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I bought adult Hypancistrus sp. L201 more then an year and a half ago. And finally they have spawned!
Male with fry:


Female:


Today I've got out of the cave 12 small H.sp.L201 babies.

Congratulations mate

Nice ,I have 4 L201's I am currently growing out, hopefully I have the same sucess as you

nice i have 9 , jear old so i hop i have luck like you ....

Good job! Looking forward to watching them grow up.

Good job!

Thanks evryone:)

I'll try to post the photo of the fry everyday. Yesterday I didn't post the photo but I took it.

So posting a new photo of the fry that was taken yesterday (Fry 1 days out of cave):



The bigger one is Hypancistrus sp. L174 fry and the smaller is Hypancistrus sp L201 fry.

Here are today's photos (Fry 2 days out of cave):

New photows (the photos were taken yesterday, Fry 3 days out of cave):







The yolk has almost disappeared.

Fry 4 days out of cave:

Nice

Fry 5 days out of cave:


















The yolk has disappeared. And I started to feed them.

What are you feeding them. Photos are great! Keep em coming.

I feed them "Tetra Wafer Mix" and "Sera CatFish Chips", and I'm going to give them some frozen Cyclop(Cyclopidae).

I didn't take any photos yesterday. I'm going to take today some.

is it me or some are a bit mopfkopf??
Still nice!
Cheerd
Yann

is it me or some are a bit mopfkopf?

I hope not. I think it is due to the angle of the photo.

Fry 7 days out of cave:

Fry 9 days out of cave:

Fry 17 days out cave:

Fry 21 days out cave:

Fry 30 days out cave:

My Hypancistrus sp. L201 is in the cave with fry, today I'm going to get the fry out.
Male in cave with fry 2 days:


Male in cave with fry 3 days:


This time the other male spawned.


Bonus photo Hypancistrus contradens sub-adult:


On of the problem is that the cave is under big heavy stone, and it will be difficult to get out the cave from under the stone and not to destroy stone construction.

AleGer wrote:I feed them "Tetra Wafer Mix" and "Sera CatFish Chips", and I'm going to give them some frozen Cyclop(Cyclopidae).

I didn't take any photos yesterday. I'm going to take today some.

Good job! Tetra Wafer Mix is OK for 1 week fry?

Thanks

Tetra Wafer Mix is OK for 1 week fry?

It seems yes.

I managed to get out the fry yesterday. And the most dificult was to get the fry out of cave, not to get the cave outunder the stones. And it seems that a couple of fry is left in the cave.

Hypancistrus sp. L201 fry 1 day out of cave:

Cute babies!

You are absolutely right. It is very hard to extract fry from tight cave
It seems at this age there is no big difference between fry of 201 and 333

Don't you trust your males to provide good brood care? I ask because they rarely eject a batch of eggs and if I feel I just have to have them I rescue the ejected vulnerable eggs and will artificially get them to the size they normally are when they are released.
My pleco breeding tanks are all species set up so there are no other fish which may eat the new fry. The adults normally ignore the small fry.
I hate to use artificial means unless their is no other choice. The fry which develop with the male's brood care normally grow a little faster than those I have had to raise artificially.

Your photos are excellent.

What size are your breeders? Got a full tank shot?

apistomaster, I trust my males to provide good brood. And in future I'd like to leave all the breeding process to them. But usually first spawning I prefer to take the fry out off cave. And on more I try to grow the fry in grow out tank, because it easy to feed them such way.

My pleco breeding tanks are all species set up so there are no other fish which may eat the new fry.

In my tanks only Loricarids present, but there are some different species. For example in this tank are present Ansictrini sp. L127, Hypancistrus sp. L201, Hypancistrus sp. L199, Hypancistrus contadens and some L136 and L066 sub-adults which I'm going to move to the other tank.

Your photos are excellent.

Thanks (BTW one of the reason I move the fry from cave is to take photos)

What size are your breeders? Got a full tank shot?

This male is the biggest and it is appropriately 11 cm TL. The females smaller not bigger 8-9 cm TL.

Hypancistrus sp. L201 fry 2 day out of cave: