Hypancistrus zebra is no where near extinction anymore. It has been secured by many breeders around the world

Ancistrus ranunculus F1, one month old.

I'm so sorry to read that...

Ancistrus ranunculus, three weeks old. You can see clearly that the juveniles are spotted at this stage. Which is quite interesting! The mouth doesn’t look as large now, but it is misleading because these juveniles already have wide headshapes. Beauties! http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39/jacben/...

flatfish wrote: ↑01 Mar 2019, 08:51 Fantastic images and very cool young.

Thank you

Juvenile at 10 days old. http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39/jacben/Aquarium%20IV/C7D9828A-173B-4A93-A649-28CEA56818DD_zpsgcwqhyp5.jpg And two weeks old. Notice the small spots :icon-wink: http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39/jacben/Aquarium%20IV/8505AE2D-FA1F-478E-B5F9-8C1EAEE5B49A_zpsxxkl98zp.j...

Ancistrus have a long intestine, they are mostly herbivores. Ancistrus ranunculus are more "Aufwuchs feeders". That means they scrape on stones and wood eating not only algae and small plants but also small living organisms. Soilent Green contains 3 kinds of algae, kelp and some herbs but ...

To me this definitely looks like a fungus. There are many kinds. The eye is also affected and completely covered. I'm not quite sure what would be best as these fish are quite sensitive. But if it were my fish I would clean out the tank, do a large water change (50-80%), refill with nice warm water....

Seven days old.

Six days old.

Three days old. http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39/jacben/Aquarium%20IV/AB54146D-B510-49A9-8F05-56C6B49F918A_zpsxuu6niqj.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39/jacben/Aquarium%20IV/9ED68A7D-A8A5-4AF6-9006-6CDE15EFEFF8_zpsq8vedmmc.jpg Four days old. http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39/jacben/...

Yesterday the eggs hatched. The fry were already starting to colour up. http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39/jacben/Aquarium%20IV/56E82EA6-4062-4493-B827-4F27B9931E98_zpsu889gg8l.jpg http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39/jacben/Aquarium%20IV/A8AC1787-A32D-4FA8-A1CA-9F25BC93A76A_zpst16my2oc.jpg Fry ...

The eggs are 96 hours by now. Hatching day is near. The outer shell is getting weak too.

Ancistrus ranunculus eggs, 72 hours old. One egg had hatched premature during the night. After coming home from work I found it had collapsed. So 5 eggs still doing very well👌🏻 I’m amazed at their speedy growth! http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39/jacben/Aquarium%20IV/EAE5A78A-9820-418F-9AB3-38BC8...

Ancistrus ranunculus eggs, 48 hours old.



And we have a heartbeat

bekateen wrote: ↑08 Feb 2019, 05:51 This is amazing!

Keep up the great work! Cheers, Eric

Thanks Eric

A great surprise this week as I found the first eggs of my Ancistrus ranunculus group. At first I found only 3 eggs but the next day I found another 3 which I missed the day before. So far all 6 eggs are developing great :-BD RSMz7DZ_7Ws Eggs about 12 hours old. http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39...

An old post of mine. Breeding these is not easy and I didn't manage to get older fry from my groups. I stopped keeping them 6 months ago, just to have a break from them. I will try again one day ;)
http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/view ... =5&t=40955

Touch pool, drop down box, working fine now

Jobro wrote: ↑28 Oct 2018, 22:11 Jacqueline, did you have success with breeding these, yet?

Yes, since spring they have spawned non stop and I have hundreds of fry

As I said before, well done Jac. You have magic tanks. \:d/ give lot's of oxygen, adding extra air stones would be a good idea with this species More and more I prefer to add extra airstones to tanks. Cheers, Eric I use extra air stones in almost all my single tanks. But not in my breeding system. ...

What a nice update! I recently put a P. nudiventris in my tank. Would you have some advices for me? Could you tell us more about your experience with this species? Wish you luck! Congratulations. They are an awesome species. Not aggressive or territorial in my experience. They are quite shy, in my ...

This needs an update b-) It's been a year of trail and error but finally I cracked the code and I have some fry in my fish house \:d/ Meet the worlds first documented Parancistrus nudiventris fry: The male trapping F8YHBfg18ZA Some of the eggs got kicked out of the cave 3x4wgGrs5co But I managed to ...

The fry are doing very well. No special care needed. Still feeding on Repashy herbivore formulas daily.

Some of the juveniles are turning colors. Not sure why but it is lasting, they have been like this for a month now.



The latest batch

What about the conditions you're keeping them in? Most times when fish don't eat it's because something else is not quite right. They need warm water, high oxygen levels, some current, clean water (lot's of fresh waterchanges) and lot's of hiding places. Make sure they are free of parasites too. My ...

What you are describing is exactly how it went here with my P. albivermis. Everything from multiple trapping without success, to swapping males and it took mine more then a year, infact two, before they dropped eggs. Keep going, they will pop

Day 2.

Thanks Eric!

100% Awesome Nick

Day 4, a day of premature hatching but there also were some good eggs still. http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39/jacben/Aquarium%20IV/38230717_1635920579851339_7694499761222582272_o_zpsea5tz00z.jpg Day 1 for the fry. http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i39/jacben/Aquarium%20IV/38430049_1637518119691...