Ancistrus sp. Snowflake

[Jackster]

Here are couple photos of my third spawn of Ancistrus sp. "Snowflake".
This species was hard to trigger but now they won't stop. LOL!





Here are some of the adults.

http://www.l-welse.com/reviewpost/showp ... 567/cat/44

http://www.swisstropicals.com/Ancistrus ... flake.html

[andywoolloo]

they are damn handsome!

[Matt30]

They look stunning well done

[Jools]

Well done, AFAIK, this species doesn't have an l-number which is odd as it's really rather attractive. I think it might be because we don't know where it comes from, but I'd need to check...

Jools

[Jackster]

These may possibly be Ancistrus L32 but it's just that, a thought?
The parents of my breeders came from Ohio via Germany and the original wild
grandparents were shipped from Manaus to Germany so their country of origin
is definitely Brazil.

[Jools]

shipped from Manaus to Germany so their country of origin
is definitely Brazil.

Manuas is the tropical fish export hub of South America. It doesn't mean they naturally occur in Brazil but its likely. That said, not much use unless there is more data and I don't think it will be forthcoming.

Jools

[naturalart]

Hello Jackster, can you tell me what the size of the adults are? I am in the market for some dwarf ancistrus. I hear that A. claro is one way to go? Any suggestions?

[naturalart]

And congradulations!!

[Jackster]

I have

Ancistrus claro

and the largest breeding male is 3" (7.6 cm).
The Ancistrus sp. "Snowflake" male is slightly larger and wider 3.75" (9.5cm)
so I guess I would consider both of these "dwarf" Ancistrus species.

[apistomaster]

Congratulations and those are a n attractive species.
I would like to see as many species of the smallest Ancistrus take a larger role in replacing common A. cf. cirrhosus which can grow a little too large for many tanks.
These and Ancistrus claro are more attractive than commons.
I am hoping to acquire a couple dozen A. claro next spring to further the cause.
I want to remove and replace all commons I keep for general algae eating duty with "Dwarf" Ancistrus spp.

[Jools]

so I guess I would consider both of these "dwarf" Ancistrus species.

I think that's a good description and agree these are excellent choices for breeding pojects / wider distribution in the hobby. On size, similar in ratio at least to

Corydoras pygmaeus

to

Corydoras aeneus

. I think

L088

and

L107

also fall into this category.

Jools

[Jackster]

So the Ancistrus sp. "Snowflake" is now

Ancistrus sp(5)

?

[Jools]

So the Ancistrus sp. "Snowflake" is now

Ancistrus sp(5)

?

Yes, they're the same thing - it doesn't have any other designation I can use, so we end up with a number. A bit dumb, but that's all we have with this species.

Jools

[Jackster]

It's not dumb. We have to start somewhere so sp. 5 sounds fine to me.

Here is the adult breeding male.

[Jackster]

Yesterday I saw this and today there is another batch of eggs!