megladonsharky wrote:Silly ?? why would you want to crossbreed??

indeed, so I would like to know which will, so I can avoid it. (reason : I have large tanks, therefore I want to put more than one species in one tank)

How do I know which ancistrus species will interbreed ? Or do none of them crossbreed ?

I'm thinking of 2 or 3 species.
- 'normal' albino ancistrus
- LDA08
- L144

As far as I know the L144 and the albino's won't crossbreed. But what about the LDA08 ?

Silirus :

I did some research on the hybrid you suggested. I found a picture, but it's totally different from the fish I have.

http://store1.yimg.com/I/fish2u_1806_1313386

Or are the hybrids that variable in appareance ?

Another source does indeed list the same fish :
http://www.rarecatfish ...

A Pseudoplatystoma - Phractocephalus hybrid.

sure that's 'THE' hybrid ?? :( How do you see that ? Any idea about the maximum size and it's temperament when full grown.

Do you mean a hybrid with Pseudoplastystoma fasciatum or a tigrinum ? (as it is with fasciatum, boy, this will will be getting ...

can someone set a correct name on this one ? about 13 cm for the moment.

http://users.pandora.be/perrush/vis.jpg

@ magnum :

9 in the nursery, 1 still out there (but I haven't seen him the last day ... guess the geo's were hungry )

@ barbie :
normally both tank should have the same parameters, maybe I'll take my chance, not sure. You know how it goes with a first batch ... don't want to loose anything

why dont you remove the fish that are in the tank with them? move the other fish to another tank.

that wild caught pair of geo's which I try to let them feel comfortable ... moving for 9 baby ancistrus ?? ... and besides that I don't have a spare 250 L+ tank :? do you :D

But I caught 9 little ...

magnum4,

I thought moving them to another tank was the worst solution because of the different waterparameters. 'They' said to me young ancistrus couldn't handle such differences very well.

update

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The banjo's are doing very well. All still live and are very active.

Sometimes they have that swollen belly again but I think it's from the feeding. They eat anything that comes in range ... as quickly as possible

Hi,

As a first learning step in the ultimte goal of once breeding L046 I did put up some ancistrus (as almost everywhere recommended)
So I had 5 ancistrus in a 250L tank with a pair of geophagus surinamensis, waiting for a tank of their own . This week a tank came free and I did the 5 ancistrus in ...

[quote="kdreymann
Hi,
I used to keep the banjos since years and they all have swollen bellies from time to time. I just dont't really know, where this comes from (food, air, trying to get rid of the skin?).
But nothing to be scared about!
Klaus[/quote]

hi,

nice inside observation :)
let's hope ...

Well, they liked the bloodworm!

well I really hope it's just that.

when I typed "swollen belly + fish" in google you get real nasty articles :?

Not that I think back.
In that community tank 3 out od 6 ancistrus died after introducing the banjo's. 2 without any signs, a third one was very thin ...

Hi,

about those 14 banjo's I brougth with me from that wholesaler that had gone broke.

They were in pretty bad condition when they got here, having got no food for at least 2 weeks (probably 4), having been in cold water (20 - 22 °C) for a day or 3.

The first 2 weeks they went into a sort of ...

Look in this thread . It may help.

The only thing what's new to me is that spawing would be initiated by a drop in temperature (like corys).

But it still mention that captive spawings are accidental. Is this because they breed that difficult or because nobody really tried because a lack of ...

Hi,

due to a coincidence I got 16 banjo catfish like these :
http://www.planetcatfish.com/cotm/1997-06.htm

They were in bad shape and 2 didn't survive. So I still got 14 of the (3 big ones, 11 smaller)

Now that I have them, I give it a try to get them to spawn.

I made a tank ready for them ...

metallhd,

I have a CO2 system in my planted tank. But this is not on option with L-ies because you need a strong current and will loose lost of CO2 to the surface.

And not sure what effects this blackwater extract has. It's surely an acid and will breakdown your KH (HCO3-) and replace it with ...

Hi,

I'm planning to convert my cellar into a fishhouse.

As anyone any idea how much the energy costs would be ?? And how to keep them as low as possible ?

for example : I could heat the place to 25°C with central heating and the heat the tank additionally with normal electric heaters. OR I could ...

Hi,

I was wondering how you guys lowered the pH below 7.

'normaal', 'pure' water which is completely aireated won't go below 7 (if you have at least some KH left) (with pure water I mean water with only the carbonate buffer present).

I know you can add a phosphate buffer or some other buffer, or ...

Hi,

Let's say I have a large tank (around 1500 L) and I want to keep pleco's.

Would it be possible to put, lets say, 6 L177 (Baryancistrus) and 6 L190 (Panaque) in the tank together and still have a chance of breeding some. Ofcours it would be wise to put only L177 or only L190 in the tank, or not ...

Can you tell us for what species have you made the breeding cave?

Just 'ordinairy' bristlenose. I want to learn how to raise fry, ect. Afterthat, L046 is on my menu :D

Later, I wondered if it wasn't better that I just glued 2 underlayers up side down to eachother. Should be better, more natural ...

Coryman wrote:There are 96 signed up members that have not given there location. That more than 25% of the total membership.

Ian

even worse : 150 members with 1 or less posts

Perrush
* the only one from Belgium *

I'm just a newbie, so probably my method is old fashioned but I'll give it anyway.

Underneath a picture of my method.

The weigth is a piece of lead (will replace it with a stone with a hole).

Unto the lead a string of black carbon wire is attached (is used by carpfishermen but can easily be a ...

great pictures, TNX

Perrush

TNX,
looking handsome indeed too bad we can't have them in 'tank buster' size

Perrush

From BigBlues sig (or should I say Tyrant )
Which species is this ??



Perrush

Hi,

I made my first breeding cage today. It's a flower pot with a 'tin' (??) / 'underlayer' (??) underneath.

The reason to use the underlayer is to remove anything in the cage easily without disturbing the surroundings.

Anyway, I think this should do.

The female inspected the cages within a few ...

Tnx Ikan,

So it's normal for them to expose different patterns in the same species ?? The better now I have a pair.

I think I'll put another male and 3 females in, so they can have a big party

Perrush

Hi all,

as said before, I want to try to breed L-nrs (H. Zebra if possible) but I don't have any experience with raising fry or something like that. For gaining experience some suggested that I tried the bristlenose first.

Today I was in a well known shop in Germany and saw a large, very active 4 ...

Hi guys,

I've got two additional questions :

1) Seems L046 isn't that hard to breed if I read the reports.
1a) So why is it still that expensive ? I think many would like to have one in their community tank if the price was lowered a bit, but it still stays that high.
1b) Are these little ...

Hi all,

first hello, I'm just arrived here and glad I found you guys. Lots of plecos around here.

My question is about the hypancistrus zebra L046.

I found a lot about breeding them on the net, but one thing I didn't read. I know the males are dominant. Regarding this is it better to have several ...