Starlight Bristlenoses :D

If you've got a breeding project on at the moment, (preferably fish related), let us know and you might even get added to the spawn list..whe....hey!

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Starlight Bristlenoses :D

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We've had some of these for a year now - started with 2 females and a male - but lost the male :(

3 weeks ago i happened upon a male hiding in the corner of a local shop.

well - I set them up in a new tank (in the shed) and they were not keen on the 35mm tubes so i added a group of slate caves... as of tonight he is sat in one of them fanning a nice pile of fertile eggs :)

here are some piccys (if you can ID with an L number i'll be grateful :))

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He moved in 2 days after adding the slate caves :)

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They look beautiful! And fantastic news about the eggs! Woo hooo! :D

I tried to buy some Starlights last year but the day they were due to be shipped, something had gone wrong in the tank and I couldn't have 'em. :cry: One day maybe...

Congrats again on the eggs!
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Mindy wrote:They look beautiful! And fantastic news about the eggs! Woo hooo! :D

I tried to buy some Starlights last year but the day they were due to be shipped, something had gone wrong in the tank and I couldn't have 'em. :cry: One day maybe...

Congrats again on the eggs!
Let me know if you want some ;) ;)

Woo hoo - (sorry - i'm quite happy)
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smithrc wrote:Let me know if you want some ;) ;)

Woo hoo - (sorry - i'm quite happy)
Well, yeah I love some, but... not sure how I'd get them... Milton Keynes is around 100(ish) miles from here? Unless you know how to ship fish... I'd pay of course...

By the way, are they L183?
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not entierlysure what L number they are - they were sold as L183's and i was told that they loose their seam as the get older (true of most plecs)

I'll know as the fry develop ;)

which leads me to the next bit of news... We've got wrigglers!! Woooo! 8)
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Here is dad...

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and this is the setup...

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He's a beauty! Well done you! :D
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Hey folks... Just an update...

On the 12th I went out there and got a shock...
There were more eggs in the cave - Woo... But no fry - Boo...

On closer inspection I had actually walked in on the 2nd female in the process of spawning
The male had her in the cave and she was laying eggs

The original fry were actually still in there but with 2 plecs in the same cave - I couldnt see them too well.

Since then we have approx 25 free swimmers from the first clutch and probubly abbout the same ammount of wriggles in the back of his cave.

The fry are not really big enough to say L183's or not as the markings are not developed enough yet...

Here is a piccy of one of the free swimmers - 10 days old.

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Oh aren't they beautiful! :D You obviously have some happy fish! Keep up the good work!
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the L1183 looses it's white band when it matures?
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du ma wrote:the L1183 looses it's white band when it matures?
aparently so... but the fry dont have a band yet so they look like they are L180/L182 or L100 's :)
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Took a few more picture last week and again lastnight...

Here are some of them, the bigger ones are now 5 weeks old (hatched 7th Jan) the smaller ones are about 1week younger.

5 weeks old
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mixed 4 and 5 weeks old
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We've got a 3rd spawn however... we're having a few 'misshaps' at the momnet.

I disturbed Mr bristle when cleaning the filter in their tank and he deserted the eggs...
He'd turfed them out the next morning but was still in the cave, fanning, so I turfed him out and put the eggs back in .. it worked for a few days but he turfed them out again.

I Put them in a tupperware in another tank with water flowing through it but some had fungus
I checked them tonight and some made it... we have wigglers in a breedign net now. (we lost 75% to the fungus though :()

The 2nd female will probubly spawn again in the next couple of days too :eek:

As for the existing fry, we've lost half a dozen so far - not bad really but I dont like loosing any.
I've been doing weekly 20% and everyother day about 5% water changes and feeding a good varied diet.

Fungus :(
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While true L183 lose some of the band, it should still show on the edges of the fins of adults, not disappear completely. The fry have a very vivid white band. The problem with these fish is that there are many different species and locational variants that aren't properly described and they basically get "lumped" together. I've only got a few terrible pictures of my fry, but you can vividly see the coloration on this fish that was about 1.5" TL

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look at that beaut.... :D

I'll find some true ones eventually :)
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L-183 ???

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Looks to me like L-182,
My L-183 have white edges and they are mature.

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