Je®vis 4FT PLANTED TANK

[emmanuelwoon]

Introduced 2 small L134 today... so cute

How do you know if is L123 or L456 ? they have a number rather than a name ? interesting .

btw, are they suppose to clear algae or something like that ?

looks really tempting.

[fireblade]

many plecos are identified by numbers.. :>
cute fish there!! looks like zebra pleco......

[StanChung]

It's called leopard frog pleco-L134. Bloody cute. I have two.
Mine are about 12cm and really fat females. sigh.

Males have odontodes?/hairs sticking out on the sides of the body somewhere below the dorsal fin- when mature.
read text here-http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=213

These guys belong to Peckoltia genus and are more of a meat eater.

[illumnae]

i think the food of choice for most pleco keepers that keep omnivorous/carnivorous plecos is hikari carnivore tablets...i'm sure your cute new acquisitions will love them!

every time i see that picture of yours i'm so tempted to go get a couple

[Toshika]

HI Jervis..do your pleco eat the plants?

[zahidah]

Really nice setup! Looking forward to it!! Seems that your work here is pretty popular! Will keep tabs for your posts!

[Joseph*]

The Rotala wallichii is growing quite nicely Can someone help ID the pinkish tip stem on the left?

not sure if this is red cabomba. it looks like it from my book though. i'm a new guy in this field.

[Jervis]

not sure if this is red cabomba. it looks like it from my book though. i'm a new guy in this field.

Well done with the ID! Closely resembles Red Cabomba... however they also look like Myrioplyllum mattogrossense 'Red'. The plant is much taller now... taller than the max. 40cm for Red Cabomba.

Will try to take a pix soon

[Mizu World]

Well done with the ID! Closely resembles Red Cabomba... however they also look like Myrioplyllum mattogrossense 'Red'. The plant is much taller now... taller than the max. 40cm for Red Cabomba.

Will try to take a pix soon

If it's the group of reddish/orange plants in the center of the picture, it should be Myriophyllum tuberculatum.

[Jervis]

Sad morning... 1 more Altum MIA Left with 3

[blue33]

Sad morning... 1 more Altum MIA Left with 3

10 left with 3 only? That's really high mortality! Sad to hear that.

[StanChung]

Hmmm, there you go. That's altums for you. Sad to hear that. They're not like other fish that can just adapt immediately. They need to get used to the local bacteria. They're pretty easy to keep once they are used to the local water. Mine grew up eating just bloodworms. For two years, that's all they ate. I however saw my friends train them to eat flakes and pellets. However if you ever give them bloodworms, that's it.
Mine's about 11" tall now, only 4/9 left. Used to have groups of people coming over just to see them.

[andrewtyr]

11' tall?! my god

[Jervis]

10 left with 3 only? That's really high mortality! Sad to hear that.

False alarm... that guy was hiding... so it's 4 out of 10. Got a feeling these 4 are pretty stable now... been more than 3 weeks

[StanChung]

Good to hear that.

Andrew, 11" is not the maximum size. 14" is not unheard of.

[Joseph*]

Good to hear that.

Andrew, 11" is not the maximum size. 14" is not unheard of.

11 inches??? tall???

[bryan]

I'm kind of concerned about the Boesmani/Altum combo. The boesmani becomes quite a handful to manage eventually. They are either eating, pooping or sparring all the time. I'd remove either one when they start growing.

[StanChung]

11 inches??? tall???

Up to 14" tall and please have a tall tank for them. 2-2.5ft ht. You don't want them to drag their whiskers around.

[StanChung]

11 inches??? tall???

Up to 14" tall and please have a tall tank for them. 2-2.5ft ht. You don't want them to drag their 'whiskers' around.

[Jervis]

Just an update... some plants' growth is not as robust as I'd prefer actually Will rectify the problem next week... well that's part of the fun, isn't it?