Breeding L240s - Tips ??

[vanillarum]

Hey gang. I was wondering if anyone has any advice on breeding L240s. I have a group of 5 females and 2 males. They have been together for a little while. Any suggestions ? They are all (but 1 of the females) close to 9" in length, and are set up in an 80 gal tank that is 48" x 18". Thanx for any help and/or suggestions.

[vanillarum]

Wow, no one has anything to share on this ? Maybe I'll be the first then. Thank you.

[joemc]

nice fish, have a look here there is some info there which should be of help
http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... ies_id=911

[Cristoffer Forssander]

Make som largre water changes (50%) for few days and then raise the temperature to 28-29 degrees!
The conductivity should be less than 250 uS/cm

Cristoffer

[vanillarum]

Thank you very much.

[sturiosoma]

I have a breeders log at pleco planet, search breeders log for L240 and look for L240 jeannev49 in the search results,and good luck with your breeding attempts.

[vanillarum]

Thank you again. I have referenced that log previously.

[pleco rob]

i have a group of six. 2 males and 4 females. i feed them whole silversides and shrimp two times a week, and hikari wafers the rest of the time. i never turn on the lights and do 50% water changes twice a week. i keep them in an eight foot long tank by themself. they usually breed twice a month getting around 45 fry every time. also ph is 7 and temp 80F

[vanillarum]

pleco rob, thanx. What type of shrimp do you use ? And FROZ silversides (thawed, of course) ? My temps are a bit higher, so I will lower them and see what happens. And Hikari wafers ? Algae wafers ? Thanx again.

[yayfish24]

I actually just had a small setback on breeding mine. The male killed the female. Im looking for a few more females now actually.

[vanillarum]

Well tried some silversides, whole and cut up. 0 interest first try. I'll wait a coupla days and try again.

[pleco rob]

yeah , algea wafers. and any kinda frozen krill. i also get small head on shrimp from the asian market.