How do they collect hypancistrus in the wild?
How do they collect hypancistrus in the wild?
Just wondering..... does anyone know the methods they use to collect hypancistrus in the wild? In particular I was interested in those hypans from the xingu region.
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Re: How do they collect hypancistrus in the wild?
Do you have Ingo's book?
http://www.planetcatfish.com/books/book ... -Catfishes
It has some information.
-Shane
http://www.planetcatfish.com/books/book ... -Catfishes
It has some information.
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Re: How do they collect hypancistrus in the wild?
Sorry I don't have access to that text. Could you summarize?
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Re: How do they collect hypancistrus in the wild?
In very short: They dive and use plastic bottles to hold the fish, and sticks to pry the fish out of their caves. Depending on the fish, the depth varies a bit. H. zebra are quite deep, 10-15 meters, so they use pumped air to breathe under water. For shallower sections, just snorkel and goggles are used.
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Re: How do they collect hypancistrus in the wild?
Ingo's book is a great book that every pleco person should have in their library, IMO.Shane wrote:Do you have Ingo's book?
http://www.planetcatfish.com/books/book ... -Catfishes
It has some information.
-Shane
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