Peckoltia sp. L134 showcase

[genes]

L134s are rather daring unlike most hypans. Mine sometimes do not even flinch abit when i am staring at them with my face next to the glass.

[EvolutionZ]

mine dash around the tank when lights off.. its fun to watch them with a torchlight in a pitch black room.

[Jervis]

So cute!!! I will share mine pretty soon

[celticfish]

EvolutionZ,

Love the way to tie the moss on the caves!
The setup looks cosy for them too.
I'm sure the L134's will come out to roam even with the lights on.
If you can lift up the DW to reduce the footprint it will help in your maintenance for the tank.
Less stuff to trap dirt.

@ Jervis,

With all the nice tank setups you have done I can't wait to see your pleco setup!

[EvolutionZ]

celticfish, i think my lousy cam can't really show the area below the dritftwood. acctually theres holes under there for the L134 to swim around when even i do WC, i always "fan" that area and usually i will manage to siphon alot of poo.. tied some moss on them so that they won't look so artificial.

jervis, i cant wait for your set up too..
im also changing my current 1x 36watt lighting to a single 15 watt FL tube soon.. currently my 3 L134, 2 always stay around in or near the caves.. while one of them (a fat one) never touch caves at all.. do female tends to be more fat?

[khtee]

sharing one of the two L134 i have. They are more daring than other Ls that I have.

[iwishweallcouldwin]

Adding on:

[EvolutionZ]

changed my lighting from a 36watt PL to a 15watt FL but end up its even brighter. so i did some modification.. covering white paper over the light..


alot dimmer now! i can see that the L134 are showing face more often with dimmer light..


yesterday night, fed them at around 10.30pm.. i noticed that they don't show any aggression at all.. cories snatch their carnivore pellet.. they go back to their hiding spots.. and so far, i don't see any fighting among the 3.. they even share different caves..

night shot.. after lights off.


how i wish they will be as active during the day.

[Merviso]

yesterday night, fed them at around 10.30pm.. i noticed that they don't show any aggression at all.. cories snatch their carnivore pellet.. they go back to their hiding spots.. and so far, i don't see any fighting among the 3.. they even share different caves..

Hi EvolutionZ, they should be more aggressive as they grows older... especially when they are ready to mate...

[EvolutionZ]

i guess that would be 1 - 2 years later.

[EvolutionZ]

update..

redid the tank and i noticed alot poo was stir up!.. with the new scape the poo easier to get filtered or siphon out when doing wc.
im finding more dw..


after the rescape, all 3 L134s hiding inside caves..



take mates..

[doubleace]

Some shot of my L134

One of it in the breeder box waiting to be in the 2ft tank.


In my 3ft tank




Sorry for the poor picture still not close to it yet..

[Plantbrain]

I have 9 of them and see them all the time, but as soon as I pick up a camera, they hide. They are a wonderful fish, one of the nicest personality and health wise to come out of South America in recent times.

Easy to keep in a planted tanks, they will eat algae on larger broad leaves, eat and feed easily, no issues with CO2 etc. They also seem to get along well together and seem fine hiding in thickets of plants.

I have a nice piece of bald cypress I am using and drilled and then wire brushed to make it look a bit more natural for caves. I can still add the clay caves for breeding(in corners under the plant groups where they can be seen from the side), but I wanted something more natural. I can hide the caves, or wrap in moss/fern etc. I might do that also. Java fern is easy and can handle very low light so I could stuff them in the back corners.

I have them in a 120 Gal now for the last 5 months, I'll place them in the 60 Cube once it gets going. They are not bad about uprooting plants either, unlike Royal farowellas(really bad), Chocolate emperor plecos, vampires etc.



Regards,
Tom Barr

[doubleace]

Some closer shot on some of the L134











Enjoy...

[ren_hao]

Is it really required to have "small" caves for L134?
I have "large" passages for my other fishes to swim through. My otos will sometime hid in among those rocks when they are not on the plants.
But my L134 keeps "digging" into the gravel below the rocks and hides there.

Or have I got a seriously shy pleco?
It has been with me for more than 1 month now (including 2 weeks in the quarantine tank)