Zebra pleco breeding success

Thomas W · Post by **Thomas W** » 27 Mar 2003, 22:12

It was a large tank you breeded them in.

ClayT101 · Post by **ClayT101** » 28 Mar 2003, 03:24

Those pics are great

You definately need to post those on the L number catalog. In addition, I am attempting to build a zebra pleco home page, do you mind if I use the pics? (I'll give credit where credits due) You can tell I love zebras, just look at my avitar.

T · Post by T » 29 Mar 2003, 00:21

Gotta love those tiny baby humbugs..........soooooooo how many babies you got now markybhoy?........they must be getting awfully cramped.........

Graeme · Post by **Graeme** » 29 Mar 2003, 01:44

Those are Amazing Pictures You must be very Proud!! How many Babies?

stiffe · Post by **stiffe** » 29 Mar 2003, 10:05

IÂ´ve got some pictures of my babyzebra I like you to se,but I dont know how to put them here.Can someone please help me..
Stefan

YouTube · Post by **Jools** » 29 Mar 2003, 10:10

stiffe wrote:IÂ´ve got some pictures of my babyzebra I like you to se,but I dont know how to put them here.Can someone please help me..
Stefan

Read these instructions in the "What is my catfish" forum.

Jools

markyboy22 · Post by **markyboy22** » 29 Mar 2003, 18:53

I've now got 18 babies from four different spawnings, 2 from the first, 1 from the second, 7 from the third and 8 from the last. The last two spawnings I have removed the eggs from the father as I suspected him of eating the babies onece they had hatches.
So hopefully I'll have some more on the way in a couple of weeks.

Cheers Marc

Yann · Post by **Yann** » 29 Mar 2003, 21:14

Hi!
Congrat Marc!
Someone here in Switzerland has told me that they are slow to grow, and to encourage growth you have to make a maximum of water change, really often...and try to raise them in really small number per tank!
Cheers
Yann

Stu · Post by **Stu** » 30 Mar 2003, 23:11

Great pictures Marc.

Iâ??ve got a few questions for you.

How do you remove the eggs from the male? Mine wonâ??t move from the cave once the eggs are laid, even if the cave is lifted out the water.

How often are they laying eggs? Do you think removing the eggs from the male increase this frequency? I left my male to look after the babies; he seemed to do a good job as I now have 5 zebras growing on nicely. My zebras have spawned twice (that I know of) once in Nov last year and once last week.

What do you feed the babies when they first hatch? I didnâ??t notice mine until they were swimming around the tank, so they must have been eating the same food as their parents.

I'd be happy to answer any questions you may have about my breeding project, but from the sounds of things you seem to have it sussed

Cheers.