Hi :). Sorry - I have been busy. News is, I lost a male to some bacterial infection :/. Besides that, they seen to thrive. I keep them in the 720 liters tank (200x60x60), and I am working on getting them in spawning condition - feeding a bit more protein. Water is about 200ms (but increasing) and 6,...

Yes, one of them have a few spots there .

They have settled nicely in the new tank, but not seeking caves yet.
Soon I will begin changing water parameters - maybe it will do something

Here is a few pics. Tank is a 720 liters (200x60x60).
I had not removed algae from the glass the last month, cause I knew the L200s were coming - it was all green when they got in. Today they ate most of it...

I will start fixing peas

I moved the L200s from quarantine today, and took a few pics. The biggest are about 21cm.
Have a look

Thx - I will try some of that besides the green granulate they will be getting every day.
Blanched peas - do you remove the outer shell on each pea?
They are huge - I will try posting more pics later for you to see.

Thanks for answering - also one of my favorites along with the L128. I have bred both some years ago, and now I feel like doing it again.
These L200s are huge btw - I have never seen any this big.

I have fed them som squash and green gran so far - what do you guys feed yours?

Thx

Last pic

Today i got 5 big L200 H. Subviridis - +20 cm tl - hoping for a future breeding group.
They should be 2 males and 3 females - do you agree?

Hehe you need more tanks and more time

Bas Pels - true, there are lots of different variables. Only difference in this case is temperature - both in when eggs were fertilized, hatched and first weeks of growing

Thanks

Yes, they are not always easy

Ok. The batch that all turned male was hatched at 30 degrees C. I have another batch that hatched at 27 degrees C. They are not that big yet, but I will return here and tell how they turned.

Thanks to you all:)

Bas Pels - but what affects gender in loricariids then?


Fundulopanchax76 - fortunately I am aware of that, so I havent picked the biggest for my self:)

Hi

Yes, they all have odontodes on their tails. I also couldnt believe it, but I just had a close look, and all of them have it.

But what can cause that they all became male? Temperature? Ph? Conductivity?

I breed L134 and I kept 12 fry for my self. Now they are about 6 cm long, and they are all male!?!

Does anybody know what affects the gender of loricariidae (L134) fry? How come all 12 is male?

Hi - these L240 are difficult to sex. Anybody has any idea?

They are about 1,5 months old now. All alive and well

Yes, they like the current. Its at 325 liter tank measuring 130x50x50 cm

Dicten - close, but I am in Denmark:)

Jobro - sure. Temperature around 28-30 degrees celsius, 200 ms, ph about 7.
There are one 10.000 liter/hour and one 6.000 liter/hour pumps in the tank, so yes, the water moves around:)

Yes pictures are difficult hehe

They are still hiding, but when I feed them, they start moving around

Still doing well

Sorry for poor picture

MarcW - yes, I think they are growing rather fast!

Thanks Chuck:)

From tonight

MarcW - yes, I starede feeding yesterday. They got an easily dissolved green tab and a spinach leaf that had been boiled briefly . Bekateen - thanks :) I will keep updating. MarinFlorin - The adult group is in a 325 liters tank measuring 130x50x50 cm. They are being fed with green pellets and artemi...

Two short clips. The bottom one is 3 days old. The first one is from last night..

Thanks, I will have a look into it to night:)

When I had a spawn on L128 they were slow growers like yours.. I think these L200s have absorbed their yolk quite fast - faster than my L128s did. I recon the batch was about 30 eggs. 4 wigglers didnt make it and one that was almost developed died. So about 5 deaths so far, which leaves about 25 ali...

They are doing fine so far

Yolk sacks are almost gone. Thanks for your advise!