Good to see this post again. As I said some years ago - L 173b - is a low quality form of L 173. The problem is, that some breeders have used the variation of L 173 (wich is not that high) to sell their L 173 looking fish as well as L 173b. That means a lot of L 236, L 400 and L 333 and even Hybrids...

Hi, very nice captive breed Hypancistrus sp . L 173 for sale. Ready for pick up in Frankfurt or Hanover/Germany. Fishes are 40-75mm and exactely on this picture. So be quick and take the chance. See more pictures at http://hypancistrus.chromapark.de/ http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy154/chromapa...

http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy154/chromapark/Hypancistrus_madeira_02_zps5d7f1eb2.jpg Hi, news concerning Hypancistrus are rare. So I am glad to introduce this new species to you. The catching location is very uncertain, Rio Madeira is not a typical habitat for Hypancistrus. These fishes (act...

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Thank you for the graet pictures and sharing your trip with us. I have some questions about Hypancistrus sp. L 270. Could you please describe the habitat. How large are they and where do they live?

best regards

Hi,
difficult to say. Could be a nice Hypancistrus sp. L 66 too. Body color of L 400 is a cold white. Let them grow, they are nice fish anyway. L 399/L 400 are very hard to seperate.

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Uhhh!
Great pictures of a great place. Like the picture with the Hypancistrus zebra.

Hi, sorry I am not an expert in this pokemon things. But of course you could be lucky. Keep this fish in conditions and try to breed it.

And please provide some better pictures.

Hi, this fish is very interesting of course. These kind of fish are sold as Hypancistrus sp. "platinum". They are very rare. i am very interested in this kind of pattern. http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=13&t=33935&start=20#p228746 If this is L 129 this pattern is...

hi, @ mjh712 great Hypancistrus! Pattern reminds at H. sp. "Platinum" a very rare variant. Please provide more info and pictures of the fish. I don't know, but I think that this kind of pattern is kind of a morph that occurs among any species of Hypancistrus. In my experience all of the fr...

Hi, sorry, I get a little bit confused about H. sp. "mimic". Could you please provide more info to separate them from L 174 or L 400. This picture http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/image.php?species=hypancistrus_sp(2)&image_id=5877 was sorted as L 345 for years, why this fish should...

Hi,
sorry to say, but I see also some L 411 (fish 1, 3, 4, 6). It should be a rule: Never mix different sources of Hypancistrus. Perhaps you could devide them. If they are from the same Parents they are hybrids.

By the way. Sexing L 260 is so difficult
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Hi, this is not L 129. Even the pattern is not typical for L 129. In my opinion the picture shows a L 333. Remember that L 333 was called "new Queen Arabesque". The bodyshape and the large eye could be the result of slow growing and not so perfect keeping conditions. Feed him well, and we ...

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OK, any scientific papers for this? Or just another opinion? Sorry, but I think that dividing the xingu complex into some species and calling the rest a "swamp" is not a suitable solution for this phenomenon.

No, No, this is not correct. In fact; every time you see a Hypancistrus with a slight different pattern and/or other feature you and your exporter/importer are creating species which don't exist, like 173b or 287. The moment you saw it doesn't worked anymore you started to brought in sounding names...

Hi, the fish on the right is L 173, typical and very nice, could be the female, but L 173 is very difficult to sex. The fish in the front (left) is different and very hard to identify. Bodyshape looks like L 400, a dark one, could also be L 287-type or another Hypancistrus without an l-number. The o...

Uuuh!
Looks like someone crossed L 400 with L 173. Sorry to say.

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Hi, great looking Hypancistrus. Body shape is like L 66, L 287 and other Hypancistrus without L-numbers. I have bread a pair of similar fish. I call them Hypancistrus sp. "Last Emperor". http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy154/chromapark/Hypancistrus_last_emperor_03.jpg The result: http:/...

Hi,

I think that could be H. sp "platinum" from venezuela.

They are close to L 129/340 but they are very rare.

If you couls send them to germany - I have some caves for them

Regards

Oh,
this could get worse. Turn any lights off (light reduces the effect of the cure) and raise the temperature to 30 degrees Celsius (that kills ichtyo) . Than change water as much as possible.
I will keep my fingers crossed.

Regards

Hi,

sorry no L 173 for sure. Looks like Hypancistrus sp. "lower Xingu" or L 450 for me. Nice fish, but I hope that you got them for a fair price.

Regards

Hi,

this is Hypancistrus. Looks like Hypancistrus sp. (L66). to me.

Hi,

for a breeding group, they are just to small. But L 450 is possible.

Hi, nice fish. This happens from time to time if you breed Hypancistrus. I think it happens also in the wild. So perhaps the very rare L-numbers are like these. This "lower xingu" shows also a very strange pattern. http://i787.photobucket.com/albums/yy154/chromapark/Hypancistrus_lower_xing...

Hi, This is quite irritating that people always think species have been "banned"? There have never been any ban either before or after, is it so difficult to understand that all these species have been illegally exported?? Sorry, but the effect was: - before the ban - every fish was on sal...

Hi, thank you. So this means: There will be L 333 before the ban. And L 333 after the ban, wich is L 401 before of the ban. It seems to get really confusing. Do we will get also L 400, L 287, L 173 (before the ban) as L 66 after the ban? And what is the size of the fish. Its nearly impossible to ide...

Hi, @ Janne, You can get new L401 this year, they are allowed for export due a technical mistake Could you please tell us, what this mistake is about. Do you have any Idea, why they will identify the fish. Usually ist very difficult to separate the wormlined Hypancistrus. And the pattern is - as we ...

Hi, keep this small fish well. One out of 100 shows a very different pattern. This one is Hypancistrus sp. "Lower Xingu" 40mm and with a totally strange pattern. This fellow was nearly white in his first month. But the pattern in not the only difference - this fish is growing very slow (pe...

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seem to be small boys. Try to get more of the same source. You only need one female. They are like rabbits.

Regards

Hi, it is not that easy. Few L 450 have a dark yellow body colour. Most of them are grey. Form of the fins and the body shape is a better way to make sure what they are. Try to make pictures from 1, 10, 9, 3 and we will see. Otherwise follow the rule to avoid hybrids: - don't mix different sources -...

Hi, please be careful - among some L 450, I can see some other variants. I think it is better to devide them. 1, 10, 9, 3 are very different to the typical L 450. Sorry to say. In Germany L 450, Hypancistrus sp "Lower Xingu" and Hypancistrus sp "Gurupa" are often mixed together. ...