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    Well, I've gotten addicted to them. Don't know why. For the most part they are either hiding or in caves. When in the open, they just stare back at you with their beady little eyes.In fact, in my mind, they are upstaging my lovely discus.
    Has this happened to anyone else on this forum? Or is this some form of pandemic psychosis

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    I have the addiction as well. I got some long fin albino BN kids from Brian, and I'm satisficed now. I can't wait until they grow up and start breeding.
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    Quote Originally Posted by captainandy View Post
    Well, I've gotten addicted to them. Don't know why. For the most part they are either hiding or in caves. When in the open, they just stare back at you with their beady little eyes.In fact, in my mind, they are upstaging my lovely discus.
    Has this happened to anyone else on this forum? Or is this some form of pandemic psychosis
    I bought one 6 months ago. Have not seen it since. Every time I do a water change I watch for wily little chub to be sure that I do not such it up in the siphon. I do believe that it is in the tank somewhere.

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    For years, my joke about fancy plecos was "You only see them twice, once when you drop them into the tank and when they come floating belly up a little while later."

    Then about a year ago, I got a group of L333's to spawn.

    L333Fry2 (2).jpg

    This year, I got L398's to spawn.

    L398 Young(N7fbQUecVur).jpg

    Now I'm working on L134's and L206's. Talk about an expensive hobby...
    At my age, everything is irritating.

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    I can relate I too has this kind of addiction.

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    those L333s look nice. In my discus tank I have juvi zebras L46 and L173 growing out. Takes a couple of years. I only wee them when I do a major clean up.

    I have a tribe of 4 yellow chubbies in another tank. They go into breeding season later this year, I believe I have 2 males and 2 females

    Thinking about feeding them with Repashy as it seems to be the popular food on the catfish web site.

    Ive been eyeing the L236 super whites but way too expensive for me

    I am up to my eyeballs in long fin albino ancistrus that no one wants so I donate them to a LFS

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    Quote Originally Posted by captainandy View Post
    those L333s look nice. In my discus tank I have juvi zebras L46 and L173 growing out. Takes a couple of years. I only wee them when I do a major clean up.

    I have a tribe of 4 yellow chubbies in another tank. They go into breeding season later this year, I believe I have 2 males and 2 females

    Thinking about feeding them with Repashy as it seems to be the popular food on the catfish web site.

    Ive been eyeing the L236 super whites but way too expensive for me

    I am up to my eyeballs in long fin albino ancistrus that no one wants so I donate them to a LFS
    Try listing your long fin albino BN on AB. They bring a tidy sum.
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    Juvi L173 sighting.L173.jpg

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    Quote Originally Posted by LizStreithorst View Post
    Try listing your long fin albino BN on AB. They bring a tidy sum.
    Dunno how to ship

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    I'd be happy to walk you through it. If you want to try shoot me a PM.
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    Default Re: Stay away from plecos

    Capt are the L173's in the zebra pleco family as well? They have the distinct head & tail shape of the L046's. Nice fish

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    Quote Originally Posted by captainandy View Post
    Juvi L173 sighting.L173.jpg
    I am not partial to pleco but those are beauties.

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    Yes they are an unusual form of zebra. When they mature they get a characteristic pattern like a zebra but much more wavy lines and more white.

    They are unavailable in the wild and only can be obtained by breeders
    Last edited by captainandy; 12-09-2020 at 11:26 AM.

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    Quote Originally Posted by captainandy View Post
    those L333s look nice. In my discus tank I have juvi zebras L46 and L173 growing out. Takes a couple of years. I only wee them when I do a major clean up.

    I have a tribe of 4 yellow chubbies in another tank. They go into breeding season later this year, I believe I have 2 males and 2 females

    Thinking about feeding them with Repashy as it seems to be the popular food on the catfish web site.

    Ive been eyeing the L236 super whites but way too expensive for me...
    I'm sure someone will be glad to trade L46's for your L236's.
    At my age, everything is irritating.

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    I have albino pleco that will attack my discus during feeding times. I decided to separate them since

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