more pics!

spike06 · #1 (**permalink**) 09-29-2007, 05:27 PM

i finally got some pics of my gold nugget pleco which ive had for a few weeks, and the royal pleco which ive had for not even 24 hours.

the GN wouldnt show much, so i only got decent pics. its a L18, about 2.5"

now 2 of 3 clown loaches, and in the back to the left you can see the tail of my peacock eel

female L104 clown pleco

can u find the baby bristlenose pleco?

and last but not least, the L190 royal, about 2"

enjoy

spike06 · #2 (**permalink**) 10-02-2007, 01:23 AM

bump!

pcncb · #3 (**permalink**) 10-02-2007, 01:27 AM

Not a huge fish guy but I gotta say that that is a pretty yellow and black fish

spike06 · #4 (**permalink**) 10-02-2007, 01:35 AM

yeah. i love the gold nugget. easily one of the most beautiful freshwater fish out there

Sherri · #5 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 03:32 AM

I love your fish,you happen some of my top 20.I love,love the pleco's! get a couple more clown's,they love to play with each other!

spike06 · #6 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 03:37 AM

geez this is old. i miss my loaches and the royal pleco

sadly they passed for some unknown reason. BUT i still have my 2 clown plecos, 2 bristle nose plecos(i did have 3 but i think my oscar ate 1 =/) the gold nugget and my common.

kellymack515 · #7 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 03:39 AM

Plecos are some of my favorite fish. I've got 3 right now- a high-finned spotted, a clown, and a bristlenose. There's a place here in Dallas that breeds green phantom plecos that sell for a couple hundred dollars. GORGEOUS.

I have a tiretrack eel too which is similar to the striped peacocks. How big is yours and what do you feed it?

spike06 · #8 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 03:41 AM

i think my eel is about 6" long or so. i feed it freeze dried tubifex worms.

kellymack515 · #9 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 03:43 AM

Mine is close to a foot long. He eats minnows and frozen blood worms. He's absolutely gorgeous.

spike06 · #10 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 03:45 AM

mine should be close to that long but the dang oscar always eats his worms after i feed the him..im thinking of giving him to the petstore, none of my plecos are active anymore ever since i got the oscar. it eats all the other food too. and i wanna get a few clown loaches as well

kellymack515 · #11 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 03:48 AM

Clown loaches are awesome if you can get a healthy group of them. I used to have a 55 with balas, clown loaches, green tiger barbs, and a 7 inch albino chocolate pleco. I miss that tank...

Oscars are awesome if that's all you have in the tank. They just seem to dominate a tank way too much for my tastes.

angrybananapeel · #12 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 03:49 AM

Yeah, not sure how big your oscar is now, but he will eat everything eventually.

spike06 · #13 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 03:50 AM

exactly. my plecos and eel havnt thrived since i put the oscar in. my 2 bristle noses should be at least 4", but theyre only 2".

the oscar is like 8-9", i bought it when it was about 6". it does eat everything lol.

spike06 · #14 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 03:51 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by kellymack515

Clown loaches are awesome if you can get a healthy group of them. I used to have a 55 with balas, clown loaches, green tiger barbs, and a 7 inch albino chocolate pleco. I miss that tank...

Oscars are awesome if that's all you have in the tank. They just seem to dominate a tank way too much for my tastes.

i did have 3 clown loaches, 3 bala shark and my plecos, but for an unknown reason the sharks and loaches died

kellymack515 · #15 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 03:55 AM

They are fairly sensitive to changes in water quality and water temperature. If the temperature changes more than a degree or so, it'll shock their system. My heater went out on my tank and I didn't know it and I lost all my loaches and half of my sharks. And they were HUGE sharks too... The smallest was 6 inches. I was devastated.

spike06 · #16 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 03:57 AM

im sorry to hear that. im pretty sure my water quality was consistent. but i still miss them

im gonna give the oscar to the petstore soon so i can get a community tank up and running

kellymack515 · #17 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 03:58 AM

Be sure and get us some pictures when you do!

spike06 · #18 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 03:59 AM

i will!

angrybananapeel · #19 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 04:00 AM

A while back, my gf and her sister had oscars. Supposedly you should be able to put oscars with other cichlids, but the oscars just mowwed(sp?) down on everything but the convict, who was able to stay hidden. When her sis put the convict with other stuff (after the oscars were just too big) it antagonized the other fishes. Personally, I thought it was all fun stuff. Anyhow, cool old fish pictures.

The oscars and convict both ended up back at the petstore. By that time, my gf, and now wife, were into reptiles.

spike06 · #20 (**permalink**) 07-02-2008, 04:02 AM

i dont wanna give anyone here the wrong idea. i love the oscar, i really do. but my other fish come first. i have had them all much much longer and the oscar just antagonizes them. my plecos used to be incredibly active. now they always hide. i cant even give them zucchini cuz the oscar will eat it =/

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