okey dokey,. names next time

right ive obtained a group of these, i have a q, ive got a male which is about 2" full head of tenticles, i was wondering if he would be able to breed at this size?anyone bred these at that size

like mine

defo l144

i can vouch for their slow growth rate , very slow compared to other members of the ancistrus family

no fry yet , but i rec the other fems are plumping up. that was my biggest fem, i will say they go black but with my lighter substrate(white) they seem to change colour to adapt, when they go on black background they go really black and their spots show like a stary nite, have a younger 1 with white ...

kkorotev wrote:My apologies....but I can't see a white seam on the caudal or dorsal fin in the pictures posted...so I wrote the post.
Sorry.

its fine mate i really thought they were l182's myself until i was reading the id on the l182.she had it on caudial fin a while ago but it seemed to have went away

but L182 's dont have he white seam? she had a white seem even though slight , i beleive L182 do not show signs of a white seam

thanx mermaid, its a shocker, hopefully my other fems will be ok and ill eventually get some wrigglers

ok shes dead? rest of the group are ok, on furthur analysis i find that she was defo carrying eggs, now i wonder why shes dead? water parms are stable,



would this be egg bound?

no this is majority of species. well fed greens with this species seem to be very bristly even females, she has them round her mouth she is starting to act skittish,

hi there i noticed today one of my fish looks really swollen, would i be right in saying this could possibly be eggs? i do think she looks egg bound. or is another problem i have been doing water changes for the last week http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/dj_speed_uk/belly.jpg http://i17 ...

hi there, i personally do not think it is too high for them, ive kept mine for 2 years, at a tds of about 250, i personally think it would be easier to spawn if the tds were a bit higher as the big change(lowering) in the tds is beleived to be the main trigger. though i may be wrong

yup

o rite well the fish is about 7 or 8 cm so could be young male, must be the runt of the pack then well fed better than me

here is a shot from above

yes ill put one on tomorrow

i beleive this to be a female, correct me if im wrong, ive had her a about 14 months, from what i can see this is a female. i know the white belly thing isnt 100% but she has white belly also

just what does the tds get to in your tank when spawning these? its at 90 at mo,

hi pic of same fish, full grown, had for four months, would you say female. even though bristles, they are on edge of nose and they do not branch out.quality isnt brill http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/dj_speed_uk/starlights.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/dj_speed_uk/DSC01297.jpg ...

hi barbie, just an update, did a 75% water change today brought tds down to 150, i will do a 25% tomorrow and next day untill about 70 will this be quick enough

Hi i have an aquarium with L183'S im looking at spawning these as ive had them a while, ive heard these require a lowring of tds, the water tds reads 357 now i know that is hard water, what level of tds would you say to go to? i have an ro system and got kent blackwater expert, also how should i go ...

agreed i can see them branching out

i have received bristlies like these today also this 1 im thinkin it could be a female as its only bristles on the tip of the nose. not going up the face http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/dj_speed_uk/starlight.jpg but i had this 1 below for about a year are they the same? http://i17.photobucket ...

on my quest to find the L144 ive been advised by a lfs, that these are the zebras of the the bn family in the uk I was just a bit puzzled by this. I ve been around and the only thing that came near was a brown bn sold under the L144. I would be interested to know if people are keeping them in uk ...

what size does the females get too? whats smallest theve spawned at if anyon knows?

I personally think 2,3,4 , 7, 9 and 10 are males???

do you know if the fish in question was wild caught?

rumble in the jungle to me. over turf (territory)maybe

heres tank 2 http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/dj_speed_uk/fish7.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/dj_speed_uk/fissh8.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/dj_speed_uk/fish9.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/dj_speed_uk/fish10.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/dj ...

ok here are some pix of them and their bellies http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/dj_speed_uk/fish1.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/dj_speed_uk/fish445.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/dj_speed_uk/56hy.jpg http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b79/dj_speed_uk/87645.jpg http://i17 ...