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Thanks! I wish there were more people in the hobby locally. I really hope someone local-ish to me sees this to expedite the transaction and make it easier on everyone involved.

I think it's more than priced competitively based on what I found. I saw $200 fish that were 4-5" and still had TONS of black so no real way to know what they were going to look like once they matured or how much of the black would fade. I've read of the darker red ones going for closer to a...

Oh man, that would have been SO awesome! Where is 'local' anyway? There's no location listed under your username/avatar.

What type of listing is this?: For Sale What are you trying to sell/buy/trade?: Large Male Red Texas Cichlid What are your prices?: 375 Where are you located?: Loveland, CO Pickup or Able to Ship?: Pickup and Able to Ship Description: It pains me to do this but I don't see any way around parting...

I like the way that looks but I've also seen setups that have two different stacks to either side with a channel in the middle that also looks good so I'm no help. I've had a massive stack of flagstone-like rock in the middle of my main tank for a couple of decades & I hate it. Someday I will...

Wow.

We're discussing this in another thread right now where the guy lost his Royal. Click this link and see if there's any information in there you find useful.

I'm not saying for sure that's your problem but I wouldn't treat fish that aren't displaying symptoms. To be safe don't treat fish unless you absolutely have to.

Some plecos need meaty foods. Some plecos it's not good for then & they need more plant-based foods. You'll just have to take it case by case when you get a new L # pleco or are considering it. As far as him potentially not having the proper beneficial bacteria in his gut, it may not be...

Like I said, just because your pleco is eating doesn't mean he's able to process the food he's taking in. Eating is only part of the equation and w/o the proper ability to process the contents in his stomach it's the same as not eating at all. In most causes there's nothing you can do about...

In my experience when a pleco doesn't hide at all prior to dying it's starvation. Either from not eating at all or eating but not having the proper enzymes in their gut to properly break down the food present so they never get the actual nutrients they need. Lots of times the former is due to...

Damn, sometimes I hate being right. This is one of those times. When you said he was rasping away and wasn't worried about finding shelter and just out in the open I've seen this countless times and when I buy multiples it seems the ones that exhibit this behavior are the sickest and generally...

I'll never fault someone for trying to save a pleco. He knew what he was getting into and knew his odds so there's really no sense beating that dead horse. If he doesn't buy him and give an effort to save him, who will?

I wouldn't increase the temp. Maybe try offering him different veggies and see if maybe something triggers his desire to eat. Never know what he was feeding on before but if you can find it you may get lucky.

I would have given it a shot too and I commend you for trying. I'm just saying to keep trying because he's not out of the woods yet. I wish you the best of luck.

I wouldn't relax just yet. As someone who has gotten a LOT of sunken belly/eyed Royals over the years I can tell you that those that don't seek hiding often are the most sick of the bunch. Keep vigilant and do whatever you can encourage him to eat as much as possible because until he's taking...

Gorgeous.

Thank you for taking the time to share those videos w/description. Very cool to the see the process. I have a couple of pleco caves in my community tank and I have gobs of plecos in there but only the bushy nose are reproducing. I'm not really trying to encourage it other than the caves as...

That's one of the coolest aquarium fish I've ever seen. Nice.

Cool looking plecos.