Plastic Mac wrote:
No lol, he certainly wouldn't.

Plastic Mac

Yep, I have seen the fish live in person

You mayl find this hard to believe, but I have no idea how to answer that question accurately, even after 24 spawns. All of the spawns have been in only two caves which are crudely made slate caves, very tight fit and siliconed together sloppily enough that there are beads inside the caves. I have ...

Thanks Line, that was comprehensive. I will have to put mine down to age. Will keep track and see if the broods get bigger in the future.

Hi All

My colony has been breeding regularly but I noticed that I get about 5 to 8 fry each time. This is no where near what I read of 12 to 15 each time from other breeders.

My alpha male is 3.5" and female 3" TL, big and storky adults.

Is that normal or I am missing something in my setup?

All ...

Thanks guys. Two more related questions if you dont mind.

1. Generally how many eggs per clutch for a seassoned/matured female?

2. Generally whats the % of eggs hatching fine? i.e. one bad one out of 10 eggs = 90% successful batch.

The reason for asking is that I cant really look into the caves ...

Hi Folks

I am planning to move my 12 adults from a 5 footer tank to 2 x 4 footers, split up into 2 breeding groups. I was wondering should I just randomly add in the juveniles (about 10 or 12 of them) or should i have a separate grow up tank for them? They range from 0.5" to 1.2" in length.

My ...

Thanks, helps plenty.

Was just wondering if it was dying in the first place or died from the stress of being caught.

That means every batch I have at least one fry (that I can see) that couldn't make it.

Hi Folks,

On 3 occasions, I net out a wondering fry with egg sac only to see it die in the nursery tank (within the breeding tank) each time within the day. Were they not viable in the first place so were ejected by the male from the cave?

Is it always better to leave the eggs and fry with the ...

Looks more like a hybrid than an L173. Where did you get this fish from? And are you planning to breed it?

Regards

Bader

I was hoping that it is a L173, it is currently in my zebra breeding tank. I want to breed zebras, not hybrids. This came from one of my local importers who claimed that it ...

It has the zebra's characteristic black and white eyes but the tail has wriggly lines. Is it a L173?

http://www.zebrapleco.com/forum/album_pic.php?pic_id=127.

http://www.zebrapleco.com/forum/album_pic.php?pic_id=128.

sorry I can't seem to get the picture to show here. Please see my gallery ...

Thanks PM, your 1st 2 pairs are super productive. Best of luck with the last 2 pairs..

Hi everyone

I have just set up a breeding tank of 9 adults in recent months, and newly added a L173 and a now id as L400 (sold to me as L98). This zebra comm actually belongs to my wife as I have my own pseudas and other plecs. Glad to be on board.

Cheers

Hi Ken,

Thanks for the comments. The tank they were in was a 36x12x15 along with 8 adults. The fry have now been moved into another tank of the same dimensions, cited directly over the adults tank. The fry tank has an overflow pipe straight into the adult tank, and an external filter which pumps ...

Need help to i.d. this...is it a L236? L400? Top, left and right profile of same fish in my gallery. Thank you.

http://www.zebrapleco.com/forum/album_p ... ser_id=727