L106 Spotted Orange seam pleco

Today im going to talk about our L106 pleco's what i bought from the auction for a tenna each..


The female


The Male


The female wears the trousers in this relationship, as u can see shes alot bigger lol.

Anyway heres abit of infro on them.

Size: 150mm (5.9")

Temperature: 24.0-27.0°C

Natural Habitat: Crevices in rock beds and fast flowing well oxigenated water

Diet: Omnivore , i think they like wood more because havn't seen the eat anything.

Temperament: Not overly territorial, female lets the male know shes boss lol

I was close to selling these last week but when moved them into the spare tank for Darlokev to come collect i noticed the female looked full of eggs, so decided to keep them (sorry darlokev) .

Anyway its been almost a week now since moving them, done plenty of cold water changes. They have both picked a cave each.
The male has been hovering around the females cave visa versa, today i had a look and the female is in the males cave and the male is under the heater. does this mean she wants him to trap her?

btw as u can see in the pics the female is 2x the size of the male so i dont think i would be up for having it out with her either lol.

Gunna try putting smaller more snug fit caves in a tippin' the filter over so it makes a smal;l current over the caves.

I would ask any advice on this but. already looked everywhere on the net and had a good chat with 'MatsP' who does write ups for planetcatfish hes kept a group for 3 years and hasnt got them to spawn yet, so could prove to be difficult.

wish me luck or send us some viagra, :troll:

Still not much action the male has been on top of the cave but not in it come on son u can do it!

the female has claimed both caves it looks like and hes looking depressed under a piece of wood this has got to be the worst relationship ever :/

UPDATE: They have both been in the same cave earlier i thought it was the female trappingh the male but Shell thinks its the male trapping the female anyway there not in there anymore, So hopefully were getting some where and the male might get it right after a few goes. L106 young for sale in a few months (fingers crossed).

good luck u 2

1 week later theres been no action in the l106 tank, feels like 1 step forward 2 steps back, iv added slate (because they like rocks) maybe something to move the water a powerhead or summit to pump love in to the water?

try a viagra tablet mate

ill ask your missus next time i see her to give us some lol

4 for a 5er

lol tat should get em in the swing of things lol :bounce:

haha has tanks settled down bud.