Another cluster of eggs was laid yesterday. On that notice the pair has now bred 3 times in 6weeks.

Pic's as promised...

The breeding tank (97L)
http://www.nettakvariet.no/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6348&stc=1

Fry at 24 days of age.
http://www.nettakvariet.no/forum/attachment.php?attachmentid=6349&stc=1

Pic's from the second spawn 11/6-04
This pic is taken approx an hour after the ...

Sorry 'bout not posting any pic's yet. The forum i usually use to upload my pic's is down for service.
This means i don't have anywhere to upload at the moment.

Still, it is now(14/6) possible to see signs of life within the eggs from the second batch (11/6). I recon the eggs will hatch today ...

Nope, no pics as they developed. I took the first "good" pic's yesterday at age 24 days.
But I think I will get some pic's of developing fry soon as my pair laid a new cluster of eggs yesterday. This time the spawning happened at 27°C.
First pic's will come this monday.

Ancistrus sp. L-144 (Gold/black eyes)

I am a bit reluctant to give away this info, due to the fact that this is my first spawn on this species and that this might just be a lucky coincidence and the info in this thread may not be relevant for breeding this specie at all.
I promise to give feedback ...

David/polkadot: Pic's will come eventually, the camera i usually use is getting old and the quality of the pic's is not worth publishing. But, I'm gonna borrow another soon. Pic's will come.

Bobcatfish: I'll try to write a piece for you all, just be a little patient :)
As for pic's from young ...

Updating thread.

The eggs hatched and the male took good care of his small ones... wohey!

All the kids have left the building and i have between 40-60 L-144 kids...

Sorry for late posting... The male was back in the cave and venting when i arrived from work, he's been in there for the last couple of days...

Pleco_farmer, my pair is about 5cm without tail...

BIG MISTAKE... My breeding pair is NOT L-146.. It's L-144, a bit of a mix up Sorry 'bout that!

And yes, it is the first time they have bred...


My fish.... So no more mistakes will be made

:headbang: But the male "has left the building"... At first i saw a little cluster of eggs outside of his tube. Inside the tube he was on top of the eggs, all good so far...

However, this morning he had left the tube and the eggs... What to do? Should i remove the egg cluster in the tube and hatch ...

Looks to me like a Zonancistrus too, I've been comparing a lot of fish to mine with the ones in Aqualog "all L-numbers" and the only one that can look like a L-168 is the L-170...
Thanx for all your help.

one new pic. More to come tomorrow.

No good pic's this weekend. Didn't want to net him since he's soon to be moved. So I won't take any more pic's until 6th or 7th of sept.
I'm moving all of the inhabitants in the 325l to a newly emptied 530l. 8)
Will be sure to handle the " L-168? " last so i hope to get some decent pic's without any ...

Will try to snap some pic's during this weekend. Maybe even try to net it and transfer to a smaller empty tank.

Thanx for trying up to this point!

Silurus wrote:

kush,

Your fish is not Z. pulcher as the head is too deep.

What is it?

Jools: Link is now swapped for a working one.

Here's a pic of my L-168 (Zonancistrus Pulcher).
http://www.diskusjonsforum.no/akvariet/ ... ostid=1734
Are they the same? Don't think your pic shows the same 1... Allthough I could be mistaken.

Thanx for good tips...

How about their size for sexual maturity? And/or tankmates? Do they need their privacy or is it possible to breed them in a community tank?

They will live in a 530L with the company of (unless i get room for breeding tank, as the one separate breeding tank I have are ...

I'm not at all an expert on this but the fish you show looks exaktly(not exectly... yours has bigger spots) like my S. Nigrita's.

Silurus Id'd them for me in this thread.
http://forum.planetcatfish.com/viewtopic.php?t=2541

Just recently bought a group of 6 Panaqolus sp. (LDA01).
Any breeding tips? Please share with me...

DANG! Then i was tricked by eksporter and store!r... but thanks alot anyways Silurus...

Nope, no settings for sharing... taken care of now, have another go... Sorry!

Pic's finally online...
This thread referrs to the my 2 past threads on breeding and id Syn. Nyassae
http://forum.planetcatfish.com/viewtopic.php?t=2306
http://forum.planetcatfish.com/viewtopic.php?t=2308

Yahoo album:
http://f2.pg.photos.yahoo.com/bc/espen_christiansen/lst?.view=t&.dir=/Pets
Is ...

Thanx!!! tup

Pic's are on it's way. Taken lots 'n lots this weekend. (Hope some are good, darn fish won't stay still :evil: )

Any progress will be posted, but as my group of five only is about a year old it will take time. The last one i would guess (by the growth rate of the others) to be around ...

Done!

Thanx a bunch!

Since I don't have any pic's yet, I would like to see some pics of the humeral process.
Did i get ripped of twice or not???

Ne1 with some info on these freat fishes.

I have a group of 6 and my ultimate goal (at this point :D ) is to breed these.

I have read what I have found about them online and this sort of brought new questions up.


1. Sexing.
The females are more plump than the male.
Venting is possible like ...