Hello! Great news! Congrats! Did you leave the eggs with the male?

I cross my fingers for you and hope that you have better luck than i had!

Hi! I dont really know. Something where strange with the eggs. I dont think the female is very old but this is her first spawn (I think) and for the first time in 4 years. The male will do this better next time I hope! I added another female and hope that she will be interested soon! Im a bit bitter...

There where something strange with these eggs. To this date Ive lost 90 % of the eggs! They are getting smaller and smaller and more and more yellow instead of orange. There where embryos in some of them but I couldn't see embryos in most of them. Ive raised fry artificially many times and never wit...

http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f326/lutkeni/73F048D4-1940-4EE4-9F37-6355A46A1E51-132-00000003BB2484F4.jpg http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f326/lutkeni/8C20B15F-00C4-4E4F-875C-309DDA2AF199-132-00000003B601D68E.jpg Those images is from my mobile so they are not the best! Ive taken better photos ...

After many years i got a spawn of my Leporacanthicus triactis! The female is around 20 cm and the male à bit bigger! I took the eggs and hope this Will work out! Next time i Will let the male Do the job! I think high temp trigged them to spawn! 190 uS/cm pH 6,8 Temperature 32 degrees! Medium current...

Well, it could be good but I think it depends on the tanks size and interior! If you have a large tank it could be good, so the male find a good female that he likes! How large is the tank? As in the L600/L114 article I've also have experience that they pair up and the bully the second female. I don...

They could probably get to spawn but if they are more equal in size the better i think!
But you need a large tank with a lot of hiding places for the female!

He could easy kill her if shes not able to get away and a stessed female will not get full with eggs!

Regards
Cristoffer

L25a?

Yes, looking at headshape and fins I would say that it's à pair!

I would love to get a pair like that! Stunning fishes!

Regards
Cristoffer

Thanks Yann, then I hope to be the first to bring breeding information about this species then!

It would be better if we tried to respekt IBAMAS work and leve the protected species in their habitat! Perhaps they will be legal in the future, but as long as they are not... we should respekt their laws to protect these fishes!
Just my opinion!

Hello.

I don't have pics at the pair but the water parameters is 180 uS/cm, pH 7,1and à temperature of 29 degrees!

Cristoffer

Hi!

Has anyone bred the LDA 31 yet?
My pair is caving on and off for a couple of weeks! I hope to be able to get a spawn soon.

Cristoffer

Hello! Taking the other male out is av very little insection in the tank sens hes in the a cave, in another part of the tank. And just adding a rock there and another female wouldn't interupt them to much. The female that spawned is quite thin now sens she spawned two times in 2 months so they need ...

The tank is 120*60 cm and I keep two females and two males. I Will chage the group to 1 male and 3 females.

I Will add another photo of the net set up!
It's a good idea I got some months ago.

Hi! Thanks all! I will try to share some pics! Male in guarding eggs in the cave before I take them. And of course... my special homemade caves! http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f326/lutkeni/P7300291.jpg The eggs is netted with air ( I use this with all species) The aquarium is not fancy at all. I'...

Hello! I finaly succesfully bred the L200 Hemiancistrus. I got around 35 eggs and lost around 5 i thinkt. So the total spawn was around 40- 45 eggs. Female is around 16 cm and the male is around 18 cm. The tank is not fancy at all. Some stones and not a very strong cirkulation at all, but heavy filt...

I told you so! Great news! The spawning can take a days!

I agree! Large females tend to look a bit more like males but compared with a large male the differences is clear! Especially looking at the odontodes at the snout!

Cristoffer

Very interesting Jim! Just tell me if i could contribute!

Cristoffer

Then its not that impossible to think that this would happend with all L species!? Is there anything combinding all these species? Water quality?

Cristoffer

Very interesting. I would perhaps prefer to refer them to the rivers they are from. Leporacanthicus cf galaxias orinoco e

And to add a jy

If the female produces eggs they would be fertile! I don't think thats the problem.

Om no expert in panaques but looking at the images I would say that the one in the front is female and the one in the back is male!? Looking at their heads!

Cristoffer

Very interesting! I actually never heard about this!
But I'm quite sure that you're L007 is female!

Very interesting! I've never seen this! Looks like the Parancistrus colorchage! But I never heard about this in Lepos...
I have no idéa whats causing this... I docen't look like stress....

I agree with Ole

Congrats!!!! I love this pleco! It is kind of mystical to me!
I hope to breed Therese L255 in the future....

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... http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f326/lutkeni/P2170200.jpg Male http://i50.photobucket.com/albums/f326/lutkeni/P8080554.jpg Female (i think) ...

I think there is sand in the nature where they live, but fine gravel works fine by me! It depends a bit on the cirkulationssystem in the aquarium!