mr pleco Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 just noticed a whole heap of babies in the dominant male cave im stoked well guess ill knock these ones off the want more list will post pics when wife decides to get DECENT digital camera lol or when dad decides to let them out the cave yeah yeah thanks jake for the cave... there ,you happy now :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Is this L270? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr pleco Posted February 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 They look cool. How many do you have? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr pleco Posted February 6, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 dunno yet dixon i had 8 now i estimate maybe 25 - 30 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CatBrat Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 haha congratz man. ...But I guess I should really get all the credit, since I did make that awsome cave! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted February 6, 2008 Report Share Posted February 6, 2008 SWEET congrats! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ilah Posted February 7, 2008 Report Share Posted February 7, 2008 Well done dude Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr pleco Posted February 8, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 thanks guys will keep you posted on progress and hopefully some pics to boot when they come out of their cave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayci Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 will you be selling any? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted February 8, 2008 Report Share Posted February 8, 2008 Congratulations. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr pleco Posted February 9, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 9, 2008 will you be selling any? early days yet jayci but yes if they survive and hopefully the parents respawn cheers adodge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr pleco Posted February 16, 2008 Author Report Share Posted February 16, 2008 well no new camera but heres a couple of photos first one is of the first batch about two weeks old baby is in front right side of cave second pic is of three that made it out the cave early about two days old as you can see ive got them in a hatchery Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DantezGirl Posted March 12, 2008 Report Share Posted March 12, 2008 cool what age are you able to sell them? and how much will you sell them for if they survive? beautiful congrats Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted March 16, 2008 Report Share Posted March 16, 2008 Make sure you have plenty of 'munge' available for them - decomp wood and leaves etc, and JBL Tabis seem good too. Without it, you can expect a complete die-off after three weeks or so. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mr pleco Posted March 17, 2008 Author Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Make sure you have plenty of 'munge' available for them - decomp wood and leaves etc, and JBL Tabis seem good too. Without it, you can expect a complete die-off after three weeks or so. L270 - I sold 4 of these to a local fella who wanted to breed them (I got several spawns but never raised the young) conch : all due respect but having bred them ive never seen a registered post by anyone in new zealand before so when did you breed them? pics would be nice to confirm this breeding and mine are all well and alive after more than five weeks without leaves and jabi tabis but thanks for the input ... dantez girl- they will be about a year away from sale i expect at this stage Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 L270 - I sold 4 of these to a local fella who wanted to breed them (I got several spawns but never raised the young) conch : all due respect but having bred them ive never seen a registered post by anyone in new zealand before so when did you breed them? pics would be nice to confirm this breeding and mine are all well and alive after more than five weeks without leaves and jabi tabis but thanks for the input ... dantez girl- they will be about a year away from sale i expect at this stage I bred them about two years ago, well before I started posting on these forums. I think it is worth remembering that a large number of aquarists do not frequent these forums and have little interest in breeding per se - and no, there are no pics - I had the live ones to look at. Good luck with yours. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Oh yea, I've 'accidentally' bred Claro's and Royal Whips too, but not 'registered' those either - sorry if I burst your bubble. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Absolutely no Tabis Simon!!!!!- These are Hypans- even JBL has stated this food isn't any good for them , even though a zebra is on the label. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Interesting - mine didn't show any ill effects at all - can I have a link to wherever that info was? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Conch- Proof & photos please A group of 18 L270's came in 2 1/2 yrs ago as juvi's(less than 6 mths old). Mr plecos are from this group, so yours must be an earlier group brought in. When and where? A photo of a 5yr old breeder would be great to see. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loopy Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Conch- Proof & photos please Why does he have to prove himself? Can't you just take his word for it? What would The Conch have to gain by lying to you? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 If you read the earlier posts, you will see that I sold them some time ago (to Mike, your Christchurch based Pleco-God - you can check with him where they are at now). I didn't take photos because I'm afraid I really didn't rate the event as that memorable - breeding freshwater fish (other than a few Discus) doesn't really excite me that much and all my catfish spawnings have been 'accidental'. In any event, you can treat this as an unconfirmed report or dismiss it altogether - it doesn't worry me either way. I'd still like to see that link though Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tHEcONCH Posted March 17, 2008 Report Share Posted March 17, 2008 Why does he have to prove himself? Can't you just take his word for it? What would The Conch have to gain by lying to you? I've got nothing to gain, but maybe they have something to lose (dented ego perhaps??) - some people take this kind of thing a little more seriously than myself. Either way, it is an arguement not worth having. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Organism Posted March 18, 2008 Report Share Posted March 18, 2008 If my word counts for anything i can confirm the conch definately had L270s spawn, ive seen them. The parents were purchased from me although i dont remember the exact time. When they were passed on to Mike they were the really big fat and healthy. Regards John Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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