Hey guys and Gals!
I'm new here so bear with me while I stumble through this.
Quick back story:
Ive kept a few L plecos for a while and love them! and not being one to shy away from a challenge, i've decided i want to try and breed them!
First things first was I needed a couple of tanks and some equipment.
I searched around and found a guy about an hour away that was selling his whole breeding setup. Great!!
I wanted to just buy two tanks and a few bits and bobs, but he kinda stuffed me around for a while until i gave up trying to talk to him... Eventually he came back to me and offered to sell me everything... and i mean everything for not much more than i was going to spend on a couple of tanks and filters!
Along with this bargain is my main score... Half a dozen breeds of breeders! Yes I know I've thrown myself in the deep end here, but I'm a quick learner and It was too good to pass up.
The only problem is, I have no idea on the breeds... I've managed to mainly separate them into small tanks while i wait for their permanent homes to cycle. But the guy didnt really have any idea on what they were... just bred them a bit and sold a few... but was just terrible at it...
When i picked them up, 3 Tanks were utterly putrid... I mean could hardly see the fish... the other 2 tanks, well they were far worse... even with only 3 inches of water i had to use a large torch to try to make out shapes of fish... basically Mud... i dont know how they survived... I tested the water Parameters and Nitrates maxed out my test kit.. looks like he hadnt done a water change in a few years and only had one air sponge filter in each 4 ft tank.
Anyway, they're in better homes now, and am still slowly bringing their water up to a decent quality (thought throwing them straight into a good tank would shock them)
So now to the Fish. I know one lot is Peppermints, and another lot of Albino Longfins, but the rest I can only guess.. I've never had to ID a pleco before, so I've got absolutely no idea.
Also, sorry for the bad photos, They're still very shy, as I'm guessing they've been swimming around in Blackness for over a year.
I think these guys are L134s (ignore the inquisitive Longfin)
Maybe these are L201?
And next to the L201? is these little guys... maybe a L168???
And these guys... I have no clue... But they were very very hard to get a photo of.
Any help would be amazing guys... I know the photos are terrible... I keep trying to get more photos but they're just too skittish. plus I dont want to stress them at the moment.
Thanks in advance for any help!
I'm new here so bear with me while I stumble through this.
Quick back story:
Ive kept a few L plecos for a while and love them! and not being one to shy away from a challenge, i've decided i want to try and breed them!
First things first was I needed a couple of tanks and some equipment.
I searched around and found a guy about an hour away that was selling his whole breeding setup. Great!!
I wanted to just buy two tanks and a few bits and bobs, but he kinda stuffed me around for a while until i gave up trying to talk to him... Eventually he came back to me and offered to sell me everything... and i mean everything for not much more than i was going to spend on a couple of tanks and filters!
Along with this bargain is my main score... Half a dozen breeds of breeders! Yes I know I've thrown myself in the deep end here, but I'm a quick learner and It was too good to pass up.
The only problem is, I have no idea on the breeds... I've managed to mainly separate them into small tanks while i wait for their permanent homes to cycle. But the guy didnt really have any idea on what they were... just bred them a bit and sold a few... but was just terrible at it...
When i picked them up, 3 Tanks were utterly putrid... I mean could hardly see the fish... the other 2 tanks, well they were far worse... even with only 3 inches of water i had to use a large torch to try to make out shapes of fish... basically Mud... i dont know how they survived... I tested the water Parameters and Nitrates maxed out my test kit.. looks like he hadnt done a water change in a few years and only had one air sponge filter in each 4 ft tank.
Anyway, they're in better homes now, and am still slowly bringing their water up to a decent quality (thought throwing them straight into a good tank would shock them)
So now to the Fish. I know one lot is Peppermints, and another lot of Albino Longfins, but the rest I can only guess.. I've never had to ID a pleco before, so I've got absolutely no idea.
Also, sorry for the bad photos, They're still very shy, as I'm guessing they've been swimming around in Blackness for over a year.
I think these guys are L134s (ignore the inquisitive Longfin)
Maybe these are L201?
And next to the L201? is these little guys... maybe a L168???
And these guys... I have no clue... But they were very very hard to get a photo of.
Any help would be amazing guys... I know the photos are terrible... I keep trying to get more photos but they're just too skittish. plus I dont want to stress them at the moment.
Thanks in advance for any help!