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Hello

Iâ??ve some questions about Ancistrus dolichopterus:
They really get only 10 centimetres?
Are they easy to breed? Are they like to hide or they sit in the full current all the day?
Their white stripes on caudal and dorsal fins disappear when they are adult?
Are they good for inexperienced aquarist (like me)?


Thanks for answers
Piotr (PL)

I wouldn't recommend them for a beginner. They require soft water. I have some of these fish and they like to hide all day if possible. HTH

http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... ies_id=221

This is the first pleco species to breed for me. I use a bare-bones RO unit for water and have a 45 gal tall tank that is bare-bottom with some drifwood and a couple caves. Beautiful fish. Fry seem sensitive with water changes, still working on retaining more fry.

Thank you.

So, I will have Hypancistrus

Piotr

Hypancistrus are probably better beginner fish than the black-water species of Ancistrus, at least for breeding excercises.

However, if you want to practice breeding a common Ancistrus would be the ideal choice. They are much easier to breed than any of the other types of plecos, and they are very tolerant to "errors" from the owner.

They also breed more frequently, so if you fail to get the fry to survive the first time round, you don't have to wait a year or six months for them to spawn again... [At least, that's my experience].

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Mats

Thank you, MatsP.

But I will choose one of Hypancistrus because I like them more than Ancistrus...

Greetings,
Piotr