Do plecs normally fan?

[Adrienne]

Do plecs normally fan when they are wedged in their caves or do they only do it when there are eggs? I'm talking pretty peckoltias (maccus?).

[phoenix44]

yours will be a bit young won't they?

they will fan in preparation of eggs as well. but in the past fanning has only lead to a good outcome in my tanks.

[Adrienne]

I don't know how old they would be. I know that I saw at least one female today absolutely gravid with eggs. She's huge and I think the other male was near her. The male (or at least I think its a male from the planet catfish pictures) that is fanning I can't see into the piece of wood where he is. The area is pretty small though and he's stuffed himself in there very tightly. Time will tell I suppose. Last week it was the two pairs of bolivian rams that spawned in the same tank. I ended up siphoning out about 90% of the young and it was probably just as well as the fry I left with the parents have disappeared - probably eaten by the two lonely spinster rams in the tank :lol:

[phoenix44]

How big were yours when you got them from HFF.

The ones I got from the same importer were only very young ones, no bigger than 4cm.

[Adrienne]

They were not that big but I would put them over 6cm now. Can't tell for sure unless I catch them and I'm not going to try to do that! The last couple of days they have been a lot easier to see in the tank as have been out with the lights on (still under the wood though).