2. Female, 1,3,4 males

L397 looks like a pair. 1st m, 2nd f. F need to faten upp..

I breed L181, and don't do anything special. Just regular wc, feeding quality food, temp 23-30 C depending on seasong.

I have breed s aureum, festivum and s foerchi and they are easy to spawn, hard to raise. They are semiguarding the eggs.

I have seen Apistograma take a bite on a snail, maybe Malaysan Trumpet Snail if I remember correct, and try to shake it out. I have seen 2 apr 25cm L114 eat Appel snail, 5 were gone in like three days. My two cents.

I d say most of this issues dont conclude genetic issues. Its mostly water and food issues from bred. Some strains with others have been bred for like 50 years and are still going strong.

4 males 2 me, need more 2 really show off.

I ordered spareparts for my Aquaclear 50/70 pump from Amazon a few years ago but they didnt fit at all so I dont order from Amazon any more.

I think the youngsters look like 306

Damn, that looks like food for weeks.

The hairy tails makes me too think two males too. I normaly buy 6-10 to grow out.

Well how is the upgrowing going? Thats the hard part with Sturisoma. I have found they easliy lay eggs.

Zebra hypancistrus wormline b/w have me think of L129.

Size is really good. To me sounds like good upbringing. I believe you need to feed more quality food to fatten them up. I have had 7year old pleco having youngsters.

For me it looks like two females but they doesnt look gravid, that buffels me..

May it be copper in the new water? Or any other "poison" in the new water after the move? Can you get testresult from the water company?

I have breed some hundreds of L15 not knowing if all L15 are that easy or if there are different lines that are easier to breed within one species. Maybe my conditions that I offer are the best for L15 that have them breeding. Hard to say.. really.. I know that my L15 are offspring from what Janne ...

L288?

I wonder if pleco or gibbiceps would suit your need.

At what temperature are you aiming at? C. Sterbai might be an option.

My thoughts: 1-2 Hypancistrus Black % white, possibly L333?, 3 L91.

I think L89 or Wabenmuster/Honeycomb Ancistrus?

I am thinking L002 but I am no Expert.

A breeding group of Sturisoma festivum(1M,2F) and some youngsters. A colony of L134, three spot rubra filigran guppy, cherry shrimps.

Cheers, Matti

My few cents..

Dither fish might help in giving plecos some security assurance. In my 200L(52 Us gal) with a big group of L397 and red scarlet endlers L397 are all over the place eating day and night. I also have some young L397 in a 600L(158 Us gal) with big L75, L47, Geophagus' steindachneri and ...

For me the fish looks thin and short so I don't think it has had enough of food and or water quality. It may be so that you and I have totally different fish and that your don't grow as big. How big is he?
I also think the wound could have come from a fail breeding attempt. One part was not ready ...

I'd ask question like. When did you require the breeding group? How big where they at that point? How many offspring have you sold and to whom or where? What does "young breeding group" mean to you?

If you can see that the Betta is eating it is probably still too much light in the room or on the fish for the hypancistrus to feel comfortable.. Or hypancistrus isnt hungry..

Not really sure on where to write this but I give it a go. It doesnt work looking at book reviews on the page. Has that got to do with any upgrade?

No female on pictures, only males. Sorry..