Hi,
My juvenile starlight pleco died few days back and I feel so sad. I think it starved to death for some weird reason.
I'm determined to try again but Green Chapter is out of stock and I don't where to get it in Singapore now.
Do you know where I can get some today in Singapore?
don't bother trying nks. I spoke the them regarding this few weeks back and they're reluctant to bring in 183. reason being 1. 183 is rare and 2. 183 at juvenile stage is hard to identify, usually grow up as 180.
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I see. Thanks for the heads up.
I still cannot believe I killed a pleco! :-D
Its best to find out the cause of the starving, bad water parameter? Stress from other fauna? food too boring? Usually i tend to feed at least 2-3 different variety per month, cucumbers, carrots, hikari algae wafers. Imagine eating chicken rice for the rest of your life after being shifted to another new environment (eg. childcare centre, etc)
strange... mine too.. i bought the L183 from GC.. it didnt last for a week. When i come back from home one fine day, I saw the skeleton only. Guess my cardinal tetra and Lamp-eye are too hungry?
Hmm, I overhead a customer in GC talking about his dead starlight pleco too.
Maybe a bad batch from GC?
@Berny -- yup, I'm gonna intro more variety for my future starlight pleco. :-D
Just bought 1 from Y618, they have 3 of their shrimp tanks with quite a number of L183. All around 1.5" going for $12 each
Thanks bro.
I was there 2 days ago and saw the babies.
:-D
Late reply but those who say they got bad L183s from GC, please re-do or rethink your fish introduction method. If you correctly adapt the fish to your tank water via the drip method, the L183, be it adult or juvenile, will not die unless it was already badly sick and/or malnourished in your tanks. I am not saying this because I am a fan of GC, but if your method in introducing the pleco to the tank is wrong, you will lose them unless they are the battle tank cheap pleco like Pterygoplichthys juveniles.
Fish.. Simply Irresistable
Back to Killies... slowly.
Depends on the batch itself.if they just arrived and are not stable.
It will affect or stressed it further.
They Are Hardy actually. Some guys who came my house Saw my L183 in a same tank .
Minimum water change and only top up water. Hang on filter..they grow much faster than my other 183 in a proper tank setup.
i jus bought 5 from y618, house in my shrimp 1ft tank, several wood and moss etc, one suddenly died jus nowwhat to feed them ? i tried feeding those shrimp straw plts, boiled spinach etc, but doesnt seem to b feeding anything since afternoon
I got mine for about a week now and it hasn't eaten any commercial food I gave it. Been just feeding on algae off my tank wall after the lights are out, very shy.Originally Posted by sixhunter
i jus bought 5 from y618, house in my shrimp 1ft tank, several wood and moss etc, one suddenly died jus now
same here, i tried all my food stuffs no use man, i think they are not adapting well to new environment. i did a little test when i throw one of them into my 2ft, d tank walls all lotsa growth n diatoms etc on it, that fellow seemed quite happy sucking away. seems hard to kip leh if they dont eat d food we giv haha, jus now 1 died my heart ache liao plus $$ fly so fast...
These batch in shop are all new arrival..so take time to stable in shop..
GC ones are old batches. Price not much different buy from stable source.
Mine are all small but can be seen in open..
Hi hi just got mine from aquarist chamber few days back. Very Shy and cute pleco to be added in tank. if anyone still looking for it, maybe can call and ask ^^
There are plenty at GC
l183are very shy I have 4 Iv'ehadthem 6 month now I feed them black worms green squach and waffers they seem be doing good.
mine acclimatizing well now coming out often
Hi everyone, hitching on the thread
Any idea which LFS sell L183 now and what is the price like? GC website suggest it is 25.
Saw JZX selling a few on Monday. Think $16 or $18.
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