Need info on L183
Posted: 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...
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Posted: 23 Feb 2006, 05:18
Here is some info: http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/lo ... /221_F.PHP
Posted: 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
Larry Vires
Posted: 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?
Are they hard to find? What the market prices going on these?
Posted: 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
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