The fry didn't like the stress of taking pictures and I started to think I had lost it... It wasn't eating and kept going up to the surface, pinching it's fins. Then I had a spawn of Sturisoma and added all the fry I could find to the same fryring as the L255 juvenile. It helped tremendously and the...

Jools say's he's to far away from you while I'm on the other side of the pond
I would love to get all the woodcats of you... But I won't be in the UK until March next year
Hope they will all go to good homes!!

I took the first pictures today

12 Day's old.

The single fry is doing great!

Looking forward to it once again

I only feed my fish Repashy. So that means every day, although I do have one day a week in which I don't feed. Repashy is an excellent food source to feed on a daily basis. You can switch between different formulas if you want to make it more interesting for yourself. Repashy contains high quality i...

Great job, nice picture update too
Thanks for sharing!

Thanks all! The male kicked the eggs out after 24 hours. Sadly I lost all the eggs due to fungus. By a miracle one premature hatched larvae actually survived and is doing very well at the moment :d I'm not risking anything with this fry so no pictures at this moment but I will try something later th...

Yesterday I found the first eggs from my Ancistrus sp. L255 group

Three weeks old.

Two weeks old

8 Days old and almost ready for their first feed. Put some Walnut leaves in their fry ring.
Can't wait for them to get some more colour and pattern. They promise to be spectaculair

The fry are doing great. Here are some pictures from day 5 and 6.

Whilest I was on holiday the group spawned again. The male kicked the eggs out just before hatching day. This time a great outcome They fry are doing great!

Ancistrus ranunculus can be easily distinguished from Ancistrus sp. L255, their spots are very different. I have both species

Here is my Ancistrus sp. L255.

Hi there, congratulations with your new fishy friend! I keep and breed mine in warm water (28-30°/82.4-86F) with neutral parameters (Ph7, Kh3, conductivity around 300µ). Give them lots of hiding places (not only caves) with wood, stones or slate. Regulair waterchanges will keep them nice and healthy...

bekateen wrote: ↑23 Jul 2019, 06:59 You have four with the fine white spots? Dang, jac, that's terrific! Great luck breeding them!

Cheers, Eric

Yes I do Thanks

I have 4 of these at home, 2 males and 2 females. All spotted like yours. Hoping to breed them later this year.

Awesome find! Great fish. I have a pair of Pseudancistrus zawadskii Pseudancistrus sp(l259) . (Identified by Ingo Seidel at Pier Aquatics march 2019) Very interesting fish. You are right on their diet. I feed mine Repashy and they prefer the Soilent Green (and other vegetarian formulas) but will als...

Two days ago I found them trapping again Never saw any signs of breeding behavior prior to trapping. It was a complete surprise!!



The next day I found the eggs at the back of the cave.



Fingers crossed!!

I still need to log in twice to stay logged in. But other then that it seems fine for me

Great work Jools

I use common trumpet snails in my tanks. Also when hatching eggs in fry rings I add a few trumpet snails to keep the surface clean. They do not harm live eggs but will eat dead or fungused eggs.

I'm having some smaller issue's with loggin in. I can't select the option "remember me" because when I use the automatic dropbox the Mac gives me to log in it immediately takes me to the forum. So I have to log in every single time I visit the site. Even opening a second tab on my Mac I ne...

Maybe you could just stick it on the outside of the tank? Or is that what you did?
If so, just use tape.

In theory you can but it is always better to start out with a group so a pair can be formed. Once you have a solid pair that are breeding, you can chose to set them up on their own.

Congratulations! And thanks for sharing, great pictures

Jools wrote: ↑01 Apr 2019, 15:17 Very cool, do they all have that white flash on the caudal when young?

Jools

Hi Jools
Thank you! Yes, all the juveniles have it.

Update video on the juveniles

Foodwise it's absolutely wrong. Ancistrus should be fed on a herbivore diet. They will eat the carnivores foods which you feed to your Hypancistrus. The Ancistrus will end up in trouble some how.