Hypancistrus hybrid

[AleGer]

The fry 23 days:




The fry 24 days:






The fry 25 days:

[Suckermouth]

Looks like his color pattern isn't changing quite as quickly anymore. Interesting. Either I'm not noticing how the color is changing or the change slows down around this point.

[AleGer]

I thinks his colour is more yellowish than my fry of Hypancistrus sp. L287 or L411 had in such age. So I really suspect L340 is mixed. I think his pattern will be more clear in a month. But I noticed it grows fast now it is up to 2 cm TL.

[Yann]

Hi Alex!!

I agree with it, I see lots of ressemblance with L340 at that age, still some differences, big enough to say that indeed it is an hybrid
Cheers
Yann

[AleGer]

The fry 26 days:






The fry 27 days:






The fry 28 days:




The fry 29 days:

[AleGer]

The fry 30 days:








The fry 31 days:

[jamos]

Wow this is a very strange looking pleco.

It has the orange/gold spots and the black and white stripes...

[ginagv]

He may be a hybrid, but I must say he's a cute lil fella. I hope you keep him even though he's hybrid.

Gina

[AleGer]

He may be a hybrid, but I must say he's a cute lil fella. I hope you keep him even though he's hybrid.

I will keep him:) I'm not going to sell any hybrids. And I'm not going to kill any fish.

The fry 32 days:




The fry 33 days:






The fry 34 days:

[AleGer]

The fry 35 days:




The fry 36 days:

[Lygen]

keep posting pictures plz, this guy is getting very interesting

[AleGer]

The fry 37 days:






The fry 38 days:




The fry 39 days:


The fry 40 days:






The fry 41 days:

[AleGer]

Umm, I made a big pause in posting the photos. Unfortunately the hybrid fry had some troubles with health while my new year celebration:(, but now he looks OK. And because of that I made 7 days pause in taking daily photos.

The fry 42 days:




The fry 43 days:




The fry 44 days:




The fry 45 days:

Now it is already seen that there is a problem with caudal fin.



The fry 46 days:




The fry 47 days:


The fry 48 days:

Now looks really badly.
I suspected that the problem was some sort of aeromonos. (the fry was alone in the rearing tank, so the version that it could be beaten is wrong )
It was quite strange because this disease happens due to bad water conditions. And I change water in this tank every day with 30% of total volume and clean my filters quite often. And to make the water better I made additional water changes and filter cleaning. But it didn't helped.
I suspected that the problem was in the algae that covered more than 50% of surface of the rearing tank. I always thought that algae is good. I took the fry away from the rearing tank and cleaned the rearing tank with the top water and sponge from algae. When the tank was absolutely clean I put it back, filled it with the water of the main tank and put the fry back. On the next day I noticed that the disease stopped progressing. And the fry started to eat well, before he had problems with eating. In few days I noticed that the fins were getting better and better.

The fry 56 days:




The fry 57 days:


The fry 58 days:


Now it seems he feels and eats good.
I added some Hypancistrus sp. L174 subadult to the same rearing tank.
The group photo (The hybrid fry 58 days):

[AleGer]

The fry 59 days:

[AleGer]

The fry 60 days:

[AleGer]

The fry 61 days:




The fry 62 days:

[AleGer]

The fry 63 days:

[AleGer]

The fry 64 days:




Hybrid fry together with Hypancistrus sp. L174 subadult.

[AleGer]

The fry 65 days:




Hybrid fry together with Hypancistrus sp. L174 subadult:

[AleGer]

The fry 66 days:






Hybrid fry together with Hypancistrus sp. L174 subadult:

[AleGer]

The fry 67 days:

[AleGer]

The fry 68 days:

[AleGer]

The fry 69 days:

[AleGer]

The fry 70 days:

[AleGer]

I measured the fry yesterday (day 73) and it is 30 mm TL.

The fry 71 days:

[AleGer]

The fry 72 days:

[AleGer]

The fry 73 days:

[AleGer]

The fry 74 days:


The fry 75 days:




Hybrid with L174 subadult:


The fry 76 days:




Hybrid with L174 subadult:

[AleGer]

It was quite long ago since I did the last post here.
Now the hybrid more then 5 cm long.

The hybrid fry 241 days:




Also some other hybrids appeared in this tank. Now I split all the species. Finally no more hybrids!

Hybrid L136XL411:


Hybrid L136XL340:

[jac]

I see you have more hybrids...
Are you breeding hybrids deliberately???

My personal opinion is that I find that extremely disappointing. I ruins everything about Hypancistrus...