This guy is really shy. Good looking dood though.
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Isn't this an ancient post? I'm kinda getting into BB. I was hoping to find more info on different strains but I sure did learn some stuff I didn't know. They have taste buds all over their body. Imagine having to taste everything on touching your body. Yuck!
This question is for Jeanne. I have a group of L 144's. They are like my Albinos in color but their eyes don't look blue. Do they have a common name?
I have a planted 100 gallon free of fish except for them and my grand daddy Magenta snails and a bunch of baby plecos both Albino, brown, and brown with a white tips on their tails. The all brown's bore me, but I like my all of them especially the albinos and more especially the brown white tipped. I know if I but the different strains in the tank will interbreed and I'll have a bunch of muts. What other fish would you suggest putting in with them. I want a schooling fish. The temp of the tank will be 82 or 83. Because the tank is in the fish room with Discus all my tanks have fish that like those temps. Any suggestions? I took the five 4 1/2'' Discus that were in it to the LFS the other day.
Mama Bear
This guy is really shy. Good looking dood though.
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The secret to learning how to fly is this, you must throw yourself at the ground and miss.
I've kept lots of bushynose plecos over the past two decades and this information is rather dated. I'm not aware that bushynose can gulp air, since they have no lungs. Also, they're not strict vegetarians. In fact, I can push them to spawn by adding beefheart to their diet. The more beefheart I throw in, the more frequently they'll spawn. I've never noticed that cold water will trigger spawning. They spawn regularly, in cold water, warm water or hot water. Once they start, you can't get them to stop.
The long fin versions, however, seem to spawn far less frequently than the short fin types. The 'dragon' types spawn even less often. I'm working on long fin super reds and long fin blue eye versions now, having given up on Green Dragons and Albino Green Dragons.
Willie
At my age, everything is irritating.