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#1 hitman

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 09:24 AM

hi all i was just after some information on the l46
i know that they are not rearly avalible and hard to come by but i was wondering if anyone in wa has them or had them before and can point me in the right direction

thanks sam

#2 fourdapostle

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 10:11 AM

pm bigjohnnofish, he will put you on to some if you have the cash, $1000 or so for juvies...

Edited by fourdapostle, 19 August 2011 - 10:12 AM.


#3 hitman

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 10:44 AM

yeh thanks if i was going to get them i would be spending the right amount of money and if i had the chance would buy about 4 or so at 6 cm and above thx
so its hit or miss if there are some around

#4 fourdapostle

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 11:53 AM

If Johno has none he will put you onto those who do...

#5 hitman

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 12:58 PM

thanks

#6 chen

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 03:58 PM

if you can't find. you can try "happy fish" too, he may can help you too.


#7 waxy

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Posted 19 August 2011 - 06:32 PM

If your serious about these then there are some for sale at the moment on this site. If not put up a WTB on specialised pleco site. Not as hard to come by as some think but you need to be willing to outlay the bigbucks.

#8 sandgroper

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Posted 20 August 2011 - 12:02 AM

L046's are a lovely zebra pleco but aren't worth the money people are asking for them imo. If you can afford ohmy.gif $1200 ohmy.gif for a small 6cm fish then you wouldn't have any quarms about the carbon tax then would you.

#9 Just Boots n all

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Posted 20 August 2011 - 06:20 AM

"for a small 6cm fish " small? thats not small for L046, they only get to 8cm

#10 joey

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Posted 20 August 2011 - 08:32 AM

i think he means 6cm is small in general,
like, in comparison to other larger pleco's

#11 bigjohnnofish

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Posted 21 August 2011 - 01:41 AM

QUOTE (Just Boots n all @ Aug 20 2011, 06:20 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
"for a small 6cm fish " small? thats not small for L046, they only get to 8cm


its rather hillarious to me when people quote this.... obviously very limited experience....

wild caught fish rarely exceed 8cm... captive bred fish have been known to reach 11-12cm.... i have seen an 11cm male and as hairy as a billy goat... his approx age has been calculated at close to 20 years old... has bred several times although he has never raised fry... in a colony of 10 fish hes the biggest male... but other males are in the 9-10cm size... females 8-9cm also....

we had them out to measure for a potential sale....

speaking to several people on various zebra plec forums.... other people have also had large males in the 10-11cm size range... although not that common... one guy in the US has a 10cm female who lays on average 25 eggs a spawn... and spawns 3-4 times a year....
and theres a lot of zebs in the 10+ years old too...

so if you mangae to get some good ones - look after them you'll have them for a long time...

a lot of average quality zebs around too... if your after some good solid lines and an established quality blood line i can put you onto someone over east.... you quite often get what you pay for... and other times you'll just get ripped off with inferior fish...
same as any fish you get nice ones with good markings and ones with faded lines etc.....

if your gonna pay hard earned coin for these fish you may as well get the best ones available...

#12 Just Boots n all

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Posted 22 August 2011 - 06:11 AM

Yes Johnno, very limited experience over the last 26 years of keeping and breeding fish.

When we talk fish size it is an average, that is the unusual.

People have 5 toes on each foot? on average yes, but l have had a few patients with as many as 7, some with 6 and of course the world record is 9, so how many toes do people have?

We dont run round saying 6 or 7 do we, we talk averages as we do when talking fish size.



#13 Tarpon

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Posted 22 August 2011 - 10:25 AM

Hey sorry to interrupt but are you a dr?

#14 Tarpon

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Posted 22 August 2011 - 10:57 AM

Hey sorry to interrupt but are you a dr?

#15 Just Boots n all

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Posted 22 August 2011 - 11:00 AM

No, l am a C.Ped.CM.au

In short, Certified Pedorthist, my clinic mainly deal's with Diabetic's, Diabetic amputees, children with Cerebral Palsy and other gait anomalies, including accident survivors TAC, Worksafe, DVA(Military returned service personal) and a few injured AFL players.

We try and replace/improve in what has been lost in function due to injury or disease that effects their gait.

Edited by Just Boots n all, 22 August 2011 - 11:01 AM.


#16 bigjohnnofish

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 01:01 AM

QUOTE (Just Boots n all @ Aug 22 2011, 06:11 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>
Yes Johnno, very limited experience over the last 26 years of keeping and breeding fish.


26 years is fine but how long have you kept and bred zebs for ???

they are more more demanding than your average b/n or cichlid......
zebs have been here in WA before they were even described as a species in the early 90's....
an older guy i know got 6 of them before anybody knew anything about them.... for a price that you couldnt even buy a juvi for now....
incidently he never bred them over the 6 years he had them.. even killed 2 of them trying to unlock the key to spawning them... before they were sold...
nowadays its a lot easier but not everything you need to know is on the net.... you still cant beat hands on experience.. wink.gif

#17 Just Boots n all

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 05:42 AM

LOL longer than most and not as long as some.

Google Boots n all you will see l have a few go through my hands over quite some time also.

Mostly the young sell by word of mouth though.

But back to topic, the average size of an adult zeb is 8cm, do you agree???????

#18 MUZZYBEAR

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 10:49 AM

dude, i googled boots n all, even put; fish, catfish etc on the end of it.
its all about travel.lol good one

#19 STEVEGREEN

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 05:37 PM

Boots has been well documented and respected cat fish breeder including LO46

And probably the only one who has ANY experience with them in this post

Please show a little more respect before you go shooting your mouth off

Cheers
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#20 Scales

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Posted 23 August 2011 - 10:53 PM

Not the only one 




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