+1 for Rapps, I have multiple groups of awesome L-numbers from him.

Linus_Cello wrote:What part of the US are you located? Try batfishaquatics.com?

+1 Josh (Batfish) can get you just about anything and is a huge supporter of our local clubs in MD.

Driftwood often leeches tannins which will lower the pH somewhat. I have lots of it in all of my pleco tanks and they seem to like it. The lower pH is closer to what they would have in the amazon.

Maybe I'll put some with my pair of L239, they're really lazy so maybe they won't eat em.

bekateen wrote:My Ancistrus eat eggs on the glass yes.

Are you ever able to get any? Or are they too quick?

Jobro wrote:Cories will not eat hypancistrus eggs. But your hypans might eat the cory eggs, if those should spawn.

It depends on the number of breeders you want to put in there and about the sex ratio. 1-2 Males and 3-4 females should be ok in my opinion.

Does the same go for ancistrus with cories?

I normally get 30-60 from my adult females, but I only have about 5 deformed ones out of around 500 fish from those pairs. So 1/100 have some sort of deformity.

Seems that it has just been this last generation, and it's not even in every brood, maybe one deformed fish every 3 broods.

Deformed tails have been the main issue, with one or two with pectoral fish issues.

That would be great. I have some nice young males I'd like to get some females for if possible.

Would one or two fish with deformities is in each batch be consistent with inbreeding? That is about what has been happening to me.

Thanks.

They are a line bred species. "Opening" the gene pool is really going to still be a line breeding, isn't it? I know a few people with really good clean red lines of Super Reds in the US. Are you having an issue with your group that makes you think they need a gene infusion?

Barbie
I guess ...

Hi everyone,

I am facing a dilemma, I need to add some new broodstock to my super red bn line to improve the genetic pool, but I want to get nicer fish than can be gotten in the US. Mine are German and a great deep red/orange and I just don't see that in most US fish.

Where in Germany (or ...

Yeah

I'm 15 and I think my max was around 24 tanks, I currently have 17 going, all of which have plecos. I currently have 6xL128, 12xL134, 6xL182, 2xL270, 3xL333, 2xL104, lots of standard and long find super reds. I really got into it a little younger than you, around 11, when I got my 3rd- 5th tanks ...

I feel rather small compared to all of your grand tanks. I only have 1 14.6 gallon, 1 6 gallon and 2 5 gallon tanks. Plus most species of non cory catfish (except like common ones) cannot be found here. But, still i have to remember Im only 13! :))

Good to know there are other teens on here! I'm ...

20cc wrote:i have a lonely male..pref longfin but not necessary

Just shoot me a pm or email at lucasfish@verizon.net

I have SF pairs and both SF and LF juvies, but I don't want to sell any females by themselves.

Can't wait to meet so many catfish legends. It sounds great!

You could remove the cave once you want them to stop spawning.

Is it hard to find BN's in the UK? Over here in the US you can often get them for free or just a few bucks at pretty much any store or club meeting.

Another possibility is adding another female. I keep 2-3 females with each of my males and it works great.

I'd possibly keep a trio in a smaller tank, like a two ft, my male does chase my female, as i mentioned the bigger tank i have gives her some space from him when she wants it. But I didn't want two females. Be way too many babies to cope with
Makes sense. Yeah I just pulled close to 100 babies ...

One thing that you may want to stick some BNs in with them because during transit they will have lost all of the bacteria in their stomachs that they use to breakdown wood. They can regain that bacteria from the BNs poop.

As for deworming I would recommend Fenbendazole, it is the same as what they ...

[/quote]My adult pair were fine in a 24x12x12 but when moved into an 18x12x15, with more caves, driftwood the male nearly killed the female - it's somewhere around these sizes that's the limit - better be safe than sorry although every fish & set-up is a unique circumstance[/quote]

Part of it may ...

I am about to pay about $35 a piece for wild adult L066 from an importer.

I would advise that you just go ahead and use all three for fish. Using a step stool really isn't that bad. If you have the bottom tank a little lower than it shouldnt be as hard yo access the top one. You will probably regret it if you don't have that tank space available. I have tanks stacked 4 ...

What size is the tank? I've found a pair of adults of the same species (Common BN) really need a minimum of 24x12x12

When you mix species the tank needs to be a bit bigger - good advice above from bekateen which should work but the restricted space may be a problem & any changes may result in a ...

Te outer ones do not look viable however the inner ones could be. Its hard to tell from the picture.

Takes about 5-7 days for mine to hatch. I normally leave them in their cave for 10-14 days from spawn, so by that point the male has done the hard part and all I have to do is feed the babies. I have tried both ways and have found that it just makes a lot more sense to let nature do its thing rather ...

I have multiple. Email me at lucasfish@verizon.net for details.

Teresa I sent you a PM.

Thanks