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Hi again, I'v seen some adult L052 for sale and wondering how to breed them, for those who have seen my previous posts I'v been focusing on Hysp. sp, so are these any harder/easyier to breed, I know these are slightly more veggie than hyspancistrus but what about breeding triggers and tank environment, eg do they require as much flow as hysp. sp.

If not I can always get some largish L340, any info on breeding these.

Should be pretty much the same as or . Same methods: Good feeding, cool water change, cave of the right size and a male and female.

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Mats

Hi I have a question, the catElog says L052 comes from the Orinoco basin what kind of habitat is this, eg furnishings, flow, ariation. I can see it been that similar to the xingu in terms of water flow/ariation

Describing what a several hundred miles long river "is like" is nto very easy. That's like describing what the countryside is like in Britan- it's quite different between the mountains in Wales or the Lake District and the Fens in the east, and of course plenty of other variations.

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Mats

profile info indicates the water parameters as soft, acid black water. Their flattened morphology indicates a design well suited for strong currents. MapsP is correct about cautioning against characterizing the water condition of a large river system but most fish are collected from smaller tributary streams and those tend to be soft, acid water for the Orinoco sources with very few exceptions.
The frequency of reported aquarium spawns is pretty good for this species which indicates a typical small pleco breeding set up is applicable to these fish. I doubt they are anymore or less different than the difficulties encountered with other frequently bred Hypancistrus or Peckoltia spp. IME, soft water seems to be more important than low pH for the small plecos. I think you would be successful in pH of up to 7.2 as long as the water is fairly soft. In terms of TDS, I would recommend about 50 ppm.