory LOL. As my discus too lose colour when asleep.

**alvinchan80** · 26th Dec 2010, 01:41

True true.. So you need some algae spores to grow algae? Haha..

**iaintay** · 26th Dec 2010, 02:55

Alvin i don't know whether they can take my WC regime for my L183 leh. Everyday about 50% diamond water change leh. But i think i can grow some in my other tank hosting my "bigboys" otto, goby and malaya shrimp. Wanna give me? Or help me grow some ^^

**alvinchan80** · 26th Dec 2010, 09:24

I don't think algae can spread that way.. Haha.. But if you need hair algae, I would gladly pull out some for you... Haha... I have some hair algae somewhere...

Maybe GSA or Brown algae I can just scrape off and give you the tank water?

**iaintay** · 26th Dec 2010, 18:04

The hair algae, who will eat! I doubt otos, my goby or L183 does? Brown one... Even you pass me your tank water, i doubt can "cultivate" and use it to feed, but i don't mind trying

Thanks!

**johannes** · 28th Dec 2010, 11:03

L183 will eat almost all sinking pellets. Algae alone will not be sufficient. They settle in quite fast in any mature aquarium, if yours have not then give them some time.

*By the way, please refrain from quoting immediately and using sms lingo. Thanks