Pretty Fancy Fish Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Hi all, I'm currently trying to get my LDA01's to breed and it's becoming very painful :-? . I have gone through a dry season where the Ph was 6.4 and the TDS was around 400ppm with a temp of 29deg. I have now water changed daily for over the last three weeks, I have moved the TDS to 110ppm, ph 6.6 and the temp is now around 27deg, the temp of the water I'm changing with is about 20deg. I have added a power head and feeding them cucumber, brine shrimp and wafers. If anyone has any ideas please feel free to help . Thanks Dale plecoforum.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Faran Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 Well, they've never beed bred in captivity yet so no one knows for sure. You're making a perfect attempt, though! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jammos Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 don't worry as all the imported catfish are hardish to breed. Catbrat is the only sucessful person i think. I have been trying for a year now to breed LDA08 and to no avail. I am now thinking of getting rid of them! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcon021 Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 hey jammos try this Seperate the males and femes for about a month. Give them good food, and some meaty stuff once in a while (once or twice a week), make sure the females are nice and plump, but NOT fat. introduce the females into the males tank and start the dry season slowly and increase your TDS slowly day by day and dont do waterchanges at all (can also try reducing filter power, take the powerhead out increase the temperature take out the airstone and increasing light), and dont feed them much (maybe 1/10 of original food once a week). now start the rainy season slowly for example on day 25 ( random day ) you can feed them 1/2 of original food, put the filter on 75% of speed, and decrease light (the cloud cover hah) then step everythang up a bit each day. when you start rainy season start increasing thefrequency of waterchanges like from once a week to once a day 30 - 50% (but don't do 80% like me and give your fish white spot)...... another important thang, dont change the tank around too much. i dont know if you understand what i am saying but i kept up with this for a while whith my L260 and they were responding well till i did a waterchange of 80% thangs got bad and my big female had/has white spot...i have done the treatment and the temp is at 29 c rite now..they have quietened down again. It was really cool to watch them when they were in the 'mood'. They were really active... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rcon021 Posted May 8, 2006 Report Share Posted May 8, 2006 at the moment i am doing this to my L182 aswell. I dont have the tank space for them either. The like the TDS being lower than my hypansistrus. They will most likely be triggered by drop in temp and increase in water current, because they are black water. Also trying to maintain the TDS below 100ppm the whole time. Fingers crossed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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