If anyone is interested I can bring:

Panaqolus claustellifer (L306), 5 or 6 tank raised juveniles at 4-5cm.

Parancistrus aurantiacus F1 juveniles, 5-6 at about 4-5cm.

Ancistrus wabenmuster, tank raised juveniles at 4cm.

I can only bring a limited amount. Collection on Friday.

Thanks

Thanks for looking in to it Jools

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Last week the pair spawned again :d CueEQgNJ4 I left the eggs with the male, who did a good job! By day 4 he lost a few of the eggs so I collected them and put them safe in a frying. WMf5Dj5PAwQ On day 5 he decided he had enough and kicked the rest of them out. They started hatching later that day ...

First I will share a picture update of the 6 month old juveniles

It has been a while and I noticed I forgot to update on the fry. So here goes :d They are doing great. Slow growing species. The group hasn't spawned since. ZqOV07BvbkY In this video there are a few more interesting F1's. Ancistrus sp. L255 and Parancistrus nudiventris :icon-wink: IGJ5qpaU2fI

Awesome! Soon the US will be overwhelmed with lot's of wabenmuster

The latest batch of nudiventris fry

Awesome! Soon these beautiful Ancistrus will be wide spread

Hi, to me they all look to be males. One more dominant/older then the other two.

The fish have spawned for the third time :d This time the male could hold on to his eggs for the full 6 day's. The raft of eggs held on to the roof of the cave just by one or two eggs. The male holding the raft up to the roof with his mouth while fanning them with his fins. It was quite a remarkable ...

The video is super cool!! Thanks for sharing
We have electric eels at work, maybe this would be a nice idea for our aquarium

Cool!!
My Have spawned for the first time. Discovered the eggs this morning

Same here :d It has been quiet for the past two weeks. Then my Ancistrus sp. L309 spawned but he ate the eggs after fighting with the other male again... But...my Panaqolus claustilifer are trapping for the first time and my own bred Panaqolus sp. L397 are also trapping for their first time. We also ...

RexTGP wrote: ↑03 Dec 2019, 13:27 Ah I see, thanks so much for the helpful info! Appreciate it!

You're welcome

I see, thanks! May I know what do you feed them and where did you get the cave from? I feed all my fish Repashy. The cave I have had for a long time, don't know where it came from. But you can find this type of cave quite easy I think. For a while now I buy all my caves from nature2aqua, based in ...

awesome! are you using blackwater and how often and how much do you change your water? cheers! I use normal tapwater (Ph 7 Kh 3 conductivity around 300 microsiemens), no rain or osmoses water. Due to my job I try to do as many water changes as I can. I try every 5-7 days and then change about 75%.

The older juvenile feeding on Repashy

Fry are growing very well and almost dissolved their yolk sacks. Feeding will start soon



And some more pictures of day 3,4,5, and 6.

The oldest F1 juvenile doing well at about 6 weeks old.

Fry at two days old.

Fresh hatchling and a picture of 1 day old

My very first interview Wobbly but an awesome experience. To all the women out there keeping fish, get out there and come and join us

Some video of the eggs and fry

Hatching day for the L255 eggs this morning

Note that the fry already show some colour even prior to hatching. Something I have noticed while breeding ranunculus type species.

The eggs at three days old.

Jools wrote: ↑20 Nov 2019, 08:53 Great move with the Sturisoma fry and really interesting to see that tactic worked.

Jools

It was a first for me too. I needed to let the single fry feel safe and I know from raising Sturisoma fry that they learn to feed from other siblings. So it was just worth a shot and it worked

I would like to continue this thread but with a difference. First of all, I lost this group and the juveniles to a large power cut... It was one of the worst days in my fish keeping years. I lost many fish. But was most gutted about losing my ranunculus. A few months later I bought another group ...