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That's a bummer. I should would like to see the breeding efficacy of the beautiful plecos increased. My little "Scribble Lips" is beautiful. Maybe with a little research and trial and error your zebras will get it right Cup!! Do you still have them? I would love a zebra pleco, but too much $$$$ for me.

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~~Melissa~~
"Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder."

No, sadly, I do not. I let them go for 80 bucks a piece to a friend in LA who currently has an active breeding group (hopefully, he'll have better luck with them than I will); IMO, the longevity of the species in the hobby is more important than the few years of fun I would have with them. On a lighter note, my L-66 spawn on a regular basis, and I have about two generation of fry swimming around the 20 long.

Here was the gravid female, ripe with eggs:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/Kleevage/ooo023.jpg

and this is the pair, spawning for the first time, and not even in a cave--just underneath a piece of wood;

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v398/Kleevage/zebrasex.jpg

I still miss them, though .

Last edited by Cup_of_Lifenoodles at 02-Dec-2005 21:49

You got sixty eggs from a single Panda spawning? WOW.

I think the most I've ever had in one go was 25. That was the biggest single count in no less than ninety-eight spawnings. And that took Mata Hari and the boys five and a half hours to produce. Which, given the amount of live food I threw at them and the water changes they got, suddenly seems precious little return for the effort I put in ... sigh ...

My game plan with the Pandas was to let them spawn once in the breeding aquarium, wait till the fry were a week old, then let them loose again, and raise two consecutive batches of fry together to build up the numbers. But if you had sixty eggs from one spawning ...


Panda Catfish fan and keeper/breeder since Christmas 2002

Those pics were great Cup....I'm gladd you're having spawning success with that fish, it's one good looking fishy.

Is it normal for my scribble pleco to hide all the time? He's been hiding behind a piece a driftwood for a couple of days (he was hiding in the ship wreck before that). He'll come out a little and then go back behind there. I did see him out on the glass Saturday night after lights out, but just briefly. I know they're probably nocturnal, but I would like to see him eat...I'm worried.

How can I be sure he's okay and eating. I drop in a Tetra-Min tablet for him (shrimp pellets too), but even though I wait until lights out I'm afraid the other fish are eating it before my little one comes out to get it. Is there anything I can do to make him more comfortable and hide less?

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~~Melissa~~
"Beauty is in the eye of the beer holder."