I think it is important to note that the sterile bits of vegetable we feed to plecos and such, will not provide the same nutrient content as vegetable matter consumed by the fish in the wild. Natural foods will have some form of fauna attached to it, much like the aufwuchs that is the staple of ...

Thanks again for the replies. I will have had them for about 2 weeks, and they seem to be doing okay. They are eating the small pellets I have given them, and do enjoy white worms. As far as rarity goes, the Big Al's has gotten 3 shipments of them. Most of the first 2 died in the store, but these ...

Yes I did look on the Cat-e-log, the first time they came into the store a few months back. They seem to have problems with correct names for their stock, especially the wild caught. I also googled and there seems to be minor discrepencies with regard to temps. I guess I'm looking for personal ...

I recently acquired 6 wild caught C. fowleri. If anyone has any info/experience to share, I would appreciate it. The fish were in the store for several weeks without any appreciable losses, and seem to have at least adjusted to our local water, which is medium hard (from Lake Ontario). I am keeeping ...

Thanks so much Ian, for that definitive reply, which negated the need for me to ask to have the differences pointed out.

Thanks all for the replies. It does seem to be species cw021.They have the colouration in the tail the axelrodi don't seem to have as well as the black on the dorsal. They seemed to settle in very quickly, and appear to be healthy. I always worry about wild caught, but the store did not lose a ...

I bought 6 of these today, labeled as wild caught C. loxozonus, although they look nothing like loxozonus pictured on this site. Any help in identifying them would be appreciated.