L330's in the cave together!

[CanadaPleco]

Well just got back from the catfish convention a few days ago with 4 new L330's to add to the one I had already. Jools and Ingo sexed them for me, 2 males 2 females. Awesome.

Well I moved them into a new tank again yesterday just to themselves. One of the males got beat up bad, so he is now in a seperate tank to heal up. But in the tank with the other 4, there is now 2 of them in a cave together! Ingo said it would be another 10cm before they are sexually mature. Wonder what the odds of them spawning are.

They had a big temp jump in the past day and a 100% water change, so who knows. But I have my fingers crossed.

Rich

[CanadaPleco]

The little guys on top of the cave are some small LDA031's

[Yann]

Hi!!

What size are they?
More info on your tank size, water parameters would be nice!!
Cheers
Yann

[taksan]

Mine do that all the time ..... but breeding Panaque's is so hard in a tank compared to a pond.

[Julie]

Hey Rich!

Sorry the one male isn't doing so hot... the 4 of them (along with the other two I still have!) were all in a 30 gallon tank together since I imported them. No decorations to keep the tank easier to clean. So sounds like maybe they are old enough to be posturing and juggling for the top fish position. I honestly don't think that they are big enough for real mating since they are only 5-6 inches, right?, but definitely a good sign that they are being compatible.

Continued good luck on them. Did you figure out the sex of the one you already had? And I never asked.. was that one also a full spotted?

Julie

[taksan]

You have 4 5-6 inch Panaques in a 30 gallon tank with no wood ??????????

[CanadaPleco]

They were just fighting, no spawning activity yet

[Barbie]

They were only just put in the 30 gallon tank. Take a deep breath and don't jump so fast to being critical, please. He's got big tank plans for them. They're just quarantining after their long trip from the convention is all.

Barbie

[Bas Pels]

I do agree, Barbie, with Taksan that keeping Panaque without wood is not a good idea, even in quarantaine

However, I also realize quarantaine is usually temporarily, but in my eyes also quite often very stressfull. Especially quarantained fish - which recently had to endure a lot, should be provided with ample shelter, and the food they prefer

in the case of Panaque, these both mean wood

[CanadaPleco]

ummm theres a ton of wood in my tanks

[Barbie]

Which you could actually see in the picture, if anyone looked before they made the negative posts. Come on guys, seriously....

Barbie