2.5" total length yes, both my male and female are just under this

females can begin breeding as early as at 2.5 inches. Males on the other hand need to be at least 3.25 inches to be able to breed.

not true, my breeding male is 2.5" total length

Wow! That is a bit of surprise! :shock:

yep was a suprise to me and everyone else as well, both the male and ...

twinspots_goby wrote:females can begin breeding as early as at 2.5 inches. Males on the other hand need to be at least 3.25 inches to be able to breed.

not true, my breeding male is 2.5" total length

I am never really sure how long to make the caves. Too long and you won't even see a tail sticking out and too short the eggs might get kicked out. Whats a good rule of thumb lenght for L066?

my breeding fish are between 4.5 - 5" total length, the caves are 120mm long so a small section of there ...

Good on the adding lots of hidig places. My definition of a good zebra tank is one where you really have to work to find the fish and can never see them all.

It appears from your pics that you put a layer of plexi above the river plumbing. Two things- first I am not sure that zebras cant rasp ...

its a nice set up but for me its a bit too bare for a zeb colony also not enough dark ares for them

it has only been set up since the weekend so i want to make sure everything is going well before i do too much with the tank. once i know all is ok i will be re-arranging it and adding lots more ...

180l, fluval external filter, internal river flow system with 2 powerheads

zebs range from 1.5" to 2.5" and im on the look out for some more :roll:

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What size are your caves for the L066, are they the same as for a zebra?

i have several different size caves for my L066. 40mm wide x 30mm high & 35mm wide x 25mm high are the sizes of the caves they tend to spawn in. i make smaller caves for my zebs 30mm wide x 20mm tall

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as title, after some Zeb asults. cash waiting

heres the fry at about a week old

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i have 12 in the group rangeing from 3.5" to 5.5" total length, the ones that bred were 3.5 - 4" so wasnt expecting it.

the tank is 250L with 1 cave per fish, lots of slate for them to hide under and ...

unexpectedly had a spawn last week from my king tigers, total shock but am over the moon :D

Heres dad in the cave fanning the eggs, hes only 3.5" total length as was the female so didnt even think they were mature yet
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the fry started ...

cheers for the welcome everyone

Russell, fingers crossed ill have as much luck as some of the other breeders on here

Howdi everyone

I have been researching the net lately on a group of plecs i have (not Zebs im afraid ) and have found a few posts on here about them so thought i should register and come and say hello, so here goes

HELLO!!!