rox Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Well it true we have Starlights :bounce: :bounce: We went down to Wgtn yesterday to visit family and the icing on the cake, to pick up our new fishys :lol: :lol: :lol: Here is Daddy to be, with a huge face of bristles Garry has given him a couple of cave to choose from and he and the girls seem to be settling in really well. Blue did a really good job of upselling and we came away with a trio I wouldnt really call them Juvi's they are bigger than any other Ancistrus we own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 2 females? lucky dude... :lol: hope you get lots and lots of babies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Well done :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Keep us updated . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rox Posted June 7, 2009 Author Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Well done :bounce: :bounce: :bounce: Keep us updated . Like wise, any signs :bounce: yours will hopefully go sooner than ours, as they have bred before. Blue upsold us another female so hopefully that'l give the big guy a little more choice He has some really awesome fish 'Plec's" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted June 7, 2009 Report Share Posted June 7, 2009 Like wise, any signs :bounce: yours will hopefully go sooner than ours, as they have bred before. Blue upsold us another female so hopefully that'l give the big guy a little more choice He has some really awesome fish 'Plec's" No news at this end but its still way too soon, they will need a while yet to settle in. Having said that, I couldn't help myself today and gave them a cool water change just in case they were thinking about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rox Posted July 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 I did a little pruning today, for the meeting tomorrow and ripped out a few plants. My Male Starlight and his gf have been moving around the tank a little earlier tonight and I took the opportunity to take a couple of photos of them. This is the male Looking a lot less blotchy than you saw his last timev :bounce: http://1a.co.nz/aquarium/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/starlight-male.jpg And this lovely female http://1a.co.nz/aquarium/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/starlight-female.jpg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Nice pics rox Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rox Posted July 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Thanks, they are growing into themselves and looking gorgeous We lost the other female this week I came home from work and she was dead in the tank My GBA's are still breeding every 30 days so I am practicing doing everything right :roll: :roll: with the babies before "I" even consider getting the conditions right for breeding these guys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Sorry to hear about your other female What happened? was she in the same tank as the other 2? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rox Posted July 25, 2009 Author Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Yeah, I don't know! To be honest I was so gutted that I made Garry handle everything and I couldn't even look at her Really weird as you had been having problems with one of yours and then we have one dead. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 Mine is coming right now. I only started having problems when i introduced the other female to the tank so perhaps they were fighting. Perhaps yours did the same? Must go as monster fish of the amazon is on now on the nat geo channel if your are interested Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VinsonMassif Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 With all these fantastic pairs of Starlights around the country I sure do hope some kind fish keepers put some effort into breeding them and selling the offspring. I believe it is better to share these wonderful fish instead of having them ferreted away in one persons corner. Rox they are great, thanks so much for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted July 25, 2009 Report Share Posted July 25, 2009 With all these fantastic pairs of Starlights around the country I sure do hope some kind fish keepers put some effort into breeding them and selling the offspring. I believe it is better to share these wonderful fish instead of having them ferreted away in one persons corner. That's that the plan. I will keep many of the first batch to raise as breeders and the rest will be sold to fellow enthusiasts who also plan to breed them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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