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Pleco's Bred in New Zealand - Compiling List


FuglyDragon

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Hi to all other pleco fanatics out there.

I am compiling a list of all loricariidae cats that have been captive bred in New Zealand. So far I have the following...

  • Bristle Nose Ancistrus Ancistrus sp3.
    Golden Black Eye L144 Ancistrus sp
    Golden Ancistrus Ancistrus sp3 - albino
    Golden/GBA Hybrid Ancistrus sp Hybrid
    Ancistrus Claro LDA08 Ancistrus claro
    Ancistrus Punctatus L182 Ancistrus punctatus
    Snowflake Pleco L059 Ancistrus sp.

    Crocodile Whiptail Rineloricaria lancelota
    Red Lizard Whiptail L10a Rineloricaria sp
    Royal Whiptails Sturmisoma
    Brown Tiger Whiptails
    Twig Catfish Farlowella sp.
    LG6 Loricariinae sp. (1) - Unconfirmed

    Iquitos Tiger Pleco L226 Panaque changae
    Clown Pleco L104 Panaque maccus


    Zebra L046 Hypancistrus zebra
    Choch Zebra L270 Hypancistrus sp. Survival of fry unconfimed

    Butterfly Pleco L052 Dekeyseria sp.

Anyone bred anything else that I can add to my list ?

Has anyone had a spawn from the L260 (Queen Arabesque) that came into the country a couple of years back ?

I have heard reports of Ottocinculous being bred here too but can't track down any conformation, has anyone on these forums had a successful otto spawn ?

Can anyone confirm that Zebra's were actually spawned in NZ ? The only report I can find dates back to 2000 anyone spawned them since then ?

Thanks in advance for your input.

Updated 10/09/2007

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I've bred Sturisoma, Panaque maccus, Chaetostoma sp (bulldog plecs, but were being sold here as green rubberlip plecs), common whiptails, common bristlenoses, zebra plecs (in about 2002-2003), two species of Otocinclus (don't know the species, one was probably vittatus).

Only ones I've got now are the bristlenoses and GBAs (still baby ones)

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Check the Pet Shop, Taupo, they have bred otos, but when I got back to them, the tank had been sold LS&B to Tropical Blues.

Apparently for the plants only.

Maybe if you were to check with them, Trp. Bl., they may be able to tell you what happened to the fish.

Check with Rob Torrins from the Waikato Aquarium Soc.

He had a lot of success with his pl*cos.

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I've breed an unknown sp. of Ancistrus, they most closely resemble Ancistrus triradiatus.

They are some what flat on the head compared to the common B/N, have strong patternation no their fins, a dark belly no pattern and segmentation pattern on their skull.

They are a bushy nose species that is both sexes have bristles although the female only has them on the leading edge of the snout.

The males only develops small odontodes on the tips of their pectoral fins

This is a pic of a 5 or 6cm juvenile.

http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y187/s ... MG1222.jpg

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Outstanding idea. Also be sure and note the actual breeder so people can reference the info (and possibly articles). Just a list is a bit vague...

I'll contribute my breeding info when I have some time. email me and I'll help where I can.

Good to meet you both, fuglydragon and coelacanth - for the first time? I have a feeling I know coelacanth under a different name, but I may be wrong.

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Thanks all for input so far.

Blue, you know me as MikeFish on trademe.

If people have written articles or made detailed posts re particular fish i could certainly add the links to my list if they are ok with it. I plan to post the full list to my web site.

Cheers

FuglyDragon / MikeFish

Mike from Christchurch

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