Leopard frog plecostomus

I picked up two of these plecos from a local forum friend yesterday. They are so cool looking.

Awesome Betty!!! They look great

Mine still stay hidden in their pleco caves but they are starting to hang out near the openings to keep an eye on their owner. I'm hoping that eventually they will warm up to me.

Are you keeping them with other fish? Tell us about your setup.

Not keeping them with anything yet. Although I've been interested in them for a while now, it was sort of an impulse buy. He needed to sell his tank quickly and I couldn't pass them up. They are in a 20 gallon tank for now. I don't know how happy they are with that situation because they came out of a 180 gallon African setup!

I've been researching tank mates, but not really finding much information. Mike, do you keep yours with other fish? Do you have any pictures?

Mine are in a 20 long, there are 3 of them in there with 10 goldring danios, getting 5 more next weekend at the Catfish Convention from Rachel O'Leary aka MsJinxd. She's also trying to get some Apisto's in by then, if so I'm getting a pair for this tank also. She already hooked me up with an Apisto "hut" (java moss covered coconut shell cut in half with a hole drilled in it). So far the danios are great tankmates & the goldrings are actually awesome lookin lil fishies. I'll report back about the apisto's when I get them. Here's a shot of the tank (pics taken with my phone)



here's a shot of 2 of the L134's hangin out at the caves I got from Brantley @ plecocaves.com (3 of em)



plants are anubias, java moss, and I believe a java fern but not sure... ( I told Rachel to give me some plants I couldn't kill, didn't pay close attention to what she said they were)

The plants look properly identified -- I know because I had those same plants, but I did manage to kill most of them.

I'd like to know how the Apistos work out. My plecos are in a regular 20 not a long, so I don't know if I want any fish that spend their time on the bottom of the tank. I read that hatchets would be acceptable tank mates, but again, since it's not a long tank, I don't think it's big enough for hatchets.

I wonder if you'll have some breeding pretty soon? I don't know if mine are big enough to sex yet. I think one is a male, but I'm not sure what I'm looking for yet.

I'm hopin they spawn but don't have much confidence that they will... this is all new ground for me. Fancy pleco's, danios, plants, possibly Apisto's... what's the world coming to

dibs on first fry

very nice Plecos ...

Awesome "pelcos" !!!

yea betty so sweet man why cant i find any thign like that around here

Very nice L134's. I have 5 of them myself, but I haven't been lucky enough for any of them to breed yet. I'm hoping that will all change soon. Lately there has been a lot of activity in the breeding cave.

Those are awesome plecos!
Betty, I think hatchets would be fine in a 20 high. I kept several for years in a 20 high,
but you have to remember to keep the top closed! They jump! Really jump!
I have been struck in the face a couple of times by a flying hatchet when feeding
them, and I lost several of them by forgetting to put the top down, I'm embarrassed to say!

Aura wrote:I picked up two of these plecos from a local forum friend yesterday. They are so cool looking.

Very nice! They are stunning.

An updated picture. They've been staying hidden most of the time, but have grown quite a bit.



Still no tankmates.

Anyone having any luck with breeding? Mike? plecoman?

No luck yet, haven't tried anything special to induce a spawn and they haven't went out of their way to try...

Yours looks awesome!!!

Try no light then when the light is back on big warmer then tank temp water change

As far as my two, I don't even know their sexes yet, so I'm not taking steps to induce spawning although it would be great if they were a pair. I'd love to have babies!

Wow, awesome!