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Jac where did you get your caves?

sturiosoma wrote:Jac where did you get your caves?

Hi,

You've got pm
Sorry for the late reply.....

All the kids have left home
I saw an other female already sniffing round the cave of the same male

What a great experience it has been

so cool, pictures when you can? please?

Hi
Not over yet one of the best bits is to come and see them grow and grow good to see well done !
Hope you have many more to come (now you know how to do it and will be able to tell others).

Jerry

Update:

As I said, all the baby's have left home. I gave it my best shot to get them on picture but it's not easy
They are everywhere and they are fast! And only seem to come out when dusk sets in witch makes it difficult to get a sharp picture with my camera
But managed to get some pictures, just have to look closer to see them because they have the same color as the stones







Greets Jacqueline

The L66 will very likely continue to spawn producing a brood about every 30 days.
I highly recommend feeding them Earth Worm and Spirulina Sticks. The fry will thrive on these 2 foods. I use these stick foods almost exclusively to feed my Hypancistrus, Peckoltia and Sturisoma fry. I would feed frozen blood worms to the adults, then later on to the largest fry, at lights out every night.
Sources for the sticks in the USA are:
http://www.kensfish.com
http://www.aquaticeco.com

Is there any update? The fry should have come out by now

they are out! you can see them in the pictures above. so cute and wee and blend into the slate!

apistomaster wrote:The L66 will very likely continue to spawn producing a brood about every 30 days.
I highly recommend feeding them Earth Worm and Spirulina Sticks. The fry will thrive on these 2 foods. I use these stick foods almost exclusively to feed my Hypancistrus, Peckoltia and Sturisoma fry. I would feed frozen blood worms to the adults, then later on to the largest fry, at lights out every night.
Sources for the sticks in the USA are:
http://www.kensfish.com
http://www.aquaticeco.com

Thanks for the info Larry
I hope they do spawn again. Then I know the first time wasn't a one off They are doing very well.
I'm now feeding the fry artemia dust. It's very fine food witch I put in a seringe mix with water and then gently inject between the stones. I've got Shrimp pellets here but no Spirulina or Earth worms sticks. I shall look at the links you've send and try to find some here or order.

andywoolloo wrote:they are out! you can see them in the pictures above. so cute and wee and blend into the slate!

It's amazing how they blend in

More pictures and two short movies during feeding time. Just gives you an idea how many there are
I can't count them, they're everywhere and keep shooting off An estimate do, I counted 13 ones...but there were more...... How great is that I'm a very proud mom!!

Now 22 days old and doing very well.





And the two short movies:

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Yeah!! I figured out how to show the movie directly on to PC

Hi there,

Today another big day for me. I saw my male in a cave with a female again
This is the first time I have seen this, two pleco's in a cave. Only a tiny tip of the tailfin was showing of the female infront. Today would be my maintenance day, always on fryday afternoon I change the water 50-75%. But I decided to leave them in peace and do the maint. tomorrow.
A few days ago I wanted to ask you all if a male has a preference to his 'own" cave but clearly he doesn't care, he's selected a different cave this time on the otherside of the tank. Or would this be the choise of the female?
I'm very exited if he will have new eggs to father It is the same male so I'll trust him blindly this time

The youngsters are doing fine and growing well. I counted at least 20 last week

I'll keep you updated!
Greets Jacqueline

Hi
Fingers crossed best of luck with next possible spawn

Jerry

I just saw these videos! cool!! and congratus they are at it again maybe!

I just saw these videos! cool!! and congratus they are at it again maybe!

Update of the baby's now 6,5 weeks old





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definately on my list of fish to own.

how big is your tank in litres? i've been trying to breed a few pleco's and i'm just wondering whats the appropriate tank size

DJ-don wrote:how big is your tank in litres? i've been trying to breed a few pleco's and i'm just wondering whats the appropriate tank size

If you go by the basic rule of 4L x 2L x 2L minumum, where L is the size of the fish, then you'll have a good starting point. Much bigger tanks than that isn't really that beneficial, but obviously, it's better with a big than a small tank.

Most small-mid size plecos are fine in a tank that is about 80-160 liter (20-40 US gal).

--
Mats

My breeding tanks are 160 liters each. 1 meter by 40cm by 40cm.

Update of the baby L66
I was totaly amazed how they had grown so I took some more pictures and a short film while feeding.





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Hi
Thanks for sharing nice to see how they have changed over the weeks and looking good and healthy.

Jerry

so cute! growing up!

what is that you have holding the rocks and slate up with? those little peg like things? what food are you feeding the babies?

andywoolloo wrote:so cute! growing up!

what is that you have holding the rocks and slate up with? those little peg like things? what food are you feeding the babies?

They are not little pegs That are feeding tablets witch I jammed between the rocks so they don't push them on to the ground (then the adults will eat them).
The wood thats in the tank is a extreemly hard tropical kind. I don't know if the baby's are already eating from it tho, they don't get much meaty foods yet only tablets (green tablets, brine shrimp powder and shrimp pellets). I think they are slowly starting to nibble at some meaty foods now.

Update of the baby L66:

Today was a big day for them. I decided to catch them and put them in there own tank. That will make feeding a lot easier for me This also would be the first time to find out exactly how many I had. Turns out to be 20 baby's Now about 2cm TL and 11,5 weeks old. Is this a good growth rate?

Here are some pictures





The color is a bit flat but that was due to the stress of catching them... They are black and white

Yeahhh
After months of seeing females going in and out of the males cave without any succes of eggs I finaly see dad is watching and fanning over his new batch of eggs

I'm extatic!!!!! I was begining to wonder if I was doing something wrong Patience my dear, patience

I'm glad to hear they spawned again for you.

Photo update:
The baby's are about 3-4cm tl. Most times they hide under a piece of wood, or like to hang out in a cave. Quite funny seeing all little tails wagging in the entrance

Here they are:

these things loooooook adorable!!!
nice work