Zebra Plecs

by **lilacamy931** Wed 28 Oct 2009 - 16:36

What do you guys think? I love the look of these plecs and someone has just contacted me with a price tag of £40 a fish and delivery £16.50 special courier (which is extremely good as only ones lcoal £150 plus!) I would dearly love to get a pair but was thinking of trying one out (not sure if pockets can stretch to two) and would love to breed them not for money but these really are plecs I have fallen in love with. Just wondered your thoughts lol. We would put them in the community tank (only corys to contend with on their level) so hopefully would do well, apparently cant breed for the first two years so time to sort a breeding tank out in the meantime.

by **Rezz** Wed 28 Oct 2009 - 18:12

:O These guys are fabby and that's a great price :D I would definitly go for it if I were you Smile

-Rezz

by **lilacamy931** Wed 28 Oct 2009 - 18:23

Thanks Rezz! Just looking at pictures and considering (and checking can afford lol!)

by **Nath J** Wed 28 Oct 2009 - 19:16

Hi amy

have you had any plecs before? as zebra plecs really are for the experienced pleco keeper as they earge you to breed them because of their rareity. So if you were able to breed them when they were ready that would be great for you and the species :D

Not sure if they would suit a community aquarium, i know a man who kept one in a community simualr to what you have described and his did okay.

Hope this helps

by **lilacamy931** Wed 28 Oct 2009 - 19:45

I have only babysat some bristlenoses for Melly but have read lots into them and am gaining lots of views and opinons. I would love to breed (if there are any fish to breed it would be these) simply because of the beauty of them, so would for their gain not mine. These are just so fab. I shall consider more before committing, thanks for the input Nath! (p.s. realise these are carniverious not algae eaters and also they will not fight or food. Wink

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by **Nath J** Wed 28 Oct 2009 - 23:36

Well i hope you do go for them Smile

just thought i would add a few things as im into my plec's but have always been afraid tp keep zebra plecs because they are so rare and i feel i wouldnt have the time to breed them. But i think its great that more people become aware of them and what needs to be done to help preserve them Smile

Good luck if you decide to go through with them Smile

by **Wild Man** Thu 29 Oct 2009 - 17:30

wow, send me the link... thats a suspiciously cheap price. Cheapest I have seen in years is closer to £100

by **The young one** Thu 29 Oct 2009 - 18:02

could you please pm me the seller aswell as I will have a spare 60l tank soon, is that big enough for 2?

by **lilacamy931** Thu 29 Oct 2009 - 18:15

hmmmm..you will need to read about that as think they need larger from what I have read minimum of 116 litres, looking now most say on average 30g? I am waiting at the moment for him to get back to me, if valid will certainly pass your details to him on next email The Young one. Wild Man there is on ad he found me through my wanted ad on Aquarist Classifieds, I can upload his pics he sent if of help?

by **The young one** Thu 29 Oct 2009 - 19:29

Ok thanks lilacamy, if i do decide to get them I could get a bigger tank for them.

by **lilacamy931** Sat 31 Oct 2009 - 23:36

Pming you hon x

by Guest Sat 7 Nov 2009 - 19:05

they are nice, really nice fish. I had 4 in a tank and never saw them, very shy little things. Cost me £75 each and sold them for £125 each 4 months later.

by **lilacamy931** Sat 7 Nov 2009 - 19:11

I decided against these in the end as the seller seemed REALLY dodgey, also we have no experience at plecs. We actually got a female plec today named Becky from someone that needed rehoming, so we shall start here and next year plan to have a tankfor said zebs. I am fixed on them as they are absolutely gorgeous but think some kind of species tank would be better than the community i have. £75? that was blooming cheap Daz!

by **kizno1** Sat 7 Nov 2009 - 19:13

£40 are you sure there real zevras theres a few types that look like but arent as expensive a zebras. what plec did you get? [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by **lilacamy931** Sat 7 Nov 2009 - 19:19

Well the pics that were provided were the real deal, but what put me off was google "zebra pleco" and the third pic along is one of the ones included and this was for a ad in 2007, so this left me uneasy, so have left for now. Oop should have said I have a gorgeous bristlenose female, she is an incredible flirt! Apparently her favourite is courgette. lol

by **kizno1** Sat 7 Nov 2009 - 19:21

ive got a female bn ive never tried courgette but mine likes cucumber. i never see mine much now its about 4" and just hides eats and poos there messy little things

by **lilacamy931** Sat 7 Nov 2009 - 19:22

Aw see had pooed quite a bit by the time she got here, but she is gorgeous, what other things do you feed yours Kizno?

by **aly_starh** Sat 7 Nov 2009 - 19:23

huh, was the seller not from the uk?

by **kizno1** Sat 7 Nov 2009 - 19:25

lilacamy931 wrote:Aw see had pooed quite a bit by the time she got here, but she is gorgeous, what other things do you feed yours Kizno?

algea wafers, peas, lettis nost green thing work well i heard.

by **lilacamy931** Sat 7 Nov 2009 - 19:26

Well unsure, they found me through Aquarist Classfied randomnly and started to get a little evasive of my questions. Of course he could be completely ligitimate but this time round I wasnt willing to risk it.

Brill Kizno - I am stocked and sorted (thought I would be but needed to make sure)

by **kizno1** Sat 7 Nov 2009 - 19:29

ok good luck with her [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]
im still looking for a male ablino long fin im going to try and breed with my female brown shortfin because then i should get some albino shortfin some brown longfin but mostly albino longfin and brown shortfin [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

by **lilacamy931** Sat 7 Nov 2009 - 19:36

Well I have been offered a free male bristlenose but do not know anything about him and will watch this space for the moment on what happens. Best of luck with your breeding!

by **kizno1** Sat 7 Nov 2009 - 19:38

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did you find out what was eating you lampeyes in the end?

by **lilacamy931** Sat 7 Nov 2009 - 19:49

hmmmm yes it was the blooming gobies! They were mislabelled got a full refund and they were sent back (very successfully, all arrived well). Havent lost any since touchwood, thanks for asking xx

by **kizno1** Sat 7 Nov 2009 - 19:51

yh sorry i couldnt help on that i dont have a clue about gobies exept from bumblbee gobies
so what fish do you actually have now?
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