almost lost their sac's now They dont look nothing like 114,s though

Yeah pretty much what Mat said.

I use HMA instead of a chlorinator. I can also control the TDS by mixing the HMA back into the RO and using a flow control giving me full control over the TDS

Cheers

thegeeman

Good points rhibear and Grokefish.

I will get my lazy arse to set up the RO system again over the weekend. I use extract on my apisto,s to lower ph after having problems with eggs not hatching so maybe its the same/simillar thing.

Cheers

thegeeman

Surely you mean 80'F (26.7'C) - not 80'C, as that would be more suitable for poaching the fish, rather than keeping them alive!

And it shows that you can breed fish in pretty hard/alkaline water, despite their natural habitat being pretty soft/acidic.

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Mats

Yeah sorry Mat its 80'F but you ...

grokefish wrote:Whats your water parameters?

Not really one for parameters but for some reason I did take them when they spawned

PH just under 7
TDS 450ish
Temp 80c
Nitrates 15

Thats about all I ever test for.

Cheers

thegeeman

Just got back from a weekend break and fully expected to be cleaning out a load of fungused eggs from the fry trap but to my amazement I have 20 or so strong and healthy wrigglers.


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thegeeman

The last lot of eggs are now in a trap. Maybe 50-70ish. Only one of these has hatched out since I have come home and it looks very week and hardly no movement at all

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k240/thegeeman123/DSCF7086.jpg

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k240/thegeeman123/DSCF7086-1 ...

Not good news I am afraid.

He has kicked whats left of the eggs out (50ish) all though they look fertile they dont seem to be able to hatch out and are dying off as they hatch.

Still really chuffed with the weeks events and hopefully I will have a more promising spawn very soon

Thanks for all the ...

Thanks for all the luck people

cacking my pants here at the moment

Cheers

thegeeman

Wish me luck


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thegeeman

Congratulations on your spawn 8)

Apistomaster, I have expierienced the total opposite to you when it comes to rearing fry. I normally remove mine into a fry trap after 2 days of hatching out. Once the have lost their egg sac I started to feed them crushed pellets for 2 weeks before putting them ...

Well I just got off the phone to my local MH and he seems to think he can get some more

I will let you know later

thegeeman

hmmmmmmmmm, Thanks Kampfer. I will check the book out when I get home.

Cheers

thegeeman

Changed.

They were in my local MH and the people in the shop didnt look to happy that I bought them either lol.

Are they abit thin on the ground then? Special/rare

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thegeeman

Looks correct to me. Some of the pics of L309 in the Cat-eLog also have yellow on the fins.

Thanks Silurus. Yeah I noticed on some of the pics they had a slight tinge of yellow to them. I was thinking maybe they lose the yellow with age but the ones I have are 4" TL so not so sure.

Cheers ...

that is one awesome looking BN. Where did you find them?

I found them in my local fish shop. As luck would have it they had 2 females and 1 male and £45.00 for all 3 was a bargain.
BN,s aint my thing really although I do have a breeding pair of dolichopterus I am more of a Hypancistrus pervert :P ...

Hello People :D

I bought a trio of BN,s labelled as L309 Ancistrus. Please can anyone confirm that they are L309. Some people are questioning the ID due to the yellow finnage. The fish is 4"TL

Heres the male
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k240/thegeeman123/DSCF5424.jpg

http://i90 ...

Afternoon People
I bought these 2 as part of a group over a year ago and I am begining to think they arent what they were supposed to be.
Anyone have any ideas
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k240/thegeeman123/Lgrrrrr.jpg

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k240/thegeeman123/L4oogrrrrrrrrr.jpg ...

Evening :thumbsup:

I have managed to get a few more pics

http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k240/thegeeman123/gee8.jpg
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k240/thegeeman123/gee9.jpg
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k240/thegeeman123/gee7.jpg
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k240 ...

Afternoon People

I bought some hypans labelled as L199 in a recent visit to Sweet Knowle and I am not totally convinced they are.
When they were in the shop they looked really stressed but now they have been home for a few weeks they are starting to get a black body with silver/grey stripes. The ...

Hello Janne

These are the only pics I can get at the moment. I hope the help




thegeeman

Thanks for the reply,s people.

Does anyone know how many variables of 333 there are?

I now have 3 groups that have been id as 333.
The ones in the first post. Then these
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k240/thegeeman123/L3331.jpg
Brown and white in colour.
And these
http://i90.photobucket.com ...

Thanks for your replies people.

Some other people who I have emailed pics to say they might be L410?

I just wish someone could ID them for definate

Thanks

thegeeman

Thanks for that Pleco22

these guys are about 4.1/2". To me they are simillar to L333 but I dont think they are actually 333.


thegeeman


Edit: wrong size given

Hello People

Cany anyone confirm what these 3 are?
1.

2.

3.


thegeeman

Thanks for the response people :headbang:

I am still no further forward in getting a true ID. The more people look at them the more everyone changes there minds lol.
I dont no of catch location. The bloke I got them off bought them form the same LFS over a period of a few weeks.
Managed to get ...

Daragh wrote:Hi

L066 and L333 are not the same fish. From the pictures I would say that they are all L333.

Hi Daragh. I no that L66 and L333 are not the same fish. With the 5 above I think 1 and 5 are L66, 3 and 4 are L333. I am not sure about 2. I just wanted to know people thoughts.

thegeeman

Evening people.

I have just purchased these 5 beautiful plec,s. The seller and I think they are L66 and L333.
Can anyone offer Id,s. They are 4"-5.5" TL
1.
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k240/thegeeman123/L333-66-5a.jpg
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k240/thegeeman123/L333-66-5b.jpg

2 ...

Thanks for that

thegeeman

I have posted them on another pleco forum also but though i would try my luck here also
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k240/thegeeman123/SpottedPlec1.jpg
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k240/thegeeman123/SpottedPlec2-3.jpg
http://i90.photobucket.com/albums/k240/thegeeman123/SpottedPlec2-2 ...