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    MattLamm

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    Oh wow. That is awesome! Congrats! Can you post a pic of your breeding setup? How long have you had them in their own setup for? I know some others in this thread mentioned already, but let us know when you're selling any if you're able to send them out of PE!
     
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    Hi

    I have had the l201 for about a year,were in with my discus,but moved them to their own tank about 6weeks ago.
    Ive got 6,think 2males and 4 females
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    Not the best pic,as there were some sun shining into the tank

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    Was busy cleaning the tank,next ill make sure there is no eggs!20140315_152006-1.jpg

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    Saw these Acanthicus adonis at my lfs this weekend.
    Quite attractive as youngsters, but these monsters can get to a meter in length.
    Not really appropriate to be selling these imo, as not many people have a tank big enough to keep these.

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    I love L number plecs... But I am waiting for my pay day to come in, and I'm going to get 10 Zebra Plecs... Then try my best to breed the buggers!
     
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    :evil: Can I come work for you. I will settle for 5 Zebras a month
     
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    Like I said, I need to win the lotto first. LOL!

    But in all seriousness, I have my nice discus, and zebra plecs would be the next best thing. Same water, same fussiness, same alles... So it's just about being able to have the money to order 10 of them. One day.
     
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    @Sean J,

    That's part of the reason they are so expensive.
    Aside from the issues surrounding their habitat etc.

    For a Plec, they have relatively small brood size.
    Poor hatching percentage and sow growth rate.

    I have read of a few people who have grand ideas of breeding Zebras, making them freely available, and making a fortune in the process. But it never seems to work out :blink:
     
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    I know... But I will be doing it for the love of the fish, not to make a profit. I just want a big enough shoal, so breeding becomes possible. I do not want to have the colony only for breeding purposes, but for the rare fish collector in me.

    Having said that, eventually, I want some real wild discus too.
     
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    Absolutely.
    I had a nice collection of Plecs at one stage.
    Never had a Zebra.

    A friend of mine has a fish shop.
    He had some Zebras for sale, but they were in his tanks for a while before he sold them. Prob due to the price. They bred from time to time, but he only got two or three youngsters from each batch.
     
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    Nice @jabula 7749! That pic of the eggs, did you remove them from the father? Aren't they meant to stay in the cave with the male? How the fry doing? How many have made it so far?
     
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    Mattlamm

    Yes they should actually stay in cave,I was busy cleaning the tank when and wanted to take some of the caves out when the father and the eggs came out,I knew he wont take them back.

    Ive got 7 fry out of the 30 eggs,who are feeding nicely on food now!
     
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    Nice, can you post some pics of the fry when you get a chance. I'm going to move my Clown Plecos to their own setup soon as I think they ready to start spawning. Had them nearly a year now and seems I have male and female.
     
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    Hi @MattLamm!

    I lost 5 babies that I had in a raising tang,after doing a water change and forgotmto put the heater back on!
    Still have 4 that is growing nicely and the dad pop the new batch out on saturday,think there might be around 15.
    Hope they all make it to adults!
    Not easy to take photos as they are always hidding!
     
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    Ah man, sorry to hear about the mishap with the first batch! Good luck with the current lot, sounds like they spawning quite regularly now.
     
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    :laugh:
    Just carry on "accidentally" breeding them
    Sooner or later you'll have a few dozen happy accidents!
     
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    @Altum

    I would have been happy with a few of what you have on offer at the moment:tongue:

    With all your help im sure there will be plenty more happy accidents!!
     
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    I moved some of the babies today,they are not easy to catch,as I do not want to move the caves around too much!
    Here are some pics that I took with my tab!
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    4 big ones is about 7weeks old,the smallet ones 10days old

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    beautiful pics!
     
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