phoenix44 Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 Any one else seriously keep them? I have about a dozen of them, would hate for these to vanish from NZ in a few years. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy_49nz Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 They seemed common enough so surely more will come in at some point. I would have got myself some as well but I have my hands full at present with the other plecos I have. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 12, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 hands full at present with the other plecos I have. Tell me more :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1CK Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 send me some :bounce: they will like a 5ft tank with wood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 The key thing is to keep them seperated from the plethora of other Ancistrus. Hopefully you got at least three breeding groups there P44. Maybe start selling off spare groups in the future to others who can do the above to spread them around. But the moment they start being sold as singles issues will arise as ID's will get lost. Maybe we can call them sp 'Rio Ucayali?NZ' since they were given an ID after they arrived Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie841 Posted January 12, 2010 Report Share Posted January 12, 2010 We have a few (more than 6 but not sure how many Tania brought) and when we get our 5.5 foot tank there will be another 12 or so put in there Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 13, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 13, 2010 But the moment they start being sold as singles issues will arise as ID's will get lost. That's precisely why I won't let them come in the shop for just any one to buy. Customer orders only. Those that know about them generally know what to do with them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Simian Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Rob Torrens got 5, I'd say they will be pretty safe, sounds like enough serious breeders laid hands on them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 I only managed to get my hands on two of them :evil: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1CK Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 I am picking up 5 tomorrow, the pet shop here seems to get everything about 2 months after everyone else :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 I managed to get 4 :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze-dragon Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 they grow at such a fast rate too. got our 6 about 2 months ago and at that stage they were only 2-3 cm's long, now there averaging 10cm! lovely orange color on the finnage. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 yeah, +1 for fastest growth rate ever! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bronze-dragon Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 wonder if they mature faster? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kiwiplymouth Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 got our 6 about 2 months ago and at that stage they were only 2-3 cm's long, now there averaging 10cm! It makes you wonder if they are Rio's. Coz Rios only grow to 12cm so you wouldn't expect near adult size in that short time. http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog/sp ... ies_id=638 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 That's why im waiting to see how big they will get. mine are not as big as your everyday bn, but have grown to their current size really fast! The resemblance for the bristles is uncanny though. still... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rabbit Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Just cross refference your fish "Rio Ucayali" with L148, as the 2 are extremely easy to confuse the picture P44 has is of Rio Ucayali. Oh and another often confused just to add to the confusion is Ancistrus leucostictus. HTH Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skippy_49nz Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Maybe they will reach 2 feet long if they are growing so rapidly. Or maybe they are just being fed too much! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 I've just come back after a weeks holiday and was stunned to see one of mine that has doubled in size. It was smaller than the pretty pekoltia that I purchased and now its nearly twice as big! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie841 Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Maybe they will reach 2 feet long if they are growing so rapidly. Or maybe they are just being fed too much! I think they are very well fed. They have a belly like a cat fish at the moment but they keep eating so I keep feeding I know I should limit their food but they are healthy and happy so the food just keeps going in to the tank Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrienne Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 what are you feeding yours? I have mine in with the pretty pekoltias and some small very young bn atm. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 mine eat hikari cucumber courgette meat prawns potato hikari hikari hikari :lol: and tetra min tablets. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scottie841 Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Pleco logs Sinking tablets (meat based) Cucumber Courgette Alge wafers Trout granules Blood worms and anything else I see at the LFS that they might like Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phoenix44 Posted January 14, 2010 Author Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 oh and pleco logs (nutrafin ones eh scotty?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
firenzenz Posted January 14, 2010 Report Share Posted January 14, 2010 Just cross refference your fish "Rio Ucayali" with L148, as the 2 are extremely easy to confuse the picture P44 has is of Rio Ucayali. Oh and another often confused just to add to the confusion is Ancistrus leucostictus. HTH Confused by whom and where is this confusion taking place? Please tell me your comments extend beyond transcribing info off the net. So are you willing to state categorically that the fish in P44 photo is bonafide Ancistrus sp Rio 'Ucayali' as it reads like that in your post. Brave call as I would tend to suspect that even those who came up with this ID are now questioning the merits of their methodolgy as they now watch a fish that was juvenile and they ID'd based on adult photo's off the net of a very specific fish grow to be something very quickly that make that ID at the very least questionable. I'm thinking of running a book now to see how long that name lasts as the penny drops for a few individuals of the ramifications should Bonafide Sp Rio Ucayali actually get imported. This has been a very enlightening process to any who wish to look with two objective eyes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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