L75 have eggs!!

stuby · Post by **stuby** » 29 May 2018, 16:09

I just checked the fish room and seen the L75 male acting like he has eggs......sure enough looking around the tank I found a couple eggs that got kicked or maybe they where laid before she got into the cave..... they didn't look to be fertile. Lets hope they rest are in better shape than the ones outside the cave!!

Chuck

YouTube · Post by **bekateen** » 29 May 2018, 16:26

Congrats and good luck. In my experience a second spawn often follows within a few weeks.

Cheers, Eric

stuby · Post by **stuby** » 29 May 2018, 17:03

Thanks Eric!

I did find more eggs that where kicked..... 3 bad and 6 that look good so I put the good ones in a fry saver.

Chuck

b.reder · Post by **b.reder** » 29 May 2018, 18:57

Well done! Keep us informed. -Barry

stuby · Post by **stuby** » 29 May 2018, 19:55

Thanks Barry, will do!

Chuck

gizulon · Post by **gizulon** » 29 May 2018, 20:19

Congrats mate
L075 is one of the nicest pleco.
i wish you better rate at the next spawn

Tomer

stuby · Post by **stuby** » 29 May 2018, 21:22

Thanks Tomer! Not sure how many are left in the cave..... but I know there are still some left in there so we will have to wait and see. I don't expect the first go around will always be great.... I am just happy they finally bred. It has been a long time coming.....

Chuck

TwoTankAmin · Post by **TwoTankAmin** » 30 May 2018, 00:06

Nice work, Chuck.

I think it must be the season, I am seeing fry all over my tanks. Some from plecos that haven't spawned on over a year.

stuby · Post by **stuby** » 30 May 2018, 00:20

Thanks Chris, I have a lot of plecs acting like they want to spawn as well...... I did take the TDS and temp up a bit and now have dropped both. We have also been having a few storms lately so I think that may have helped as well. Hopefully we both get a lot of fry before they are done!

amazonaquatics · Post by **amazonaquatics** » 30 May 2018, 03:37

Congrats and great work! Looking forward to see the progression.

Joe

Fundulopanchax76 · Post by **Fundulopanchax76** » 30 May 2018, 09:55

Congrats ! One of my favorite plecos ! For sorrow my tanks are too small to keep them ! How much time since you have got them ?

stuby · Post by **stuby** » 30 May 2018, 12:15

Thanks Joe and Fundulopanchax,

I have had them for about 9 years now.......

stuby · Post by **stuby** » 31 May 2018, 23:26

Here are some of the eggs... pictures taken today.

YouTube · Post by **bekateen** » 31 May 2018, 23:27

Those eggs look good!

stuby · Post by **stuby** » 31 May 2018, 23:31

About 30 where bad so far..... I think he damaged them when he kicked them. They all look ok at first but some soon start to go light in color, so I have been checking every hour or so putting any he kicked into the fry saver and removing any that are starting to go light in color.

stuby · Post by **stuby** » 31 May 2018, 23:36

Here is the setup...... dad is in the biggest granite cave in the first picture (ID 2.5"w x 2.25"h x 11.5" long)

stuby · Post by **stuby** » 03 Jun 2018, 04:24

They started to hatch today.... thought I would share a couple pictures of them.

Chuck

YouTube · Post by **bekateen** » 03 Jun 2018, 07:56

Keep them well. I've lost a lot of pleco babies right at that age.

stuby · Post by **stuby** » 03 Jun 2018, 15:56

bekateen wrote: ↑03 Jun 2018, 07:56 Keep them well. I've lost a lot of pleco babies right at that age.

Will do..... one thing I have learned over the 14 years of breeding plecs is you can't prepare for everything that can happen. Granted, most of the problems I have had with eggs/wigglers/fry was my fault.... I hope I have learned from my mistakes and try to never repeat them.

Chuck

YouTube · Post by **bekateen** » 03 Jun 2018, 17:20

stuby wrote: ↑03 Jun 2018, 15:56Granted, most of the problems I have had with eggs/wigglers/fry was my fault.... I hope I have learned from my mistakes and try to never repeat them.

Yup me too. Usually a clogged filter. I've made significant changes to avoid that now, but still no guarantees.

Cheers, Eric

stuby · Post by **stuby** » 04 Jun 2018, 03:20

Just wanted to share a picture I took of them today......

Chuck

Jobro · Post by **Jobro** » 04 Jun 2018, 08:00

This is just so cool. I don't even know, if these guys have been tank bred before by hobbyists?
Congrats! Best of luck with these fry. Let's hope the parents will keep going

flatfish · Post by **flatfish** » 04 Jun 2018, 11:08

Congratulations. A great result and I look forward to seeing pics of the developing fry

stuby · Post by **stuby** » 04 Jun 2018, 15:32

Thank you,

@Jobro They have been bred one other time as far as I have found. Here is the link https://www.planetcatfish.com/shaneswor ... cle_id=358

stuby · Post by **stuby** » 05 Jun 2018, 00:12

I think they are coming along nicely.... picture of them today. Hope you enjoy and don't mind the daily pictures of them.

Chuck

Jobro · Post by **Jobro** » 05 Jun 2018, 18:57

Keep it up. We love to see them.

stuby · Post by **stuby** » 06 Jun 2018, 00:41

I had a few of them escape during the night so today I moved them to a different tank...... used the water from parent tank to fill it and all are doing fine. Looks like they are just starting to get a little color to them if you look closely.

Chuck

stuby · Post by **stuby** » 07 Jun 2018, 00:07

Egg sack looks to be about half gone......

stuby · Post by **stuby** » 07 Jun 2018, 18:47

Took some pictures early today.... dad and one of the fry on the glass. Will take some more later tonight.

stuby · Post by **stuby** » 08 Jun 2018, 00:49

5 days after hatch and looking good.....

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