Cool guys! :D

Well everyone seems to be doing fine in the 55gal. The only one snag I hit was 4days after i got everyone settled in one one the Petricola's got caught on th esid eof my filter box and died. So now I'm down to only 2 of the little critters. I'm hoping to maybe pickup another in the ...

Ron,
Do I understand correctly that you had to pay 50 dollars for that BN??

Ya I did. Was I ripped off? :? The bn was $50, and the Petricola's $20 a piece.

They may take a couple days to settle before they eat. pl*co's like veggies as well, a slice of zucchini or some blanched spinach ...

Ok guys, here's the latest photo's of the tank.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c294/javelin69/phish%20tank/100_0458.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c294/javelin69/phish%20tank/100_0457.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c294/javelin69/phish%20tank/100_0454.jpg

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It's a longfin Ancistrus, should be fine in your tank, provided the other fish don't tear up the fins.

It's spotted and long finned it must be a BN. Only bn have the long finned mutation fixed and are very common. Common names are useless. It must be Ancistrus sp 2 or 3.

You guys are right! I ...

Ok, so far these are the best 2 pics I have of him or her.

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c294/javelin69/phish%20tank/100_0451.jpg

http://i29.photobucket.com/albums/c294/javelin69/phish%20tank/100_0447.jpg

Let me know what you think? The second one I know is a bit fuzzy but I'll try again ...

The coloring is not even close to mines, also the fins are alot shorter. I'm guessing like you said it must be a wild one. Mines was $49.99, and the albino version was $59.99 I tried to take a pic lastnight but he won't stay still in front for very long. his head isn't a pronouced as like the common ...

Then what type of pleco is it? It's got brown wth light brown or tan spots. The fins are long and they have the same coloring but in a striped pattern. I've tried to take pictures, but the pleco is a bit on the small side, around 3.5 inches. I know a picture would help alot so I'll try to get one ...

The day finally came!

Yahoooooooooo, i went to the lfs and finally got myself started on my shopping spree of fihies. I picked up today the small guys first to let them have a runningstart at the tank. I got my Petricol's and my Butterfly bushynose. All are doing good in the tank and seem to be ...

Does this seem like alot of fish for a 55gal. I don't want to overcrowd it that's why. I can't remember if I read it somewhere that you need 1gal., of water per inch of fish?

Ok guys,

I need some chim-ins on this one. I finally got the final contestants down for my community tank.

2 yellow labs
2 electric blue's
2 german red peacocks -if I can find them if not (ob peacocks)
1 Forntosa ( in a year or so will move to bigger tank)
2 Julie's don't know which ones yet
1 ...

Hey guys,

Out of curiousity, hoe big can the Bushynose and the petricola's get in a 55 or overall in general? Thanks.

DJRansome wrote:Nitrite is supposed to be zero, and Nitrate is supposed to be under 40 according to the test kit. I keep my Nitrate under 20.

Sounds good! Thanks a bunch!

Hey guys,

I was wondering. I know the ph and amonia levels are pretty important, but what was the other one? Was it Nitrite or Nitrate? Also what are they supposed to be?

In that case I don't see any problem with regard to your initial question: you can add the Synos and the BNs.
However, have a good thought over the Syno species you're going to take. If you are seriously thinking of adding C. frontosa, I would pick a larger Syno species.

Well basically all the ...

Marc van Arc wrote:Ron, which species of c*******ds do you have?

I got a pair of yellow labs, And then I'll be looking at getting 1 frontosa, a peacock, a couple of electric blues, amybe a kenyii even, and maybe a juli or 2. The frontosa will be hanging out for a year or so till I get my 125 or 150 up and going.

Actually I have a small piece of staghorn coral and a pink piece from my old saltwater set-up could these work also?

Hmm, I never thought of rocks being hard to find. Here in MD, limestone is everywhere, though not the holey kind, and rocks in general are plentiful. Occaisonally, a few good-sized plastic/resin ornaments can be found on e-bay as well. I just got this one recently for my 55, I have a similar type ...

You'll definitely want more rocks/cover for the fish, both c*****ds and catfish like to have cover available. Depending on the species of c*****ds, you may also want some dither fish, to make them more comfortable/visible.

Well the one thing that kind of sucks here in Hawaii. We don't have to ...

Once again thanks you guys for all your input!

That's ok Marc, the lfs actually has around 3-5 of the petricola's, 3 of the bn pleco's, and I think around 4-5 of the logirostrus.

Now the only thing is if I have around 5-8 cichlids in the tank, can I still have a bn pleco and 3-5 petricola's, and ...

So would 3 petricola's be a pretty good number to start with and 1 bn pleco? Or how does the 1 bn pleco and 1 longirostrus sound? Thanks again for the help!

When you guys say yellow labs, are those electric yellows? Just surious? Also, would you suggest just the bn pleco, and not a syno. also? Or could I get away with having both? I'm still kind of eyeing the Petricola, and the bn together as tank mates.

Also, have you guys ever heard of the Royal ...

I keep BN pl*cos in my African c*****d tanks for algae control. They do fine w/8.2 pH, just acclimate them slowly. I us an airline ssiphon/clothespin to drip water slowly into a bucket, taking about an hour to allow the BN to adjust to the change, before putting it into the tank.

Do the cichlids ...

I tried looking in the cat-elog and could'nt find anything on the S. longirostris. Is that the correct way to spell it, or do they have a common name or nickname? Thanks.

Then choose the S. longirostris and keep that as a single specimen. Just two synos (different or equal specimen) is asking for trouble with constant chasing, bullying etc. until the inferior one finally dies.
BTW: this goes for many other (cat-)fish as well.

You'd suggest then sticking to just ...

butterfly bushynose is probably the same as a longfin bristlenose. Also called ancistrus sp. 5. Look it up in the Catelog. These, from what I've heard, do not do well with cichilds because their fins tend to get shredded.

Ya, when I looked at 2 of them in the tank, there tail fins looked a little ...

I don't have any fish yet in the tank and I was thinking of starting out with the ctafish first to help establish them before the bigger guys come in.

Right now the ph level is at a pretty constant 8.0, the lowest I've seen it at was 7.5 and that's not having to add any buffers to the water. I have ...

Hey guys,

I was at eh lfs the other day and was amazed at the decent selection of catfish. All be it there were only 4 that really caught my eye for my cichlid community tank. I wanted to get the pleco in the window :D But need to know if you guys have heard of it. It's called a butterfly bushynose ...

Ok Mats,

I just went to the lfs and checked out there collection of catfish and by far they have the best selection. Other than the common pleco. They have these to choose from. I'm looking at getting maybe 2, one pleco and one syno., but can't choose which combo to go with. Here's the choices, Syn ...

Sounds pretty good!

The feather-fin has been living with my electric yellows now for at least a good 3-4yrs. since I got it. He seems pretty happy and to me doesn't seem all that stressed out. Also, I've never really had to add or take out stuff to help with the ph levels. I guess having the drift ...

Thanks Mats!

I don't have the pl*co yet,or the cichlids but the ones i'm looking at are a 2 electric blues, 2 electric yellows - got those already, maybe a Front, a peacock and a julie, and maybe a kenyii. There's not that many types of pl*co's here in the islands that I know of. I do remember one ...