A new batch: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLUh3cFzMj6Rno1bgri081BwG70-JjrtFBdrnt48T1jO9tSiCPcqqJLbPtJpuPZBzjrW8uU5QuJLx6rXP8ehg4uQd9Wvm14ae_iqyHXW6Lp5O40YQ9Mcv9OlaSN5fyEeoJyG1ro6Gh6RczYnq-PRy-6v=w1549-h870-no?authuser=1 https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/pw/AM-JKLUdTIKQhWsKnA7vyju-QCOiF8v...

Hi Daniel, Thanks. Yes, I was looking for L280 for a long time and I was lucky that I'd got some. I like this species, and it even looks better then I expected. https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/_PajITHC0NN8UUDwGdgDHlbeF2iFaagYdAYukV5fwNx1pKmrtvNEe-AVWTwKdKZzjk8FftTBzDAt-df2ePACxzbKDe9V21oYynsbLErNV...

I have a group of Micracanthicus vandragti (L280). Up to nine adult fish. Have no idea on gender. At first I put them all together in one tank and had some spawnings. Then I split them to two tans. Both groups spawn succesfully. T: 28-30 C TDS: 50-100 Tanks size: first 60X80X25h, second 120X80X30h. ...

My congratulations!
Is there any updates?

Thanks.

It was quite long ago. I already don't have this Panaqolus.

But I have similar reports and photos. Have you seen L127, Hypancistrus hybrid and etc. reports?

Thanks, wijnands There's a Russian who has bred them and published some videos on youtube. Yes, I know her. I even have got a group from her:) L352 is rumored to surface very occasionally in Germany. I also heard about some groups owned by differant peaople in Germany, but unfortunatly no fry in sal...

I wonder is there any A.327, S.L344, A.L352, Ancistrus sp. "Portell" or Ancistrus sp. "SaoFlex" species in the hobby?
Is there any real keeper or breed of any of these specis?

Some new photos of my hybrids Hypancistrus sp. L411XL136: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-_xGKqC40YpU/Ua-Wo5Uxn0I/AAAAAAAAGU4/yMc-FaprvU4/w800-h600-no/Hypancistrus_hybrid_1.jpg https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-Lbkmaeey4uU/Ua-Wo9GZ7FI/AAAAAAAAGU8/-zSyprKwKYQ/w800-h600-no/Hypancistrus_hybrid_2.jp...

Congratulations!!! I will se if i could get a short of one of them. You would easy mistake them for L201, but compared, side by side, there is a much more distinct differences. I will try to catch a L280 and a L201 and take a photo. It would be great:) I suppose they could me distinct by dentition. ...

Now my hybrids become much bigger.

Here is one of mine L411XL136


And L411XL340 already could be sexed. And it is male.

Thanks for info:)

Great job!
Thanks for sharing. I also have a group of L30, but no success yet.
Could you please write the size of the spawning cave?

Heribertogj, thanks a lot for sharing! The photos are amazing! Hypancistrus zebra were collected in six different locations (near at Altamira, near at Belo Monte and the middle of this course, called "Volta Grande") Found in rock crevices in moderate flowing streams. I wonder is there anyt...

The specimens involved will depend what would have been present in th tank.

There were in the tank:
- females only L340
- males L340, L411, L287

In the cave with the eggs were L411.

What is his size??

Currently it is 57 mm TL

The hybrid becomes bigger and bigger: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-tLEw8HjkXOc/UDMjcq4erjI/AAAAAAAAF8Q/r2e3olGexv4/s800/Hypancistrus_hybrid_subadult_1.jpg Judging the pattern I suspect that the father could be L287, not L411. In the cave with eggs were L411 for sure. Also my L411 have pattern ...

As for me you have a mix of L260 and L411.

Thanks for the pictures, interesting stuff. Thanks! I'm glad you enjoy them. The hybrid now looks strangely similar to the Xingu type fish... Totally agree with you. If I didn't know that it is 100% hybrid I would say that it is something of the Lower Xingu type (I'm talking about the main fish of ...

Are you breeding hybrids deliberately???

Of-course not.

As I wrote before many times it was not on purpose:) And I finally split all the species.

I currently have 11 hybrid fish. I just want to grow them up to take photos.

It was quite long ago since I did the last post here. Now the hybrid more then 5 cm long. The hybrid fry 241 days: https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-9mN0PmTBsEM/T_3K7PG9zAI/AAAAAAAAF48/ZCA2BP2aj-Y/s800/Hypancistrus_hybrid_L411XL340_fry_241day_2.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-hxxFeiEiK0U/T_3...

Jools, you are right you were looking on the description of the genus and I was looking the description of the P.tirgis on the p.184. It has a mark "H" that means Herbivore. I agreed with you before that this species not highly specialied herbivore:) As far I understand Ingo specified P.ti...

In contrast to the website, Ingo's book actually says they are omnivorous.

Just to be sure, in the Ingo Siedel's book "back to nature" is written that they are herbivore, not omnivore.
But I agree that they shouldn't be fed only vegitables.

Congratulations Jac! Well, that depends on your keeping. The colder the water for instance, the longer it takes for the eggs to mature for hatching. If your water would be around 28-29 degrees, that could mean that your incubation time is longer by one or 2 days. The temperature here is a constant 3...

Strange, but according to Ingo Siedel http://www.backtonature.nu/pleco/fisk.php?NR=363
L257 is Herbivore.

I think all (or almost all) of my hypancistrus (L174, L201, L340 ...) eggs hatches approximately at 5-6th day, not earlier.

As for me, it is female.

The fry 20 days out from cave: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-H2quErfkwWg/TyWcHPKLYRI/AAAAAAAAFwM/NSiKTcTI4kw/s800/Hypancistrus_zebra_fry_day20_5.jpg https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-WNU6lT4mFiE/TyWcHjTR8YI/AAAAAAAAFwU/NAQrBUvOyEw/s800/Hypancistrus_zebra_fry_day20_1.jpg https://lh6.googleuserc...

The fry 13 day: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-pFHn9H8gdkc/TyWb2VpuYKI/AAAAAAAAFu4/J2TTig6S5eI/s800/Hypancistrus_L340_fry_13day_6.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-jKp2UQbjNMc/TyWb2chPCRI/AAAAAAAAFvA/4r-0_8cJNaQ/s800/Hypancistrus_L340_fry_13day_1.jpg https://lh6.googleusercontent.com/-W20-P...

The fry 74 days: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-v1GX83g1EUI/TyWbpYBBzcI/AAAAAAAAFuA/wq4px-95HoU/s800/Hypancistrus_hybrid_L411XL340_fry_74day_1.jpg The fry 75 days: https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-F9c7DpJQUL0/TyWcPKS7ZzI/AAAAAAAAFxM/wWkDerrbuUw/s800/Hypancistrus_hybrid_L411XL340_fry_75day_3.jp...

The fry 19 days out from cave: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-IIvrzFiUK4Q/TyO7ZI8cRJI/AAAAAAAAFs4/6l0xBqhad3o/s800/Hypancistrus_zebra_fry_day19_6.jpg https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-4eUBurQSaOs/TyO7aKWk-iI/AAAAAAAAFtM/Gghj7_XHKzM/s800/Hypancistrus_zebra_fry_day19_4.jpg https://lh3.googleuserc...

The fry 12 day: