Eggs Found for L144

[sheng]

Hopefully, this time round, you wont disturb them again

[Wackytpt]

Lesson learned. I will leave them alone.

[ken_wen]

Lesson learned. I will leave them alone.

Hahahaha, it's never easy to leave plecos alone. Even mine not even breeding also cannot stop disturbing them, let alone eggs etc.

[weiquan]

Do not worry, once the female gets gravid again you have new eggs in no time.
Bristlenose usually does not stop once they start.
But since your tank size isnt that big i would suggest not to disturd the setup too much.

Congras on the spawn, its always a pleasure to read about spawning reports here.

[praxis5624]

Continue with breeding them, don't move the cave should they spawn again and allow dad to learn how to be successful at raising kiddos.

[celticfish]

This one's for you Nic!
Pop them into the new tank last Friday.
And look what I found today.


The crime scene.




Surprise!




Who's there?!?




What's going on!!!




Now he's really MAD!!!
I think I better leave him alone....

[soltari007]

Congrats man! Truly a pleco pro

[Wackytpt]

Glad the male is working well for you. Mine no action =(

[barmby]

No, I think he is a crypt pro

[Wackytpt]

His crypts are really big and fat.

[johannes]

congrats!

nice going there... when can we see wrigglers?

[weiquan]

irwin the tank shot is beautiful and congrats on the spawnage as always.
Can share what substrate you using for the tank?
and what did you give to the crypts they look darn healthy.

[celticfish]

The substrate is Dennerle black quartz.
Fertilization was root monster (much to my greatest regret - still cleaning bits...) and Ferka Stemma.
No dosing for the water column.
Initial setup had the usual stem plants and CO2.
But I had a heck of time fighting BBA.
Interestingly enough, the BBA abated after the CO2 cannister ran out.

However, I now don't do any fertilization and just depend on fish poop.
Lighting is only 8 hours but intense at 55W.
Water is topped up only though I will now have to do a weekly water change with the spawning L144s.

It looks too green now and I may want to remove the centrecrypt and replace with a beige/yellow-green crypt I have.
I think the contrast will show the two species much better.
I fear I will cause a grandmother of a "sandstorm" in the tank when I uproot them.

[CHOO]

All the while, I always thought and taught that to make pleco breed, you need a cave for them trap the female, but this thread really opened up my mind that apisto cave is big and hollow inside, how female get trap ???

[Cardinals_Pride]

There are cave spawner. Generally they just need a cave like place to spawn their eggs. I have seen them spawn in a vase before. Much bigger and hollow space inside.

[celticfish]

It seems the cycle time for these guys is faster than the typical one month for Hypancistrus.
I got another spawn over this passed weekend (eggs found on Monday).
And another today...
That's like 3 spawns from 23rd April to 14th May... 18 days...
First spawn 24 and second 43 fry.

I'm now contemplating adding my last female into the tank...

Nic! Hurry up!!

[johannes]

your last female can go to me....

[soltari007]

you are really ABN* man, how you become moderator again? LOL

[Wackytpt]

Finally with some help from Celticfish and Johannes, I manage to breed them

[bossteck]

Hey hey! Congrats Nic!