Hypancistrus L46, 15 years later...

[ElTofi]

Hi everyone,

just a few pictures of my "Xingu tank" of the living room... so focused for months on my leaks problems on the big inner pond that I never took time to give news of this "smaller" tank.

12 Moenkhausia heikoi
5 Baryancistrus xanthellus L81
16 Hypancistrus zebra F2
around 10 fry from at least 4 "wild" spawning...
and another one on going

[bekateen]

Beautiful.

Thanks, Eric

[bigshawn]

Nice thanks for sharing..

[ElTofi]

I let them do the job alone from January 2019... this time, I stole the larvae from the father's care at day 4 after hatching... let's see if I can remember how to "raise" a batch of them...

[bigshawn]

Nice

[ElTofi]

quick shot from this morning...

one of the latest fry (hatched on January 5th 2020) decided to take the big bath and escaped from the suspended box where the 6 others still thrive and grow.

I though it was dead, eaten/washed by the melanoid, but no... I found it this morning, grasping the cave of one of its elders.

in comparison, you have a 2 years old male on the cave, behind it.

[bigshawn]

Nice

[Flgirl804]

ha! great comparison!

[ElTofi]