l need some Zen also, l breed peppermints and L201's like nothing but these guys look so close but its just not happening, if was the L201 l would be certain to see eggs in the cave the same day or day after a female took up this position...l am missing something, but what is it, maybe they have spa...

The cave gets quite tight further down, there are three caves and the one they have selected is the largest, there is a male in one of the smallest caves also, but she and the other female want this cave, this male

l am getting a little, hmmmm :-X with my L260 currently Standard 4 ft tank, 2 males 3 females, over head tickle filtration, 2400 ltr per hour temp is 27 and the Ph is 7, it is the top tank 1.6 meters of the ground with little traffic past it, they are fed twice a day, flake and frozen blood worm, si...

If a colour can vary then a spot location may vary also?

glad l am not the only one with questions about these fish

Okay, please help me out here, l will accept your word(s) that these are L128, what makes them different L128 - L200. If l go to Cat-elog all images of L200 are green, L128 Blue, where am l going wrong then? L200 Green phantom L128 Blue Phantom In the end, a wonderful achievement never the less, bri...

Thanks Jim, now explain that for me please?
Where will l find the L201 Hyp. Controden in the cat-eLog then, has it been given a new number

l notice in the Cat-eLog that the L201 has lost the name Contraden and is now sp., why has that happened?

In the Breeding it states unreported, may l suggest that be changed to "Cave Breeder that does best as a group "

Thank you.

"In captivity they will grow VERY slowly"

l love these comments, slow compared to what? is someone capturing the same fish in the wild each year to check it is growing faster?

We have a tank with our Hyp. in 8 x 2 x 2, 9 zebs, 10 Contradens and young, there is gravel on the bottom of the tank and is a live with black worm is some sections, where they wave in the current eating any uneaten food, no sign of choking Hypan. young anywhere

Wait a moment, black worms dont only come in one size , they do breed so there would have to be smaller ones in there some where?
l would also imagine these or very similar to black worm are found in thier river system.

At 1 year old a bit young for sexing, or thats what l think, and considering there has been 27 veiws and no replies so may most others also.
But to get the balling rolling for you.
l am going to say a very young male.

l would go back and turn the temp down on the tank to about 26, l have found 28 just abit on the high side. Remember These guys tend to be a bit "Tuby" especially the females. l agree with the others the lack of salts can have big effect on the fish, we use tap water, l would go as far as ...

Hope they are water proof

i cant speak for the L270, but the L201 would be fine, they are easy going and will start breeding at about 6cm...l would sell you some of mine young cheap if you pick them up in person

Firstly thank you Jon Armbruster for replying to my e-mail and thank you everyone for making it clear. l will now go to the other forums where l have posted my L201 Hyp. Inspectors forsale and change it to "Fry forsale L201 Hyp. Contradens" :D Common names can be somthing l would like to a...

you have still not answered my question, Google it if you need to and you will be confused also?
According to the book "Aqualog"
L102 Snow pleco size 15cm.
L201 Hyp.Inspector size 9cm max. wich is what we have and breed, there is no way known that this fish could could get to 15cm

So all of these other people are wrong including planet catfish? http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/species.php?species_id=677 http://filaman.ifm-geomar.de/Summary/SpeciesSummary.php?id=58937 http://www.tropicalresources.net/phpBB2/fish_profiles_L201.php This one discribes the fish we have and it ...

We have been buying and selling L201 as Hyp. Inspector here in Australia? l am confused now as l did some research before buying but now???? If you go to http://www.plecofanatics.com/gallery/showphoto.php/photo/1415/si/inspector/what/allfields you will see a photo and discription of what we and othe...

l would you suggest you go and visit a few local LF Shops and see what is available in your area and what will suit your budget also

WE Here in Australia have seen our tap water chemistry change over the last 9 months due to a baaaad drought, for other reasons local to your water supply you also may find changes in your tape water, test it some time and then compare it at the change of seasons even, you will be suprised the diffe...

Forget the "dechlorinator" the 50% tap water age it for 24 hours during that time put an air stone in it From what l have read it seems that you have not removed them from the breeders tank just isolated them in the fry savers, good idea all though this can slow the growth down once they h...

My L201 adults are eating flake and pellets, wont touch blood worm at all.
The fry eat the same and go nuts over newly hatched shrimp

Well a 3.5-4cm $18 - $20 Adults $120- $150 and the Juv. are somewhere in between

l am confused, how can the two fish L201 and L202 be confused, did l miss somthing here? one is Hypan whilst the other is Peckoltia sp.
They dont even look similar on the cat-elog?

This is book worth let alone a fish mag. l would not have believed it if you told me, but there is the photo's to prove it, between your efforts and fish's will to live the results are truly amazing........Well done to both of you

"l am not a Bloke" hehe, sorry freckles, its hard to know who is who and what is what here .
You said you handled the fish, a mature male would feel very rough especially moving your hand (gentle) tail to head and the female not as rough at all

Then can you help the poor bloke
After a lot of fiddling the first one can now be seen, it looks very female to me, sorry l cant get the second to work just yet

l would like to help but the pictures wont load for me, antone else have the same problem?

yannfulliquet said...... "I still find the fine quite ridiculous...come on ...onn the black market these are worth far more than 3000R$!! To whom are they worth that much to? the smuggler might be lucky to get 10% of that price, there are a lot of sticky hands a long the way before they get to ...

l did my first water change on that tank last night since l first saw they had spawned. The fry are now just under 2cm (love it when they hang on the glass in front of you), there had been a plump female hanging outside the males cave for days now and l noticed last night she was gone, Bugger! never...