Pleco Tank Layout

L134 - Peckoltia compta

L134 - Peckoltia compta  



This is a beautiful species with thick black strips or spots on yellowish base. They also have been call as leopard frog pleco. It is quite easy to identify, when juvenile they have more background yellow colour and thick black strips, when they grow older fish thick black strips will start to break off to more . 



Juvenile



Juvenile



Adult

Now I keep my 8 x L134 in a 2feet tank with another 1feet custom made filter tank, I do water change once a week, 30% each time, changing sponge monthly. They are not as shy as others pleco, they will come out to feed when the light on but once they detect some movement they will go back and hide. I feel that they are more sensitive to pH burn, because it happened to me twice when I overfeeding, while L333 and L129 are still fine in a same tank. Therefore I suggesting more regular water change needed if you don’t want to lose some of your fish.

Sexing for this species can be observe at the back half of the fishes body, Males develop small teeth-like odontodes at the back half of the fish body until the tail. Females remain unadorned and have a wider girth across the body



 





L236 - Hypancistrus sp. (L236)

Hypancistrus sp. (L236) is my favorite of all my collection; it has a white base coloration with black lines. L236 can be easily confused with L66 especially when they are young,

These fish I brought it as L236 from a hobbyist from Singapore a years ago, they were 2-2.5 inches when I had them. Their growth rate is amazing, now they have grown to 3.5-4 inches in total length within a year by just feeding them Hikari Sinking Pellet and once a week Hikari Carnival Pellet.

Habitat Information
Distribution	Rio Iriri, a tributary of the Rio Xingu Para State, Brazil Amazon, Lower Amazon, Xingu
pH	6.6 - 7.6
Temperature	24.0-29.0°C or 75.2-84.2°F