KnaveTO wrote:The authors were all given credit in the articles with their name, and website of origin.

No they weren't....

Please remove the DIY moonlight thread.

Its up and safe over on plecoplanet.com

Thanks.

Wow - and not in a 2ft tank either

Keep up with the updates

Thanks Haakon ;)

I've seen the pattern of one of our original alpha males change due to fighting. he ended up with an O on his side where 2 stripes joined ;)

sorry guys - just to clarify. the parents are un related wild caughts - about 7 years old now.

I guess its like an albino - it can occur naturally, just not very often.

Hypancistrus sp(l173) is a different species than Hypancistrus zebra I have attempted to remove the L173 common name, but I fear it's not that easy to do - as there's a bug in Jools' scripts - I'll post a separate entry in the bugs section. -- Mats bugger :D Andrew - as long as you havent got 34 of...

thanks for the "helpfull" replies folks... I realise that the L173s are "probably" a different fish and have their own page - HOWEVER Jools still has it listed against the L046 / L098 /L173 species page. :?: I appreciate they are the same fish eg Hypancistrus Zebra... thats made ...

Hi all, I'm sure people will have seen this little beauty by now... BUT. I'm posting here in the hope of seeing other pics of Zebs with pattern variance and to find out if "he" qualifies as one of the other L number variants... "he's" about 3 months old and about 20mm SL. http://...

Not doubting you... does the head shape look the same?

Top fin shape will vary I guess but all in the tank had the same shape top fin... (6 or so fish)

Ok folks... Its not very often that I cant work out an ID myself but this little beauty has me stumped... I saw them some time ago in a local store, took a picture and thought - When I have room - I'll get a few... Well I'm now trying to work out what the heck they are to try and get hold of some......

Just as an update
Mine never developed bands... just white tips.

thirded on the L129... Looks just like ours

not sure on the other - but its nice

from the flat black with white spots... Flyer Pleco jumps in to tmy mind...

L235 ;)

do you mean pitbull? they really do only get to a couple of inches (we have 6)

might you mean bulldog?

smithrc Big Pseudacanthicus are very aggressiv and 100g is maybe enough for a pair but is too small for 2 maels . MatsP It was a digital fotokamera without manual focusing :wink: thanks... the 2 i'm looking at are about 8" each... I'm not sure but I think they may be a pair... I'll take a clos...

enlighten on that behaviour (Funky's clip). It seems to me, that young Bristlenose wouldn't be ready to stake out territory, or mates. Could it be similar behaviour to young Cats, that 'play fight', in order to build skills they'd use later in life? Kanna We are currently breeding starlight bristle...

Google image search brings up some good piccys of them ;)

http://images.google.co.uk/images?hl=en ... a=N&tab=wi

wow

I hope you dont think that your species is L183 because it's not, the fry of L183 shows clearly white seams directly after the yolksac are consumed. I still agree with Yann that you have one of that species he propose. Janne Fair enough - I think I'm trying to convince myself :D I was sure they loo...

I've been looking at the fry and they are starting to develop white bands

the oldest are about 8 weeks now... here are a couple of piccys...

Thats looking like ours to me...

What can i expect from the fry?
At what sort of size will the bands be showing?

Janne wrote:no, but I dont trust the aqualog and I have a lots of L183 by my self

Janne

not just me that often doubts it then ...

Have you got any pictures? I been told when that the bands fade as the mature... Wasnt sure about the extent of the fadeing eg just to the white tips that these have....

have you seen the new Aqualog pictures?

Hi folks... I had a look at the latest offering from Aqualog today and these look like the new pictures that they have added for L183's :) happy I've got L183 - but dissapointed that they dont have teh promanante bands on their fins... Her are a couple more of the male - the females have been hiding...

I'd been down the L100 and L180 route but never found any good ID descriptions...

I'll see what i can find on the others ;)

Hi all - just seen the L182 entry has been updated... meaning my ID of these as L182's has been blown out of the water... They are about 5" and They are breeding so they have got to be pretty mature. Anyone got any ideas. (as they are breeding I want to be able to tell people what they are when...

looking at the bristles on the first I'll say its male - I've never had forked appear on a female - no matter how bristly she is.

they look like 2 different fish the first had fewer larger spots that the second.

count me in then ;)

ZOINK... Dragin this one up from the dead... did you ever get the piccys? I'm only asking as i've just managed to pick up a few myself, and I'm a nightmare for taking piccys :) http://www.smithrc.f2s.com/gallery/plecs/images/thumbs/ranger2.jpg http://www.smithrc.f2s.com/gallery/plecs/images/thumbs/r...

it dosnt look like ours either (they look like the one on the right)...

That is one Fat Fish!

not sure its a 129 though... all of ours have a white underbelly