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Either someone has dropped a couple of newborn guppies in my tank, or I've got C. romani babies.

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Mats

Great news Mats- any pictures?

Ok so do we need to watch out for a mysterious guppy donator?

Good news though - these do seem to produce for people so clearly a good option for people wanting to have a go at breeding a catfish that is not a cory or plec

Good to see the new male served his purpose so quickly
great news
martin

Martin S wrote:Good to see the new male served his purpose so quickly
great news
martin

Absolutely. I can't remember how long I had the two females, but the male's been there since the 22nd of December. I only saw two fry.

Richard: Yes, they seem to be pretty easy to breed and not very particular about the water conditions.

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Mats

Carp37 wrote:Great news Mats- any pictures?

Not a chance - they hide in daylight, and come out at night, and just like the parents, they are hyper-active when they are active, and look dead when they are not active.

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Mats

Fabulous, Mats! I love it when that happens. New sets of eyes staring back at you and you have to pause and think about how they got there.
Amanda

Brilliant.

If I get the chance to get any of these in future, I definitely will!

Well, apparently, so have mine!
My small tank suffers with the sand being cleared from the far end, which i think is just due to the external being a bit more powerful that maybe it could be, but I like it tah way and the fish don't seem bothered.
Anyway, as I do once in a while, I gently push the sand from the heavy end and try and equal it out - whilst doing so, I spotted something out of the corner of my eye and it was a single C.romani fry - TL about 8mm, so of the five I have, the solitary female has obviously been busy at some point
Am not sure if there are any more, and have not seen it since, but it's a god sign and has given me a bit of a boost after my recent tank problems. I was beginning to think I'd lost the knack, but maybe not quite
Martin

Congratulations. I have seen at least 3 in the big tank, and I have another two in a fry-net together with a large number of C. sterbai and a few C. metae. I also have two medium-sized C. metae in the L128 tank - they must be a couple of months or more - I saw one a long time ago, when it was large enough to be visible, but I couldn't tell if it was a fat Ancistrus.

Edit: By the way, if any of mine turn out to be female, you can have another - you already have more males than you need, right?

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Mats

MatsP wrote: Edit: By the way, if any of mine turn out to be female, you can have another - you already have more males than you need, right?

Mats
Yes, I have 4M/1F, so would be good to add another female or two at some point.
Thanks
Martin

congratulations indeed! this gave me an idea to spilt some of my catfish groups.

any updates on these Mats?

I have about 5 fry, now about 15-20mm / 9/16-3/4" TL - they swim around at night just as manic as their parents. Haven't seen any further fry, but they are clearly growing. The "about" bit is because I can never count them, as there is enough hiding spaces and big enough a tank that it's hard to see everything at once [never mind that I have to use a torch/flashlight to spot the fish, and it's hard to light up the whole tank at once].

But they clearly do fairly well. Two are slightly smaller, as those are the ones if fished out of the sump...

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Mats