PlanetCatfish.com - Breeding report for Hypancistrus sp. (L201) by pointpleco

Basics

Overview

The first spawn was on Saturday 5th of December 2020. The breeding group consisted of 1 male and 1 female. Additionally, there were 9 unknown individuals present. The smallest male was at least 90mm SL and the smallest female was at least 85mm SL. The youngest adult was approximately 25 months old. The individuals were obtained from Private seller.

Feeding

1.	Repashy Grub Pie (dry / prepared) few times a week
2.	Repashy super green mixed with morning wood (dry / prepared) few times a week
3.	Zucchini raw (live) daily
4.	Repashy bottom scratcher (dry / prepared) occasionally

Water Parameters (at time of spawning)

6.60 to 7.20

Conductivity

600µs to 700µs

Temperature

25.0°C to 26.0°C

Current

Medium

Other Water Params

Ammonia - 0 Nitrite - 0 Nitrate - 40 Ph - 7.0 Kh - 9ppm - 17.9ppm

Aquarium

Dimensions

The aquarium dimensions were 1219mm x 381mm x 457mm (48" x 15" x 18") all Length x Width x Height.

Furniture

Driftwood in each of the 3 sections. Each section is divided by plastic sheets with pre-drilled holes for some flow. Left side is for some sub adult L201 i'm growing up, Middle side is for L134 and L201 that are 4-5cm that i'm also growing to add extra blood lines to my colonies. And the right side is my colony of L104's. The right side has small caves also.

Filtration

Aqua one nautilus 1100. Ocean free smart 1000 internal filter. 3x xy-380 sponge filters.

Lighting

120cm Dee tropical LED.

Heating

2x Aqua one standard 100w.

Breeding

Behaviour

I didn't see any, but of coarse there would have been typical trapping of the female.

Eggs

There were 3 golden/yellow eggs laid which were 5.0mm in diameter.