I think they are about 5a6cm in lenght.

I got them from a local fish store. They lablled them as L260, but after I got them home, they looked not sthey same as the L260 group that I already have. So now I would like to know which L species this could be. Edit: I know that this lfs is getting there fish from Ruinemans b.v. I just had a loo...

Hi all,

Yesterday I thought I bought two L260 Hypancistrus sp., but after looking at the pictures it looks to me that it is a different Hypancistrus species.
Hope you can id them with some of the pictures I made.

Update: https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5600/15446886946_8c9954cb04_c.jpg 100x60x60cm L260 Tank by Gertbl , on Flickr https://farm3.staticflickr.com/2948/15283090649_f429d87fec_c.jpg Hemiloricaria sp. by Gertbl , on Flickr https://farm6.staticflickr.com/5600/15446888296_3a7353e1d2_c.jpg Hemiloricaria...

Thanks guys!

I will have a look at some more stones that I have from my Hillstream tank.

Hi all, Just want to show you all my new recently started tank, with 6 young L260 Hypancistrus sp. Next to the 6 L260 I also placed: 5 Hypoptopoma inexspectatum juveniles 4 Hemiloricaria sp. 1 Otocinclus vittatus (left over) Technic: 1x JBL e900 external filter 1x 600L/h flow pump 1x 150L/h flow pum...

Here are some pictures of the Hypoptopoma juveniles. I keep them in a 80cm tank together with four Hemiloricaria sp. that I bought few days ago. https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3846/14609717829_6980ae3730_c.jpg Hypoptopoma juvenile by Gertbl , on Flickr https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3866/14609746808...

I mainly fed them with Artemia and they seen to prefer oak and beech leaves a lot.
So this could be the trick to raise more juveniles the next time.
I also want to try some other leaves.

Update about breeding Hypoptopoma's. After putting 30+ larvae of the Hypoptopoma into a floating tank, I managed to raise at least 16 juveniles that have grown a lot. https://farm4.staticflickr.com/3810/14273935381_9fd42e3549_c.jpg Hypoptopoma juveniles by Gertbl , on Flickr https://farm6.staticflic...

Hi everybody, As some might know, I have some Hypoptopoma sp. in my main tank. Last sunday I got two more Hypoptopoma from someone else, and that means that I have three different species at this moment. So my question is, are these the correct names for the species? Hypoptopoma inexspectatum? (3 sp...

Thanks.

Now need to try the be able to raise some more juveniles.


Hypoptopoma juveniles by Gertbl, on Flickr


Hypoptopoma juvenile by Gertbl, on Flickr

Update about the Hypoptopoma juveniles. Managed to raise 2 juveniles from the nest. Still not easy to find the right food source for the juveniles. But I already have separated another bunch of larvae. http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5526/11176164204_4c60812acf.jpg http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3739/1...

Replaced the juveniles because my Pterophyllum leopoldi has sucked some of the juveniles through the small slots of the breeders tank. http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3716/10941521576_2294210f8b_o.jpg Hypoptopoma juveniles by Gertbl , on Flickr Yesterday I spotted another leave full of Hypoptopoma egg...

Unfortunately this attempt is also ended in nothing. After I placed them in a Aqua Cube, they slowly started to disappear. But luckily shortley after that, the couple Hypoptopoma, laid eggs again. So now I keep them in a breeders box inside the 2m tank. In this small box a placed some small pieces o...

Thanks Jools.

Today 7 October, I replaced the eggs and larvae into a small plastic tank. It stands on my TL Luminaire of the 80cm tank. So it should be warm enough for the larvae and the eggs. Now I have to find a way of feeding them the right food. It's difficult to get them eating. http://farm4.staticflickr.com...

Today the Hypoptopoma inexspectatum spawned again.

Hypoptopoma eggs by Gertbl, on Flickr


Hypoptopoma eggs by Gertbl, on Flickr

I'm not sure, but I believe that this species doesn't grow a lot of bristles.

Thanks for the compliment. I don't use a macro lens for the pictures. Some photo's are taken with my iPhone and some are taken with my Nikon D3200 with a standard kitlens 18-55mm. Took a better picture of the Ancistrus hoplogenys: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5326/9785341303_2a68fc79d3_c.jpg Ancist...

Update: Fish in the tank are now: 11 Corydoras paleatus 7 Otocinclus vittatus 4 Ancistrus hoplogenys 2 Ancistrus sp. Rio Paraguay 2 Chaetostoma milesi 2 Hypoptopoma inexspectatum juveniles 1 Ancistrus cf. cirrhosus Picture of one of the 4 young Ancistrus hoplogenys: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/533...

Update: Even wat nieuwe foto's: http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3754/9468073022_7fb137df3c_o.jpg Overview 1m South American Hillstream biotope by Gertbl , on Flickr Prachtige alggroei op het stuk hout in de Hillstream bak: http://farm6.staticflickr.com/5458/9493665879_e52295e5b6_o.jpg Algae grow on my...

Still doing well.


Hypoptopoma inexspectatum juvenile by Gertbl, on Flickr


Hypoptopoma inexspectatum juvenile by Gertbl, on Flickr

Hypoptopoma jong by Gertbl, on Flickr

Hypoptopoma juveniles after 10 days
They are feeding on: Liquifry, Spirulina algae, Artemia quick.

Sadly I lost all of the Hypoptopoma fry. It's difficult to get them to eat. But I get a second change now, just watched the Hypoptopoma sp. couple laying eggs. It's the same way as Sturisoma are laying their eggs. The first attempt was in a breeders net, but the secon attempt will ve with a guppy br...

Thanks. I hope to raise some of the fry.

The other pictures are currently not functioning, because I of a limit of sharing pictures monthly. In July should all the pictures word again.

Today I discovered that it isn't eggs what I saw, but Hypoptopoma larvae.
I decided to put the leave with the larvae in a breeders net in the tank.


My Aviary-Edited Photo by Gertbl, on Flickr

Today I cautht one of the Hypoptopoma on a Echinodorus bleheri leave, just on top of a bunch of eggs. Here's a pictures made by my phone.

Hi everybody, A few months ago I bought two Ancistrus sp. in a lfs. Today I found that I have juvineles from them. But to be sure which species it is, I would have your oppinion about it. Are these Anistrus cf. Cirrhosus? http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t473/Gertbl/IMG_3978_zpsa5ae2efc.jpg http:...

http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t473/Gertbl/IMG_4012_zps132dc89e.jpg http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t473/Gertbl/IMG_3971_zps95f548a0.jpg http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t473/Gertbl/IMG_3972_zpsc498f01c.jpg http://i1061.photobucket.com/albums/t473/Gertbl/IMG_3975_zpsf1c660d8.jpg http://...