Following three months of unsuccessful spawnings by my Iquito Tiger Plecos I tried something different - raising the mouth of the cave by a couple centimeters using a flat stone (for stability). This helps the father keep the eggs in the cave when cleaning house. I followed my regular routine of ...

They were imported is 10cm adults about 18 months ago and purchased a bit over a year ago from the importer. I acquired them about 4 months ago and just popped them into one of my discus breeding tanks (120L 60x45x45cm)with a temp of 30C and a pH of 7. Spawning was initially triggered by a ...

Hi everyone, I had a nice present from my Iquito Tiger Pl*cs and thought I'd share my first pics of the fry. Day 1 free swimming http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a378/BlueandKim/Bottom%20Feeders/L226%20Tiger%20plecs/Day1dorsalview.jpg [IMG:420:599]http://i15.photobucket.com/albums/a378/BlueandKim ...

LOL, thanks so far guys. As attested they're not sp3s, and I can confirm that as I've done side-by-side comparisons.

So any idea what they ARE? Could be tambos!

Hi everyone, I'm an experienced pl*co keeper and breeder here in New Zealand. Last year I purchased 5 juveniles imported as A. Tamboensis, but as time moves on the lack of reticulation and hexagonal patterning infers that they were misidentified. While they share many similar traits to common ...