bristles

Here are some photos of my attempts at breeding sp. 3 ancistrus.

neonfish3

Congrats John!
Thats really cool, how old are those fry and how many do you have?
Is that a common pond snail in the picture?

bristles

Hey Steve,
They are about 2 weeks & yes it is a pond snail. The snail looks cool blown up like that, I didn't realize they had such nice markings. Since this picture was taken both pair of Ancistrus have been busy in their coconut shell caves, now I have tons of them. If you come to a MAG meeting I will bring you some, angels to if you want. This post is an attempt by my 19 yr old to teach me how to post larger photos on APC (I'm very tech challenged) all I know how to do is post thumbnails. I wish this site was as easy to use as Tropical Resources. There they have no limit on photos and you can post pics with more pixels. By the way your forwards are too funny, please keep em coming.

John

bristles

Here is my latest lesson, a few more shots.
I really like messing with the bristlenose cats they are easy & fun to watch.

paradise

Bristles think you may enjoy this if you like bristlenose catfish. To judge the size, the pebbles are reg. Aquasoil.

bristles

You are right Ed, I do like that very much . Are you breeding them now ? that little rascal can't have been out of the cave for very long.

paradise

Well, I got the whole family, father, 3 mothers, and a dozen babies from a friend who was moving out of town. I put the big ones into the 180g, hoping to see them do something, it's full of black lava rock, so maybe tons of caves in there, but have not seen anything yet. The babies are in the 75cm ADA tank, and are VERY slow growers.

bristles

You have a good friend, quite a nice parting gift. I bet if you put a coconut shell cave (usually in the reptile section at LFS) in a corner you would get spawning, thats the perfect combo 1 male 3 females. I've seen pics of your 180 those ancistrus most be very happy. Do you give them any veggies ? mine love slices of raw zucchini.

milalic

Very nice. That is small.

paradise

Well, the tank has like 30 cories, so the slow plecos would not have a chance. That tank gets fed pretty well, so they get their share, they are fat I dont worry about breeding. Used to breed cichlids, big mean fish, since then I just dont worry about breeding.