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Nick    Fish Addict 33 Posts: 553 Kudos: 668 Votes: 509 Registered: 09-Aug-2004    | Well just as an expeiriment, I put a slice of cucumber in the tank last night, and sure enough today he was eating it. This stinks that I have to net him out now and return him for what I want......Stupid LFS]:|]:|]:|]:| |
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| Nick Fish Addict 33 Posts: 553 Kudos: 668 Votes: 509 Registered: 09-Aug-2004 | Noodles I took the Clown Pleco back to my LFS, and got some Ottos. I did leave a cucumber slice in the first night, and he loved it. I really would have loved to keep him, but I needed an ALGAE eater  I wouldn't have been able to care for him properly anyways.Last edited by Jessnick at 18-Feb-2005 20:56 |
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Calilasseia    *Ultimate Fish Guru* Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003  | And start growing those Otocinclus Pet Rocks™ !!!  |
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| Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004 | Half? o.o Uh, yes it is.  One or two mortalities can be shrugged off in the sense that it's more likely that they keeled over from stress than anything else. However, any more than that, and I'd be wary. Panaques and related genera, like C.A. stated, have a tendency of dying on you (usually as a result of starvation). Get those tank lights off, and add a snippet of cucmber or zuchini, and just let them have a go at it. |
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Natalie   Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003   | Don't be too worried... They are very fragile fish when new, and it's not uncommon to lose up to half them you purchased in the first two weeks of them being in your tank. After that, however, they are pretty hardy.  I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash. |
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| Nick Fish Addict 33 Posts: 553 Kudos: 668 Votes: 509 Registered: 09-Aug-2004 | 1 has already died :#( The rest seem to be doing ok. |
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| Calilasseia *Ultimate Fish Guru* Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003 | Jessnick, if you have a decent batch, and you've acclimatised them well to a nice aquarium with lots of algae for them to munch on, you could be looking at rearing them for some time ... one of mine lasted over 9 years /:' |
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| Nick Fish Addict 33 Posts: 553 Kudos: 668 Votes: 509 Registered: 09-Aug-2004 | Sorry I didn't clarify, I was making a lame attempt at a joke about picking up all they had...  I didn't want to leave just 2 at my LFS, I figured i'd keep them all together. They are doing a great job already eating that algae. I gave the LFS a piece of my mind concerning the fact that they have sold me about 4 different kind of fish and have yet to I.D. them properly. *shrugs* Thanks for all the advice everyone, I think the Ottos are going to be great. |
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| fallenlordz Hobbyist Posts: 69 Registered: 22-Mar-2003 | ottos are great :%) Good algea eaters  |
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| Calilasseia *Ultimate Fish Guru* Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003 | Ah, it wasn't 'whoops' over the Otocinclus then? Yes, Panaque species can get boisterous. And when they do, they're big enough to causse quite a disturbance  |
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| Cup_of_Lifenoodles Fish Guru Posts: 2755 Kudos: 1957 Votes: 30 Registered: 09-Sep-2004 | What he means by whoops is that, once fully grown, panaques and related genera become fairly territorial. Having kept two royals in a tank over a course of three or so years, I can tell you that territorial squabbles can get VERY violent. |
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| Calilasseia *Ultimate Fish Guru* Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003 | What do you mean 'whoops' ?? 5 is a good number. Means they have playmates of their own kind. Which is a good idea with Otocinclus. Give yourself a pat on the back for being a good boy without realinging it (or girl if that's the 'Jess' half of Jessnick posting ) |
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| Nick Fish Addict 33 Posts: 553 Kudos: 668 Votes: 509 Registered: 09-Aug-2004 | I got 5....whoops  |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06 | |
| Calilasseia *Ultimate Fish Guru* Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003 | I suspect it's time to point Jessnick at this ... http://www.fishprofiles.com/files/forums/Bottom%20Feeder%20Frenzy/48796.html Enjoy! |
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| Natalie Ultimate Fish Guru Apolay Wayyioy Posts: 4499 Kudos: 3730 Votes: 348 Registered: 01-Feb-2003 | Yep, otos and BNs are probably the best algae eaters out there. How many did you get? I'm not your neighbor, you Bakersfield trash. |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06 | |
| Nick Fish Addict 33 Posts: 553 Kudos: 668 Votes: 509 Registered: 09-Aug-2004 | Ok i've returned them and replaced them with Dwarf Ottos...cute little fish..and I hear they eat algae like crazy :%)  :%):%) |
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| Nick Fish Addict 33 Posts: 553 Kudos: 668 Votes: 509 Registered: 09-Aug-2004 | This was advertised as a Bristlenose Pleco. Then my wife was told a Candy Striped Pleco (Peckoltia Vittata). Any ideas??? Jessnick attached this image:  |
| Posted 26-Jan-2006 12:06 | |
| stallion81 Big Fish Posts: 327 Kudos: 255 Votes: 143 Registered: 17-Jan-2004 | Its definatly a clown plec. Ive owned 2 so far and that is it. They benefit from driftwood, so get em sum and they'll kinda get big like Royal plecs(same family I believe). Not length, sorry, just body mass. Only about 4" in length. Last edited by stallion81 at 17-Feb-2005 16:24 |
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| Calilasseia *Ultimate Fish Guru* Panda Funster Posts: 5496 Kudos: 2828 Votes: 731 Registered: 10-Feb-2003 | Definitely looks like a Panaqolus species to me. Not least because of those protruding button eyeballs. Which is a feature of Panaqolus species. If you get to see the mouthparts as it's sucking against the glass, look at the teeth. If they're spoon shaped, you're looking at a wood eater, in which case this also redoubles my view that it's a Panaqolus. Time to get some driftwood bits so it doesn't develop indigestion! [Edited because my keyboard keeps throwing up spurious 'z' characters for some reason - will hit it with a hammer if it continues ]Last edited by Calilasseia at 17-Feb-2005 09:06 |
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sirbooks  Moderator Sociopath Posts: 3875 Kudos: 5164 Votes: 932 Registered: 26-Jul-2004  | It is definitely not a gold nugget pleco, and it doesn't look like any kind of bristlenose I've seen. Given a choice between clown and candy stripe plecos, I'd say it is a clown pleco. It looks a lot like the ones we have at work. Unfortunately, these guys do not eat algae, and need to have access to driftwood. |
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