Two nice looking females there. I bet there are a lot of people on here who would like one of those for one of their males!

That is a CRAZY!!!!! :shock: :shock: :shock: ...number of eggs!!! There must be around 300+!! How big is your female, she looks huge. My pair is the opposite of yours, with the male twice the size of the female. Mine spawned regularly every 3-4 weeks for months but have stopped recently. I think the...

Difficult to tell but

1: Male
2&3: Too young to tell
4: male
5: female

Again, don't quote me as all are a bit small yet.

Hi

That is a really bad run of luck. Fingers crossed its just breeding success from now on.

With regards to the two dead plecs my guess would be that they died and were sucked into the powerhead. It is highly unlikely that a healthy plec would die in this manner.

Cheers

To be honest, at that price I wouldn't wait for a picture, just get round there and have a look and obviously buy.... if it is a zebra. My guess is that it is not a zebra. The number of plecs in shops now with the slightest hint of a stripe of any discription and it is sold as "columbian zebra&...

I would (and have) avoid this person (who ever they are). I had repeated emails from them asking if I wanted to buy some of their alleged zebras, despite me saying I could not trust them. No one who has zebras for sale needs to chase for potential buyers!

Hi Diane,

Many congratulations!! Sounds like your efforts have been rewarded!

Any chance of a couple of young seeing as this spawn has orginated from one of my males!?

Its great to hear so many people are getting Zebras to spawn.

Cheers

Tom

Hi Des,

Maybe I have got confused but I have always understood 9-12dH to be medium hard with anything above this hard to very hard water.

Regards

Tom

Hi Ken Many thanks for the picture. Sadly it looks like the adaptor is a screw fitting which I assume screws onto the tap? If this is the case I do not have taps that would allow this. If this is not correct please correct me. Shell, Your GH of 160 indicates hard water. The KH of 90 indicates the bu...

Superb pics there Ken!! Healthy looking young zebs as well.

What make is your RO and what adaptor do you use for your tap? I have always been led to believe in the UK you must connect to the mains so if I can get hold of a unit and or adaptor like yours then I would be very keen to.

Cheers

You need to plumb them in as you need mains pressure for the RO process to occur. You will also need a drainage point to take the waste water. As far as breeding, who knows, Des and I have answered your questions. Zebs appear to breed in most conditons. Concentrate on the following: 1) cave size 2) ...

Shell, When I had my group I noticed a significant increase in activity when other "dither" fish were added to the tank. e.g. a shoal of tetras etc. I would strongly recommend adding, even just a few fish to your tank. You can ALWAYS pollute a tank because the levels of good bacteria in yo...

In simple terms RO water is produced by forcing normal tap water through a membrane that is so fine that even oxygen is removed from the water, along with almost ALL other elements in water. You are then left with essentially 'pure' water. This is why you must oxygenate and add minerals and salts ab...

I use to visit Animal House a lot but my last 2-3 visits last year put me off. Lots of ill/even dead fish. But I agree, their selection is often very impressive. Lots of dwarf cichlids and plecs. Caldervalleykoi is worth a visit a few junctions (of the M62) west of Animal house. It takes a bit of fi...

Hi, The general rule of thumb with most tropical freshwater fish is more females than males. With Zebra plecs you will probably get one dominant male (depending on your size of tank). If you are sure you have one male and four females and have the GREAT opporunity to get some more zebras I would per...