My humble setup

[noname777]

Dear All,

Encourage by Bro Barmby...hereby share with you all my humble little set up...:)

All comments welcome;)

[noname777]

Sideview of the set up:)

[noname777]

Here are the occupants :D

[noname777]

Initially, the L046 were all house in this tank

[noname777]

Went to NKS and got 2 L333 and one of them was injured in the fight and currently under medication....hope all is well for this poor fellow:(

[noname777]

I am still very new into Pleco and do hope to learn with all the experts here.:)

Thanks for viewing;)

[desmondekker]

your new scape is really nice, nice DW, looks like a high quality tank too. one of my pleco suffer similar injury to your L333. but the wound is smaller. i applied melafix on it using a cotton bud.

your old tank is my dream tank. haha, find it too pricey

[noname777]

your new scape is really nice, nice DW, looks like a high quality tank too. one of my pleco suffer similar injury to your L333. but the wound is smaller. i applied melafix on it using a cotton bud.

your old tank is my dream tank. haha, find it too pricey

Hi Desmondekker,

Thanks for your comments:)

You mean old tank = the GEX tank? It's actually very cheap only...:o

[soltari007]

Nice setup bro, you have how many zebras do you have? :)

do note that L333 bioload is higher than L46.

[desmondekker]

do note that L333 bioload is higher than L46.

how about bioload of L66?

[noname777]

Nice setup bro, you have how many zebras do you have? :)

do note that L333 bioload is higher than L46.

Thanks Soltari007....total have 6 zebras (1 male adult and 5 juvs).

Initially, L333 and L046 share the same tank but due to one of the L333 kena hammered by the adult L046 (i suspect)and i decided to separtae them.

Yes....i agreed that L333 are very food smart or active because once I throw in the food, they will be the first to react and eat the food:)

[noname777]

how about bioload of L66?

Ya...am going to have 10 juvs of L66 this wkend from Bro Canopy :) hopefully this wkend.

Going to setup another tank just below the L046 tank...will update accordingly;)

Can check with you...L66 = Lower Xingu?

[desmondekker]

i try my best to answer your question. L66 is from lower xingu, so does L46, L333, L399 etc. in the hobby lower xingu generally refers to beautiful hypans that are quite hard to ID, maybe due to variant in the same L number or crossbreed/hybridisation in the wild. pls correct my if i'm wrong.

p/s crossbreed/hybrid...very confusing, hence i used both! :D

[celticfish]

I recognize the tank!
Did you get the zebra from wasabi8888 too?

The "lower" in lower xingu refers to the "lower course of the river".
Its usually closer to sea level, the water flow speed is slower and the river widens.
I'm sure you can guess its quite a distance.
As far as I know that is no definitive "start" point to mark the lower course of the Rio Xingu.
Maybe someone with geography knowledge can add to this?

Hypancistrus sp. L66 is not the same as Hypancistrus sp. lower xingu.
They have yet to sort out the sp. lower xingu.
Some even think there are a few species and its more or less accepted that its a complex of species.

[noname777]

Hi Desmond & Irwin,

Thank you very much for your valuable information:) Really appreciate that!

Irwin,

Yes, I got the tank from Wasabi8888 but not the zebra (wasted :o) Very nice person in which he dun mind to share anything about fishes / plants (orchids)

I am glad to know him....and hopefully I can meet up with you and the experts here soon...:)

[barmby]

Hi noname777, it is nice to see your post compared to the usual guy (shamelessly me). Hope you will make use of PCS as your launching pad for your breeding in the pipeline.

[noname777]

Hi noname777, it is nice to see your post compared to the usual guy (shamelessly me). Hope you will make use of PCS as your launching pad for your breeding in the pipeline.

Hi Barmby,

Thanks!!!

Will try my best to post and update on the fishes as often as possible.;)

On breeding....me still long way to go..:o

[chilicrabz]

I recognize the tank!
Did you get the zebra from wasabi8888 too?

The "lower" in lower xingu refers to the "lower course of the river".
Its usually closer to sea level, the water flow speed is slower and the river widens.
I'm sure you can guess its quite a distance.
As far as I know that is no definitive "start" point to mark the lower course of the Rio Xingu.
Maybe someone with geography knowledge can add to this?


Are you refering from Belo Monte to Porto de Moz???