L333

Post by **Barbie** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 2:41 pm

After all these months, performing surgery on the female, and having fish quarantined in their tank when I ran out of room, they've spawned! The male had a pretty good sized egg mass he was tumbling last night

Hopefully they'll be fertile!

Barbie

Dr. P · Post by **Dr. P** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 3:06 pm

I hope so too!! Thats great news!! I cant wait to see some pics!

McEve · Post by **McEve** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:37 pm

Congrats Barbie! I bet you're well an truly on cloud nine now that they finally rewarded you after all this waiting and pampering

(I know I would be)

Well done!

KenW · Post by **KenW** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 5:46 pm

Condrats Barbie. Looking forward to some baby pictures in the future. I would love to see how baby L333 develop, pattern and color.

Post by **Barbie** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 6:13 pm

Here I'm just hoping they're fertile and ya'll are wanting pictures! hehe. I'll be sure to get some as they progress, I promise! Now if the L134 and L239 ever spawn I can just die happy! Or wait, maybe it was buy more types if I get the others I have going, that was it!

Barbie

Eelke · Post by **Eelke** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 8:35 pm

congrats Barbie...very nice job...you must be so happy!

Des · Post by **Des** » Mon Jan 31, 2005 9:59 pm

Hi Barbie,
Congrats. Yet another success.Well done.
How large are your pair?.
I have a few young ones. One of the females is only 3" but already filling up with eggs.
I have a female and 3 male Hypancistrus Inspector ?? that should hopefully breed soon, otherwise she might pop !!!!
Regards,
Des.

Tom2600 · Post by **Tom2600** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 12:00 am

Hi Barbie,

I'm really please for you!!

Your rapidly becoming a plec breeding factory!

Cheers

Tom

Post by **Barbie** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 5:35 am

It isn't a very effective factory, but a girl can dream!

Des my pair are good sized, 5 inches or so. I picked them out of a shipment we got in at the store last summer. I had to describe how to sex them to the wholesaler to get a female. I thought maybe I'd misjudged them lately. He still has eggs tonight, but the test will be if they make it through tomorrow, I'd think. Here's hoping!

Barbie

fishboy20 · Post by **fishboy20** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 7:26 am

Put me on the list for fry, hehe. Good luck with them! I hope they are fertile for you. Time to setup another flowthrough tank for fry.

~Jeremy

Post by **Barbie** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 8:20 am

The eggs look fertile. I can see developing spines in them. There must be well over 30 of them. It will be interesting to see how many of them he can help hatch out! The shape of the cave and the way he likes to hide have made it easier to see into this cave. Now if I can only make myself not stress him out with that flashlight constantly we should be in good shape!

Barbie

Des · Post by **Des** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:10 pm

Barbie,

Did the male you picked out ,have larger whiskers, than the female?
How big are the caves for the 333's.
How about some pictures of mum and dad?.

Thanks,
Des.

Post by **Barbie** » Tue Feb 01, 2005 10:24 pm

The caves are the same dimensions I use for the zebras, basically. The width of the male with one pectoral out, just more than his height with his dorsal down, and 1.5 times his length. I've never succeeded in taking pictures that look decent of either one of these fish. They tend to fade right out when I move decor around to try to see them and the pictures just don't do them justice, so I've thrown them out every time. I'll work on that. As he gets more set on caring for his fry I should be able to get a few shots into that cave with the angle it's at. I just don't like to bug them too much until the eggs have hatched.

I just bought a male with longer odontodes, and a longer nose, to be honest, and a female whose head looked small in proportion to her abdomen, with less odontodal growth. There isn't a huge visible difference, even with their large size, but obviously that was enough to go on! Does that help?

Barbie

sid · Post by **sid** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:35 pm

Hi Barbie.............well done girl......hope to see some pics soon.
Tell me did you set em up as a pair?................as i have 3males and 3 females in the same tank...............hoping to breed em too.

Post by **Barbie** » Thu Feb 03, 2005 6:41 pm

To be honest, I bought 3 for the store, and cherry picked from that 3 fish. When I didn't get a female of the bunch, I went ahead and ordered one more. They came from a supplier that thinks rare plecos should cost more, so I rarely buy any from him. I don't usually set up Hypancistrus as just pairs, but it's working, even with the zebras at this point. The eggs should hatch today or tomorrow, so I intend to try to get some picture this evening to show the developmental differences. They resemble L260 eggs in both color and size. There are just more of them, IMO.

Barbie