Oh and just to add,
My water parameters are

PH 6.5
TDS 80
Nitrate 20ppm
Nitrite & Ammonia - Zero
Its a Zebra only tank containing 8 Zebra plecs, all the others show no signs of any lumps and all are healthy and acting normal, (including the one above)
I have and do feed live bloodworm, but have ...

Hey everyone, Please help......
I have a wild caught male zebra plec, he's probably about 6yrs old...... yesterday i noticed these pinkish lumps on his head, i've took some pictures best i can but didn't want to stress him by trying to catch him.

To me they look like some kind of wart?? or ...

I've spoke to a local importer today who has told me of TB zebra's starting to appear on exporter lists and say's theirs definitely rumours of Zebra pleco's flooding the market. What we have to remember is the commercial breeders use hormones etc so its not a matter of 'IF" they can trigger breeding ...

Hey everyone
I'm currently running my breeding set up with 7 x males and only 1 female. All are Adult (estimated 6-7yrs old) wild caught and in very good health.

I desperately want another female (more if possible) so i can strengthen my breeding group and diversify my gene pool.

I would be more ...

Hey rob, Good to see you again, all is going well mate, had a new addition to the family since i was last on (of the human kind) and moved house as well so been busy and obviously very excited at the moment with my new group. Just hoping i can source/swap a few more females.

Hope your well and ...

Yeah Joby it was definitely upsetting!! i'm not to proud to admit i cried! lol

But on with the future, and my group is really nice, i've got an enormous male, so wide and high, never seen one so big! i'm hoping he turns out to be the dominant one!
and feel free to contribute any females to my ...

Hey everyone,

I'm back! lol i used to be a regular on the forum but lost my breeding group of 23 to a power cut about 4 years ago :cry:
I've been on and off here since then, mainly looking at the "sales" bit lol as i've been trying for all that time to get some more zebbies.......well
i'm back ...

Hi everyone,

Been a long time since i was on the site and unfortunatley its for bad news.........Looks like i am going to have to get rid of my Zebra Plecos due to space issues.

I have 18 Zebra's they are all originally wild caught fish. i bought 10 in the UK about 5 years ago and travelled to ...

hi all, Very interesting thread. Out of interest, what is considered too low KH to cause osmosis problems. my KH averages about 4 depending on my dry/rainy cycle. how low is too low?
Thanks
Andy

i think my 2 must both be males, they both occupy caves etc one is loads more hairy than the other but i think it must just be an alpha and i dont have a proven female to compare with. I cant find one anywhere either.
Thanks for your reply tho adele.

Hi discus
Did you ever find out how to definatley sex those damn pleco's after we spoke last time? my 2 are still displaying different physical charecteristics but the same behavioural charecteristics.
Appearence says 1 male and 1 female. actions say 2 males!!!!
stunning fish tho, now a good size ...

Well done BLUEBLUE they are amazing pictures, Its fantastic to see the growth and development.
Congratulations

Not Bad, but they havent seen my elvis impression
Just kiddin, she got WOW factor

Sorry, my other post was made in little time and does not fully explain the situation.
I have 23 Zebras in my colony all in one tank with both sex's present and a few spawnings have taken place unfortunately i have lost fry one both occasions, but this is not due to aggression as the fry are removed ...

Hi
I have 3 Queen Arabsque's in with my colony of Zebs for over a year and have never had an issue.