Ilyodon Xantusi Settling In!

[JDs4me]

I have an 'alpha' male in the group of 13 from NObody Of The Goat; he is beautifully coloured and has the females swimming up and rapidly rocking from side to side by him; I'm assuming this is part of a display on their part?

Just wanted to say that these beautiful fish are a pleasure to watch! Very active and inquisitive fish...I have a bargain 3000 lit/hr powerhead coming from ebay which should give them a bit more current to play in...pics to follow

 

[mattyeatsmatts]

frooooogbit

 

[JDs4me]

frooooogbit

the frogbit is doing great! New roots emerging and the existing ones lengthen - don't they get hairy! I was wondering how it will cope if/when I whack on the 3000 lit/hr powerhead though! It doesn't keep still with the comparitively idle 750 lit/hr in there, so should be fun...I might try to corral it up into one corner.

 

[OldMan47]

Congrats on the Ilyodons. I love my own but don't have that particular species. You are right about Ilyodons liking a good swim.
As far as frogbit, what you have when a tank has very hi9gh flow and a cover of frogbit is a cover of frogbit on the filter inlet. I have learned not to mix high flow filters with small floating plants the hard way. It is even worse if your filter returns at or near the water surface.

 

[JDs4me]

Congrats on the Ilyodons. I love my own but don't have that particular species. You are right about Ilyodons liking a good swim.
As far as frogbit, what you have when a tank has very hi9gh flow and a cover of frogbit is a cover of frogbit on the filter inlet. I have learned not to mix high flow filters with small floating plants the hard way. It is even worse if your filter returns at or near the water surface.

Is there a way where I can perhaps attach a pipe to the powerhead inlet so that it takes water from deeper in the tank? I might have a little tweak and see what I can come up with (and probably break it in so doing!)...hadn't thought of the inlet draw at the surface! I'll have a play with the position of the thing...even though I'm sure you've been there already...really want the frogbit to spread as I want to subdue the lighting; far too bright. The tank has to have some kind of lighting due to its dark position in the room...
I might try to create some kind of boom across tha surface to protect the plants...

 

[helterskelter]

These are great fish, I've got about 25 of them here and love them!

 

[JDs4me]

These are great fish, I've got about 25 of them here and love them!

aren't they just! tried to take pics but the buggers won't keep still!! Do you have yours in with anything? I have a small group of hoplo's and a pair of dora's coming this week, and possibly 4 or 5 Thorichthys aureus - hope they all get on!

 

[OldMan47]

I just took this picture. The inlet looks like that about 2 days after I clean it. The tank has duckweed growing on the surface and that inlet is around a foot under the surface.

 

[helterskelter]

These are great fish, I've got about 25 of them here and love them!

aren't they just! tried to take pics but the buggers won't keep still!! Do you have yours in with anything? I have a small group of hoplo's and a pair of dora's coming this week, and possibly 4 or 5 Thorichthys aureus - hope they all get on!

Skiffia V188 which is another very rare livebearer and some albino long fin pleco's which have just layed eggs

 

[JDs4me]

saw utube on skiffia V188 - good looking fish, and some varieties extinct in the wild then...

Is it common for plecs to reproduce in captivity? Good luck with that! Have you posted any pics I might have missed...

I just took this picture. The inlet looks like that about 2 days after I clean it. The tank has duckweed growing on the surface and that inlet is around a foot under the surface.

mmm, could be fun then...thanks for showing that!

 

[JDs4me]

link to my Ilyodon pics...little beauties!

http/www.fishforums.net/index.php?/topic/391842-show-off-your-fish/page__view__findpost__p__3328995

and a short vid of the female displaying