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Hey! Can they? I'm sure it depends on the source. If you want to be a successful breeder, its best to replicate their natural habitat, softer, acidic water. I currently keep a breeding group of l134 in hard tap water and haven't had any luck. I recently talked to a successful pleco breeder and he uses RO water. Hope this helps, thanks for the view and comment!

Lucky! They are a well known fin nipper, I'm likely never gonna keep them again. Not sure if you can tell in the video, but even at fish shops their fins and tails are beat up every time I see them. I personally kept a large group in a 150 gallon planted tank, and they still did it. As others have suggested, maybe cooler temperatures may cut down on the fin nipping.

@@MikeFish316 Well, I keep them at around 20 degrees (centigrades), maybe that is why they are mild mannered, or maybe because there is no way in hell they can bully the barbs XD

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@@ProducedbyPDot it was pretty young here, it def got darker on the body now

@@MikeFish316 lol damn, but still a beauty , there 100 percent better under white light, but the stress isnt worth it , my green phantom looks sick under Pink/ Blue light

@@ProducedbyPDot thanks! I hope yours heals up! They are in my top 3 of plecos. Love em

a few things, for instance native habitat. They do look similar though

yes

@@MikeFish316 ah sad, I was thinking of putting in with my arowana

My pH is around 7.5-7.8, as long as its not always fluctuating a lot, it should be fine, but like you said, blue phantom are more sensitive than other plecos. Thanks for the comment!

lol! thanks for the comment! Unfortunately outside is hot af and 100% humidity 🥵

Thanks! yea my newer videos I'm talking in them. I was pretty shy at first so this had to do for the time. I remade this video too. Thanks for the view!

Very vibrant! Thanks for the comment! Its gotten darker since then

super red long fin bristlenose pleco, about 1 year at this point

Thank you! 😊

@@johnlynch3654 I think 5 is fine

@@Trojan0304 I bet its awesome to watch!

@@Puuugggg nice choices 👍🏼

Hallo und danke für den Kommentar! Das wurde in einer Zoohandlung gefilmt, da ich diese Fische nicht besitze.

@@MikeFish316 Ja, hätte ich mir denken können, hätte gerne auch einen Schützenfisch aber mein Aquarium ist dafür nicht geeignet.

i have 4 of these for the past few years. they will jump for food but will not squirt. is this because they haven’t learned ? can they be trained to acquire this skill somehow ?

Thanks for the comment! They shouldn't because they require different water parameters, and Tilapia can gulp them down at a certain size

Thanks for the comment, its just air bubbles. I have fast flow in this tank

@@MikeFish316 oh okay. I thought of that but it looked a little different than air bubbles to me so i just assumed bacteria or something

@@serbian_nationalist14 carbon filter maybe

@@serbian_nationalist14 carbon filter mabye

Thanks for the comment! I do too, they are pretty chill 🐟

@@MikeFish316 I'm British but living here in Singapore Mike. We have wild ones in the streams here....

Thanks for the question, no they won't

they zoom alright! lol thanks for the comment! 🐟

They won't directly gulp a guppy down, they will stress the heck out of it over time with many nibbles on the fins which will eventually kill it imo. Of course a bigger tank and many many plants will help but I don't think its the greatest idea. Thanks for the comment! 🐟

I haven't tried but I've seen them accept any pellet I've thrown in the aquarium. Very big eaters!

If the aquarium is 90+ gallons with a lot of caves and rock work, and plenty of food, I think it will be fine. Problems come when they become adults and can be very aggressive. You would just have to keep an eye on them, and if it comes to it, rehome the second one. I just sold all 5 of mine because it was getting a bit much when they each became 8 inches in length. Thanks for the comment! 🐟

@@MikeFish316 The tank i plan to setup will be 48"L x 20"W x 28"H filtered via a FX6 and Eheim 2075 with diffuser also a Eheim air pump. I have no problem having a single pleco in this setup as the only fish in the whole aquarium and hopefully grow that pleco to a full size adult. Was just insure if a single L240 would get lonely on it's it own?

Thanks for the comment! Sinking shrimp pellets, cichlid pellets.

Hey, thanks for the comment! Yes, the aquarium should have plenty of surface agitation for these fish so they have plenty of available oxygen. I find my fish are more active when they have more oxygenated water, just my observation in my tanks though (or a lot of plants).

@@MikeFish316 thanks to you

I appreciate the kind words! They really are one of the best plecos eh, I think they are my #1 too. Blue phantoms and snowball are up there too. I'll check out your channel! Thanks again for checking out the video!