No worries! It is way beyond me for sure....

Thanks in advance!

Hello all!
Well, good news, I just had my first spawn of L-102, Hypancistrus inspector (the real ones) and added a breeding report.
Bad news, my total points have not added up correctly (!)
(and of course, i enjoy the pseudo-competition of trying to breed as many as possible)
Andy

Thanks Jools......looks like my point total, however, is my old point total.....at one point recently, i think i had just over 1600 (see above). Odd!
Andy

Looks like the algorithm has reverted back to the prior one?

Jools,
No worries....I am sure you can have it all sorted out soon!
Any word on whether there will be another International L-Number Days in Hanover again?
(I know, wrong forum!)
Andy

Eric, thanks for checking!
Probably just a 'bug' in the programming.
Andy

These look great!

...and, just for fun, I added up all the points on my 27 species, and got 1618 total. So perhaps this issue has been going on for a while? No idea, but fyi. Andy

it was the same, 1184

Added a new species spawn (L-397 yay!), but my point total hasnt changed. Maybe the calculator is out of whack??

Thanks Daniel, Jools and all,
I now have a second spawn, and the pair is caving again.
The hard part of raising fry is on going!
Wish me luck,
Andy

Thanks Jools!
I will work on a draft for sure.....and keep trying to take some good photos.
Andy

Thank you!

I was floored to come home from an out of town trip to find my P. serratus on eggs, and tonight took about half of the hatchlings from the father, leaving about half in with him. WooHoo!!!

Ah, the talks! ...I did indeed miss those, but hope to catch what may be your best ever talk (just let me know when and where you plan to deliver it!)
Andy

I was sorry to miss it!
Drove last time (6 hours each way)....but would have flown this time, but instead had to fly to Burlington Vermont, which was remarkably easy.
How were the fish?
What did i miss?
Andy in St Louis

They seem a bit on the young side to be able to tell with any certainty....

My breeders have been about 6 inches for a while....i think this is about max size....maybe my biggest male is 7.

However, i think your fish is L-007, based on the black band on the trailing edge of the dorsal and caudal fins that 240 has and yours doesn't. Still gets to be the same size as i ...

Update: A few days have gone by, and they are somehow doing much better. They eyes are no longer sunken at all, and they aren't breathing hard. Even better, they are eating shrimp and chewing on some wood. So they are going to make it. I am truly surprised.....(and relieved).
Andy

Hello all,
I just received a few typhoon plecos, LDA 105, and I have never received fish in such bad shape. Their eyes are very sunken, and they are breathing super fast, and they just sit there, barely clinging on to life.

The seller is suggesting that they must not do well with shipping ...

I mix a few together. A little morning wood, some meat pie and some of the veggie stuff (cant remember the name)....a little bottom scratcher too. I also use Xtreme Cat Scrapers and Hikari sinking carnivore pellets. The big ones take longer to come around to food.

I went back and dug up some pics of the spawning tank, and zoomed in on the spawning cave so that you can get a sense of what they liked.

I might go with a 6" wide opening that is 4" high. Also, 16" seems a little bit long. Are they really that huge??

WOW....nice!!

Mine never spent any time on the wood. They always scavenaged along the bottom, and would often get underneath other larger plecos, such as L-95, when they were out feeding....kind of using them for cover. So i would guess slate caves would be preferred. I believe my caves were wide enough for about ...

Well, i got a few spawns and sold some babies....but its been quiet since. How about yours?

I think that first photo is a male. The more solid yellow one on their website, which i think was the third fish listed, is a female (IMHO).

Well, it is hard to recommend a size, without knowing the exact size of the big future parents. They were home made caves, nothing special really, but big enough to just get two inside. They liked the caves on the ground, not higher in the in tank, and they liked something over the top, like a ...

My chubbies always chose rectangular slate caves to spawn in, even though rounded caves were also in the tank.
Andy

Hi,
The females get a lot of bristles too.....so that is not a reliable way to sex them.
Instead, it is usually pretty obvious to sex them when viewed from above. The males have a wider head, the females heads are narrower and almost rounded. (looks like you got these from predatory fins, or you ARE ...