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I finaly bred the L200, Hemiancistrus a few days ago.

It seems that th eggs are unfertilized.
I actually never experienced this before. Could the male be sterile? Could this be the result of a "first time fail"?


Other info:
They layed around 40 eggs and the male where quite intense and rough against the female.

pH 6,4
conductivity 160 uS/cm
Temperature aroun 28 degrees
Two caves some flat stones and some boogwood, nothing extra ordinary and around 1200 l/h circulation... not very strong circulation but very strog oxygenation.
Inhabits: 2 males and 2 females and one pair of L262.

Cristoffer

Pictures?

Congratulations!
How big is the tank?

Id love to see pics of the tank and parents. Congrats. Im super jealus of you.

Sorry to hear that the eggs will not develop. Hopefully they will figure it out the next time.
Jim

Hi


I will try to uploand a youtube video, cause I was filming the spawning!
But the eggs wouldn't develop so I hope that they will do a better job newt time.
The aquarium is 100*52*40 cm (not big at all, but enough for hiding places and for the male to have a territory.

I will try to share the film and some photos of the parents.

I hope for better news next time!

Cristoffer

Cristoffer, was it just the pair in the tank, or do you have a group of them together? The reason I ask is that I have a pair of L128 (out of a group of 7 in varying sizes) as well as a pair of L91 (out of a group of 6 of various sizes) that look ready to go. I was thinking of putting just these 2 pairs in a 122x41Wx50H (about 280L) by themselves. If you had just 1 pair in the tank w/o other fish of the same sp. I should be able to give it a go w these 2 pairs.

Thanks for sharing your experiences; they're an inspiration to others who are trying to reproduce these awesome fish!

Congrats,
Awesome effort

Hello!

I probably have 2 pairs in the tank! I think so! I find it hard to tell the sex!
I also have a pair L262, I sturisoma sp and a female L340 in there...



Male


Female (i think)


Egg clutch


I lost the last eggs 4 days after chatching and I couldn't see anything in the eggs. I hope they will do better next time!

Sorry for the blurry images!

Crisoffer