Should be absolutely fine in anything but the most flimsy american wood built houses.

If your tank is on a base with a flat bottom then you can spread the weight of the tank out very evenly, thus taking the weight off individual points (i.e. where the stand legs would be).

Just remember, most of ...

Also, think of the many extraordinarily unfortunate natural disasters that have happened in the last year (even some not global warming related):
-SE Asian tsunami (with 2 major earthquakes)
-Guatemalan floods/mudslides (potentially related)
-Pakistan/Afghanistan earthquake
-Hurricane Katrina ...

Is it best to breed Queen Arabesques in groups? I have 6 that I shall be setting up a larger tank for at some point so they can breed. Would a 30"x15" tank be big enough?

Ben

mmm, 3 foot plecs ;)

Some of you guys need to get out of the "thought police" role.

An Oscar would be fine in a 55G for quite a while before you would need to upgrade, a 3" fish isnt going to feel cramped.

Think some of you need to get a grip and not put anyone down who doesnt have tanks as massive as you want.

Dear ...

Seems to be doing well, i see it wriggling about the tank at night. Only have the one, only found the one! It is in the tank with my other asian hillstream cat, 2 tatia perugiae, a chiloglanis cat, 3 otosand 3 skunk loaches!

Ben

Another odd little catfish I got from work, found it hiding in one of the coldwater tanks so fished it out. Identified it as the Bannertail catfish - Olyra longicaudata.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/images/full/bagridae/olyra/longicaudata/1.jpg

Very cool little catfish, my collection of "bizzare ...

Ideally yes I will get a bigger time but £££....

They will be fine in there for now, not planning to breed them just yet. They have a huuuuuge eheim internal filter in there so the water will be clean thats for sure.

Ben

Got 6 of these guys from work last week. Appear to be doing very well in 15G tank with nice big eheim internal filter.

Hope to breed them at some point, i except its very similar to that of zebra plecs and other hypancistrus? Any tips welcome!

onto pics..

http://www.bunjiweb.co.uk/qa1.jpg ...

With things like festivums, angels etc. you should have no problems at all. Geophagus etc are fine aswell. Anything smaller than a Kribensis will probably get eaten once the Lima is fully grown

Ben

I have 4 dwarf petricola and a "True" petricola along with 2 syno nigrita in a 50G tank. The water is not adjusted much at all. pH is about 7.8-8.0...Temp about 25-26.

I feed mine just on sinking tablets, they seem to thoroughly enjoy them, never had a problem feeding them. Try changing the brand ...

Pictus cats of 5" + will be absolutely fine with the lima. A nice group of them always looks great!

Ben

I would like to see someone breed L200s or L128s, they max out at about 6 -7" as far as i have seen.

Ben

Thanks for the info guys. I have one bit of giant vallis in the tank although tbh i dont care if it gets eaten, i half expect the Festivums to munch on it!

I would disagree that the Lima would eat the BGK, not really worried about it tbh.

The Angelicus is fairly placid these days, he used to be a ...

Thats ok!

Although I would like to know a couple of other things..

Would I be able to put the following fish in with the Shovelnose without any problems..

Syno. Angelicus (8"+)
L128 Plec (6"+)
Black Ghost Knife (7")
2 x Festivum Cichlids (3")

The only ones I am really worried about are the ...

Hi Smirthc Email me when you know what kinda price they will work out at and we shall go from there!

The L200 is about 2.5-3", haven't measured it yet. I also have a 6" L128 who seems happy and healthy even though i dont actually see it eat alot..

Ben

L200:
Bought this guy today, birthday present to myself!..
http://www.bunjiweb.co.uk/L200.jpg

L066:
My reclusive Tiger Plec is becoming alot more comfortable with my tank lately, making more daylight appearences....
http://www.bunjiweb.co.uk/kingtiger.jpg

Bristlenose:
This guy was my first ...

I know this question has probably been asked before but i had a look through the search function and couldnt find what i wanted.

Basically i have a 6 x 2 x 2 and i just bought a Lima Shovelnose that is about 9"? I haven't measured it up yet.

He is in with 3 pim. Blochii that are all about 7 ...

They are getting along absolutely fine! Added a lima shovelnose and 2nd filter (Eheim 2217) today

Ben

Its probably a species variation that makes him a different colour however..
- They are asian catfish not african and this post should have been in the correct forum
- That fish is EXTREMELY thin! You need to feed it up alot, they need plenty every day..

Ben

He is quite skinny as he hasnt been fed properly for a while.. No one knew he was in the tank at work until i found him..

Ben

You are right by the looks of it!

This is why i love Planet Catfish... I can throw what looks to me to be similar, then someone will unearth a species i didnt even think to look at which is the right one!

Thanks Silurus!

Ben

Found this little guy in one of the tanks today. He came in with a delivery of hillstream loaches! I got him for £3!

Only about an inch long at the moment..





Ben

We had 3 of these come into work, they are all around the 6-7" mark. By the looks of it 1 male 2 females. I am going to buy them quite cheap to go in my new 6 x 2 x 2 tank with 4 Pim. Pictus.

Do you see any complications arousing? I have read varying information on them but the general consensus ...

The Aqualog books are really good.

I also recently purchased the "Datz L-Numbers Special" from TropicalFishFinder and it is very good despite being in German and English. Has lots of info though.

Ben

It is much more likely to be fighting between tank mates. If you have other plecs they can sometimes inflict this kind of damage. I have seen it when introducing new plecs but within a week it is gone and they are getting along absolutely fine.

Ben

As long as you plan to upgrade your tank within the next 6 months it should be ok, however plecs need good filtration and plenty of water movement so dont harm your plecs now by cutting out the important things.

Dont get anymore, stick with what you have. When you come to upgrade get a 4ft tank or ...

Think i will give these ones a miss then and wait for some limas!

Ben

I am setting up a 6x2x2ft tank that will house synodontis catfishes including an 8" Angelicus, A Black Ghost Knife, 3 or more Pim. Pictus, 2 Geo Cichlids, 2 festivum Cichlids and some other large fish. I was looking at getting a BIG catfish, but i dont want one that will consume anything much ...

That looks like a very small tank for a channel cat, do you keep it in there on a permanent basis of have you got a big pond / tank?

Ben