Breeding Hemiancistrus subviridis

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morning ! :lol:

they eat cucumbers and my self made vegi mix :D
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amazing pictures!! nice job with them! :thumbsup:
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Tahnk you andy. it's getting more difficultnot to catch them witht the camera as they are more activ. actually i leave them until they get tired. i use 2-3 animals so sometimes thes lay behind each other so the chance is bigger to get something .

@Havaard
do you have any more pics of your babies :?:

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Farid wrote: do you have any more pics of your babies :?:
Not at the moment, but I should take some new photos soon.
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UPDATE:

16mm
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Hi Farid!!!

Really nice!!!
great pictures as usual!!
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Merci :D

thanks yann...its a torture to catch them on photo but it's worth it :)

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more Pics, live from the "Inhanging" tank

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Your photos are excellent :D
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hi havaard,
same same .....

but different...

i like yours aswell i miss still a nice picture of my adult ones...

thanks :)
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i will set them free in the parents tank now

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Farid,

How large ar they, and how old?

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hi mats,
about 15-17mm i counted 32 before i released them :thumbsup:

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update:
he's fanning again :thumbsup:

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Hi Farid!!!

Thats a great news to hear!!! and the first batch is looking great!!
Nice one mate!!
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hi yann,
thanks :) the first babygroup is doing well in the adult tank!

i didnt even do much in the L200 tank feeding normaly and doing my waterchanges...as my "potfilter" is not really doing it's job well i kept cleaning it in compination with big waterchanges (tap water) so tonight i have to measure the parameters as i actually missed that.

i usually dont try adjust any past parameters again to hope for any spawning...but usually i meet these parameters doing what i have to...using my fingertips :wink:

more soon

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UPDATE:
the second bunch of eggs is hatching...the first L200 fry is out of the cave. this time not a early hatch! it looks quite good.

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Farid wrote:UPDATE:
the second bunch of eggs is hatching...the first L200 fry is out of the cave. this time not a early hatch! it looks quite good.

farid
That's good news. Congratulations.

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I do envy you guys so much for having the chance to breed this beautyful catfish, i wish it happened here in my 720 litre tank :P :D

How big are the parents ?
Could any of you post a recent taken picture of the breeding adults ? :D
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thanks mats :)

i have a male that measures about 17cm, the breeding one is maybe 14,5cm

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That is so strange. My breeding male is also one of the smaller ones.
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hi havaard,
why strange? also my smaller L204 male used to be in a cave with a big female while the massive male always chased all inhabitants just away... that time i had 2males and 2 females in a 100x60x40cm tank (they are still in the tank!!)

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UPDATE:
i emptied the cave tonight...22 fry in total...i'll see how they manage... :)

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To Farid and Haavard,

Once you get your first spawn from L200 or any of your other species of Plecos, do you find that routine maintenance is sufficient?

That has been my experience with the plecos I have bred so far, L134, L260 and L333.
I don't do anything extraordinary. Just feed what foods they like best, make regular large water changes and ensure their water has high dissolved oxygen levels.

Waiting for the first spawn is what I find the hardest part.

It has been a pleasure seeing the photos of the fry as they develop. The latest photos where some of the L200 characteristic color and spotted pattern are beginning to show are especially nice.
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hi apisto,
for me i have to say...this time the fry is already 1cm large.
this should work better than the first time with many early hatched ones. to compare with L201..of a bunch of two spawnings i only have 2 201 fry today :shock: so in compare to that the L200 were easy. this time i dont had any early ones...so two days later the large ones measure 1cm and getting a bit colour already...out of 22 i guess 2-3 died ..the rest should make it...maybe 2 more could die...I'll see

the main problem so far with the L200 was that if they dont hatch proper out of their eggskin...there will be a problem. imagine a part of the belly is out. building a ball sticking out of the egg...a few hours later the whole fish hatches. this first ball will stay more or less in the shape it had before. and exactly this part is dying in the next 12h then the fish stucks to the glass (bottom) and while the yellow is desolving the fish is still wiggleing it's tail...a few hours later you will find maybe a live body but no more yellow ...so this was the main thing to worry about in the first three days.

otherwise soon as they get stable i have to say it's like with all the rest (L134 397 181 and so on :) maybe one or two will go "HOP" in the first week but after nothing should happen.

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No doubt about it, if the parents provide the brood care, the development of the larvae proceeds much better and with higher survival rates than when one has to deal with caring for prematurely ejected larvae using an artificial set up.
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..so far there's not much difference then :wink:

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UPDATE:
17-18 fry are slowely getting greyish. the pelvicfins are well to recognize!

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update:

out of 22 fry i have still 18 babies... 15mm at the moment and growing :)

the last hatch measures about 20mm now...still small

@Havaard
how big is your first group of babies?? it seems they grow really slow...

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I think they are around 3.5-4cm.
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