Mike_Noren wrote:
For comparison, collection for the aquarium trade is not known to have extinguished a single species. Ever


this might not be fish tank related but we do not want the HZ fate to end up like the spix's macaws.

http://www.bluemacaws.org/images/blue99.jpg
this species is ...

I second that, female and male

Difficult but possible for adult fish

the Other thing that would make you think is that he is shipping it overnight through United States Postal Service from germany and a size of 1.5 to 2 inches that are wild is this a little small for wild fish, he don't even show the the actual photos of the fish, if you look further down the list he ...

Where ever the collection site of the zebra is above or below the Dam there fate is still doomed as well as many other species of fish, a limited number should be collected with a certain size restriction, fish that are in between 1.5-2.5 inches TL so as to spare the wild breeders and leave the very ...

fishboy,
you need to start feeding the tank heavily I can see in the pictures you posted that the fry are very skinny and the belly are sunkin. the success you have is another step in saving this specie good luck on the next spawn it should be happening very soon.

I happen to have some photographs in diffent angles of zebra pleco's they would be a great addition to any web-site on how to sex the fish, but don't have a place to upload the pics I can email the pics to anyone interested and specify if you want a low or higher and larger resulotion, I had some ...

rob,
You are doing fine 18 eggs left, not bad much better than the last one you had..... air stone "but not too strong" and keep the tank very dark would help, the fish should be hatching soon so keep the camera handy.

D zeb,
make sure to add an airstone in the hatching tank, remove the fungused egg promptly if it is hard to get to, you can poke it with a syringe and suck its content, this will avoid infecting the other eggs.
Good Luck

Doc zeb feel free to place the advice in your website as a matter of fact I got some Pics. in this album http://www.corydorasworld.com/planetcatfish/gallery/gallery/albun21 that you might be interested.
the next time the zebras spawn try to remove the eggs or fry 6-8 days after spawning this will ...

If the cave the male is using can be moved all you have to do is lean it on the wall of the tank or breeding basket at an angle the front opening facing down and the newly hatched eggs will roll out when the male moves, but if the fry are large enough they will swim back up the cave, I normally do ...

In my experience with zebras its either they are sick and dead or healthy as a horse, its better to just move the sick fish if there is no signs of contamination in the tank, why subject the healthy fish with medication, I have no prior experience with sick zebra but from the looks of that picture ...

the other three light colored eggs are fertile give them a week they might hatch

polkadot I agree with everyone's observations, this link might help
http://eheim-uk.com/planetcatfish/galle ... exing-L046

or you can catch them and check there vents

Phil,
the spot is just coincidental if you randomly check adult size zebras the fish with a wider vent are the females but the males vent tend to enlarge too when a pair is about to spawn I have not tried checking younger fry to see it it is applicable but an average size pleco even the fish that ...

it is always better to keep the fish in the same or closer water parameters where they came from, but my tap water comes out as high as 8.2 and very hard but my fish still managed to breed in this water, a constant water parameter is better than trying to adjust it less trouble on your part, after ...

sorry if it took me some time to post this picture my aging computer had some problems, I accidently deleted an entire folder full of zebra pics. but manage to get some of this from the recycle bin, is there a way to recover a deleted file from your hard drive about one gig. of pictures.
anyway this ...

opium,
sorry it took me a while to reply from the last post you did, I dont want to make conclusions on which fish are male or female I myself have a hard time telling the sexes of my fish you can how ever compare the fish to the photographs below:
http://eheim-uk.com/albums2/sexing-L046/2Male_web ...

Dinyar how do I subscribe to Erwins import news,
Yann thanks for the warning I was wondering what that was, the only thing I can think of is that the male is always in its cave and I had to shake it out in order to take the photograph, that pic. was taken last year, the male is fine and need to be ...

opium you where asking for a picture of how to sex a zebra pleco sorry if it took me so long to post.
male has longer wiskers on the cheek and pectoral fin, the females pectoral fin has a more crescent shape too. If you stare at the picture longer you will see the difference in shape, the females ...

While we are on the subject about stripes, what can you guys tell me concerning this female zebra and its crooked stripes L046 or L098 I already got the answer but I would like to know your opinion?

http://eheim-uk.com/albums2/sexing-L046/Dscn8434_060803_female1.sized.jpg

I will try to post more ...

although I have not witnissed it in my tank, but two females may have spawned in your tank from the looks of the eggs that are not in a single ball, all the spawnings in my tank has always been in a single ball of eggs, unless your breeding cave is very tight that the only way for the single female ...

another factor that will affect the growth rate of the fish is temp. the higher the temp. the faster there metabolic rate w/c increases food intake w/c brings us to the question of why the growth rate of my fry is much faster than the one shown in the 1996 Jan. issue of TFH mag. the temp of my tank ...

Caril,
sure you can keep 1 or 2 zebra in a 5 gallon tank, but I would'nt guarantee that they would live long, one thing nice about them is when they die you would'nt even think thier dead the colors dont change that much untill they start to smell, and that would not take very long in a tank that ...