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I just checked the fish room and seen the L75 male acting like he has eggs......sure enough looking around the tank I found a couple eggs that got kicked or maybe they where laid before she got into the cave..... they didn't look to be fertile. Lets hope they rest are in better shape than the ones outside the cave!!

Chuck

Congrats and good luck. In my experience a second spawn often follows within a few weeks.

Cheers, Eric

Thanks Eric!

I did find more eggs that where kicked..... 3 bad and 6 that look good so I put the good ones in a fry saver.

Chuck

Well done! Keep us informed. -Barry

Thanks Barry, will do!

Chuck

Congrats mate
L075 is one of the nicest pleco.
i wish you better rate at the next spawn

Tomer

Thanks Tomer! Not sure how many are left in the cave..... but I know there are still some left in there so we will have to wait and see. I don't expect the first go around will always be great.... I am just happy they finally bred. It has been a long time coming.....

Chuck

Nice work, Chuck.

I think it must be the season, I am seeing fry all over my tanks. Some from plecos that haven't spawned on over a year.

Thanks Chris, I have a lot of plecs acting like they want to spawn as well...... I did take the TDS and temp up a bit and now have dropped both. We have also been having a few storms lately so I think that may have helped as well. Hopefully we both get a lot of fry before they are done!

Congrats and great work! Looking forward to see the progression.

Joe

Congrats ! One of my favorite plecos ! For sorrow my tanks are too small to keep them ! How much time since you have got them ?

Thanks Joe and Fundulopanchax,

I have had them for about 9 years now.......

Here are some of the eggs... pictures taken today.

Those eggs look good!

About 30 where bad so far..... I think he damaged them when he kicked them. They all look ok at first but some soon start to go light in color, so I have been checking every hour or so putting any he kicked into the fry saver and removing any that are starting to go light in color.

Here is the setup...... dad is in the biggest granite cave in the first picture (ID 2.5"w x 2.25"h x 11.5" long)

They started to hatch today.... thought I would share a couple pictures of them.

Chuck

Keep them well. I've lost a lot of pleco babies right at that age.

bekateen wrote: 03 Jun 2018, 07:56 Keep them well. I've lost a lot of pleco babies right at that age.

Will do..... one thing I have learned over the 14 years of breeding plecs is you can't prepare for everything that can happen. Granted, most of the problems I have had with eggs/wigglers/fry was my fault.... I hope I have learned from my mistakes and try to never repeat them.

Chuck

stuby wrote: 03 Jun 2018, 15:56Granted, most of the problems I have had with eggs/wigglers/fry was my fault.... I hope I have learned from my mistakes and try to never repeat them.

Yup me too. Usually a clogged filter. I've made significant changes to avoid that now, but still no guarantees.

Cheers, Eric

Just wanted to share a picture I took of them today......

Chuck

This is just so cool. I don't even know, if these guys have been tank bred before by hobbyists?
Congrats! Best of luck with these fry. Let's hope the parents will keep going

Congratulations. A great result and I look forward to seeing pics of the developing fry

Thank you,

@Jobro They have been bred one other time as far as I have found. Here is the link https://www.planetcatfish.com/shaneswor ... cle_id=358

I think they are coming along nicely.... picture of them today. Hope you enjoy and don't mind the daily pictures of them.

Chuck

Keep it up. We love to see them.

I had a few of them escape during the night so today I moved them to a different tank...... used the water from parent tank to fill it and all are doing fine. Looks like they are just starting to get a little color to them if you look closely.

Chuck

Egg sack looks to be about half gone......

Took some pictures early today.... dad and one of the fry on the glass. Will take some more later tonight.

5 days after hatch and looking good.....