pictures of a few of my spawns

[planted90]

Hi my zebras stopped after 10 months of continuous breeding, so while i wait and hope they start up again i figured i would post a few pics

These guys are a little stressed as i had them in a little 2.5 gallon tank as the tank i was moving them into had a few issues for almost a week, and i tried not to feed them to much in the little tank.

These are the last 3 batches i pulled out before the breeding stopped. The big one is 1 3/4"-2" and is from one of my first spawns. I would leave all the babies in with the parents until the tank looked too crowded and strip the tank down catch and remove the babies. I was always worried they would stop breeding, but with every teardown they never stopped breeding until this last tank teardown.

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[Stevie.K]

Looks Zebbytastic , well done

[planted90]

Thank you.
Bob

[pepolson]

yoh... nice nice nice... i hope mine can be the same... few female with egg now... haha..

[planted90]

Hi thanks
Good luck with your spawn, a little patience and I am sure your zebs will come through.

[TwoTankAmin]

Remember- these are seasonal spawners. So they should stop.

In tanks the cycle may not be a year since we can control conditions. I found mine had about a 13 month cycle with about 8.5 on and 4.5 off. This went on for 3 cycles and then they stopped over almost 2.5 years before resuming recently.

[planted90]

Hi TwoTankAmin

Wow you must be patient guy.HaHa!!! To have a 2.5 year break from breeding would have drove me crazy trying to get them to start up again

Did you ever try to convince them into breeding by doing the water and temp thing? We usually get some good spring storms out here so i was gonna try playing with water changes when the next pressure system comes along. I tried this before without success, but I probably did something wrong.

This bit of info will help me to wait it out tho if they do not start breeding anytime soon. Hopefully not 2.5 years long of a wait. I really could not find too much on the net about times between spawning.

Thanks
Bob

[TwoTankAmin]

Yes I tried it all. Then I gave up. I have loads of l450 fry and contradens fry and have P compta wigglers. But the restart of the zebs made my year.

[planted90]

Congratz on all the fry. The L 450 is a nice looking fish are they any easier to breed then the zebras? While i am waiting on my zebs to get going i might have to look at trying some other plecos to breed.

[Smertrios]

Are the zebras spawning again? If they were mine I would try some worms! Earthworms or blackworms always get my fish into spawning mood within a day or 2 and they just keep spawning for awhile but eventually they stop. I can feed them some worm and they will be at it again. (I do not yet have any zebra plecos tho)

[planted90]

Hi sorry i have not been on the site for a while.
My zebs seemed to have lost complete interest in breeding. i have tried using earthworm flakes and pellets but nothing seems to get them going again.

[planted90]

Well what do you know, not sure how i missed this but they did start again. I ve got wigglers. Not the best pic, but the best i could do with a cel phone. Whoo Hoo!!!
I can not tell for sure if its because i changed up their diet but it sure looks like it.