What are our ambitions with L46's

marcus · Post by **marcus** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:28 pm

I brought my first 6 zebras just after the ban, they are wild caught and cost me £180 each or $350. To most people that is expensive and it is, but if you compare the expense to the amount of personal pleasure I have had from them over the last couple of years and in the last week when I have had my first group of little zebs, the cost doesn’t come in to it. They are priceless to me

rhino · Post by **rhino** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:34 pm

marcus wrote:I brought my first 6 zebras just after the ban, they are wild caught and cost me £180 each or $350. To most people that is expensive and it is, but if you compare the expense to the amount of personal pleasure I have had from them over the last couple of years and in the last week when I have had my first group of little zebs, the cost doesn’t come in to it. They are priceless to me

Is it normal to take that long for them to spawn? Or were yours young to start with and had to mature?

marcus · Post by **marcus** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:41 pm

i had my first spawn about 5 months ago. my big male doesnt like any of the caves and has made is home in a plastic tree stump thingy. i only know he spawned because when i was cleaning out the tank i removed it and the eggs fell out.
when i got them the biggest was about 2.5 inches and the smallest was about 2 inches.
when i got them my goal was to get them to breed. now ive got them to breed i want there fry to breed, i just have to find a few other breeders who are will to do swaps.

rhino · Post by **rhino** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 5:51 pm

What do you mean by swaps?

marcus · Post by **marcus** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 6:04 pm

I mean if anyone is willing to swap fry. It saves the expense of buying more and keeps the gene pool strong.

crazie.eddie · Post by **crazie.eddie** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 7:57 pm

The thing is about swaps...you should research on the background of their zebs. Even though you may swap from 4 different people. All of them could haven't gotten the plecos from the same person.

One of the guys that I deal with has a wild zeb pair when the zebs first got introduced here in the US, which includes 2 mated pairs from it's spawn. He not only sells locally, but ships his zebs nationwide. Unfortunately, some of the other zeb breeders I know around, their zeb gene pool goes back to that same zeb, including mine. So swapping won't really help much for me with people around here.

chanettt · Post by **chanettt** » Fri Sep 08, 2006 8:25 pm

who should i swap

never heard of any of them