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breeding L144 in UK
Posted: 23 Apr 2006, 23:10
by mickthefish
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
Posted: 26 Apr 2006, 11:03
by mickthefish
so i take it from the silence , i must be the first to breed them in the UK?.
cheers
mick wright
Posted: 26 Apr 2006, 11:59
by blueguava
Knut Kjesbu has spawned them, I think the article is in Shane's world, not sure if he is in the UK tho?
Regards
Posted: 26 Apr 2006, 12:01
by MatsP
No, Knut lives in Denmark which is not part of the UK...
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Mats
Posted: 26 Apr 2006, 18:33
by mickthefish
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
Posted: 26 Apr 2006, 20:44
by Janne
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
Posted: 26 Apr 2006, 22:32
by dj_speed_uk
i can vouch for their slow growth rate , very slow compared to other members of the ancistrus family
Posted: 27 Apr 2006, 00:46
by Shane
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
Posted: 27 Apr 2006, 01:02
by mickthefish
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
Posted: 27 Apr 2006, 18:47
by dj_speed_uk
like mine
defo l144
Posted: 27 Apr 2006, 22:28
by mickthefish
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
Posted: 30 Apr 2006, 16:03
by mickthefish
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