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She's (Meg) about 16" now Dave. My male is about 18". Cave is a 12"x 12" x 30" clay chimney pipe. I still owe you for her Dave. I think I may just fill a box with Xingu river Hypancistrus fry and give you a tracking number. I owe Barbie a few fish too...

Megalancistrus parananus

I feed spectrum pellets and blackworms. They have small spawns (10-20 eggs) and the fry are heavily spotted when they hatch.

Singed

As this fish is freshly caught from the wild, it's still bright white and dark black. Time will tell what it is. If it's what I believe it to be, it will fade to dark grey over light grey/almost white. It will keep a white belly, but the tail shape (when it heals) will be different from L-173. Shari...

More whining and further derailing of this thread. This thread is about the identity of a fish. Not what you care to whine about. I'm sure you'll further whine after you read this and completely destroy a thread of intelligent information sharing. Which will prove you are truly a moron.

This is an endless game of pinning the number on the Hypancistrus but just comparing the 1st two photos in the initial post to the photos in the Cat=elog entries, they look much more like L173 than Hypancistrus sp Lower Xingu to me. The 3rd photo is a much more mature fish, maybe it is and maybe it...

Shape of caudal fin is consistent with Hypancistrus sp. "Lower Rio Xingu" as is yellow tint to pectoral fin tips. Size of first ray on pectoral fins is also much larger on H. sp. "Lower Rio Xingu". What do you think of this fish? Do you think it's the same as yours? Hard to see c...

The last fish is Hypancistrus sp. "Lower Rio Xingu" http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fanfins/LowerXinguRivergroupB006.jpg The other fish are L-400 which fool people to be L-173 http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fanfins/L-174LowerXingu013.jpg http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/...

Adult L-333 have no trouble living with tank mates, but if they spawn, the fry survival rate will be lower if there are cory cats in the tank. The cory cats won't eat the Hypancistrus fry, but they will out compete them for food.

Dale

Congrats on the spawn. Do you have pics of the parents?

Dale

I remember a fish with the species "britskii" but I can't remember the genus.

Dale

Nice video. I never get tired of seeing catfish have a go, especially when they are some of my favorites. Best of luck with the fry.

Dale

matti2uude wrote:The parents are awesome looking. How big are they?

The male in the photo is 3" (SL).

Dale

I pulled a pair out of the tank for some pics. male and female http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fanfins/LowerXinguRivergroupB001.jpg female http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fanfins/LowerXinguRivergroupB004.jpg http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fanfins/LowerXinguRivergroupB008.jpg...

Congrats! L-66 fry. Hope this helps. http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fanfins/L-66fry8-29-08018.jpg http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fanfins/L-66fry002.jpg http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fanfins/L-66fry008.jpg http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fanfins/L-664-13-08001.jpg ...

Hypancistrus are by far my favorite fish. So, I filled my fishroom with them.

Dale

I have no idea where they were caught beyond knowing they are from the Rio Xingu system.[/quote]

If you have a good profile pic and dorsal view pic of your fish, I can most likely tell you where it was collected.

Dale

drpleco wrote:the bigger fry in there with the horizontal stripes looks close to an L173 - weird!

They are simular looking to L-173 as fry. The parents only look as good as the fry when I am changing water or grabbing caves. I'll get some pics of the parents in the next couple days.

Dale

Six month old fry growing nicely.

Dale

http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fanfins/Xingufry004.jpg http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fanfins/Xingufry005.jpg http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fanfins/Xingufry007.jpg http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fanfins/Xingufry012.jpg http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fan...

Fry are 2-3cm and about 3 months old or younger. I think they are the brightest yellow fry of all my Hypancistrus. Dale http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fanfins/P9120004.jpg http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fanfins/P9120006.jpg http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fanfins/th_P912000...

Leptobarbus hoeveni

Collected in lower Rio Xingu, came in a box of L-174's, shipped out of Belem in Feb 2008. These were striped and 1" (SL) when I got them and looked like L-173 before they turned to spotted fish. You can still see some striping on a couple of them and you can see how the stripes are turning/brea...

I've kept cherry red shrimp with many different Hypancistrus sps. and mine always eat them. I think bare bottom tanks makes them easy prey. Since cherry red shrimp are so prolific, I consider them a food culture now (I also consider Geophagus altifrons fry a food culture).
-Dale

My male is 11-12" standard length and was imported about 6 years ago when he was only 3-4".

Here's the male. I can't wait to try to spawn these monsters! -Dale http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fanfins/golfgigasproteus014-1.jpg http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fanfins/golfgigasproteus012.jpg http://i222.photobucket.com/albums/dd60/fanfins/golfgigasproteus010.jpg http://i222.ph...

I'll be there.

I'm anxious to see your progress Larry. I'm at my third spawn and I think they've quit for a while for me. It's been 4 weeks since my last spawn and I have a reverse trio. I think if we continue to share info, we can make raising Sturisoma aureum easier for others. Keep us posted on your methods. I'...