Need info on L183

jschulst · Post by **jschulst** » 23 Feb 2006, 04:44

Can anyone tell me how fast these L183 grow, how big do they get and when they reach adult stage...

funkyj1313 · Post by **funkyj1313** » 23 Feb 2006, 05:18

Here is some info: http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/lo ... /221_F.PHP

pleco_breeder · Post by **pleco_breeder** » 23 Feb 2006, 07:19

L183 are notoriously slow growers for Ancistrus. The good news is that they can be spawned at 3 inches. The bad news is that it will take better than a year to reach that size from most of the small specimens that I've seen offered for sale. I bought my last 2 at 1 1/4 inches and took almost 18 months to get the first eggs.

Larry Vires

jschulst · Post by **jschulst** » 23 Feb 2006, 20:03

how often are you getting new batches of fry?

Are they hard to find? What the market prices going on these?

pleco_breeder · Post by **pleco_breeder** » 24 Feb 2006, 08:44

I don't have them anymore. I either sold or lost all of my fish when I moved a year and a half ago. This is a problem that I'm currently rectifying

At the time, they were spawning about 30 eggs every 3 weeks. All of the eggs were fungusing because the pH was too high.

Most of the retail prices I've seen on them lately is in the $20-30 range for 3" TL fish.

Larry Vires