breeding L144 in UK

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » 23 Apr 2006, 23:10

hi all

could you tell me if i'm the first to breed the L144 in the UK, i bred these fish on the 23.12.05,
if anyones bred them here are they as slow growing for them as they are for me, thats in a comparison with the bog standard bristlenose that we all see.
cheers
mick wright

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » 26 Apr 2006, 11:03

so i take it from the silence , i must be the first to breed them in the UK?.
cheers
mick wright

blueguava · Post by **blueguava** » 26 Apr 2006, 11:59

Knut Kjesbu has spawned them, I think the article is in Shane's world, not sure if he is in the UK tho?

Regards

MatsP · Post by **MatsP** » 26 Apr 2006, 12:01

No, Knut lives in Denmark which is not part of the UK...

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Mats

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » 26 Apr 2006, 18:33

hi guys
ive already read knut's article on the 144 and very good it is,
where mine differ is it's taken 2yrs for them to breed and the amount of young in the spawning, knut says he got 30-40 fry per spawn where'as mine had 155 fry on thier first spawn, and there wasn't much difference in the size of the breeders.
cheers
mick wright

Post by **Janne** » 26 Apr 2006, 20:44

Knut are living in Norway

And I think L144 should give around the same amount of fry as the common Ancistrus, how many fry a female produce can depend on several things...feeding, water condition and of course the size of the female.

Janne

dj_speed_uk · Post by **dj_speed_uk** » 26 Apr 2006, 22:32

i can vouch for their slow growth rate , very slow compared to other members of the ancistrus family

Post by **Shane** » 27 Apr 2006, 00:46

Mick,
Did you spawn L 144 or A sp. 3 albino (aka A sp. 4)? I do not mean to sound patronizing but L 144 seems to have mistakenly become a common name for albino A sp. 3. As L 144 is the only amelanistic form in either the Aqualog or DATZ books, aquarists desperate to find their fish's L Number, too often are attaching L 144 to the common albino Ancistrus.
-Shane

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » 27 Apr 2006, 01:02

hi shane
they are the true 144's, nice black eyes will post some pics of them when i figure out how to do it,
i'm still a learner on the pc.
mick

dj_speed_uk · Post by **dj_speed_uk** » 27 Apr 2006, 18:47

like mine

defo l144

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » 27 Apr 2006, 22:28

hi dave
is the pic of when your 144 male was a baby or have you picked some more up?.
i think ive worked out how to get pics on now.
mick

mickthefish · Post by **mickthefish** » 30 Apr 2006, 16:03

hi folks
here's the pics of first one of my pairs.

and the one below are some of the young on a courgette,
hope you like them.

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mick wright