Video: Corydoras concolor & Hypancistrus debilittera Sharing a Meal:)

I'm going through the mess that is my files and found this gem of C. concolor and H. debilittera (L129) sharing a meal of mussels, enjoy:)

Hypancistrus debilittera, L129; fry development

I just fished out these little lads from their parent’s tank. They are from one of my first spawns of Hypancistrus debilittera, L129 and I believe that I managed to catch roughly two thirds from that batch.

It is very important for the growth and well-being of young plecos that they are not kept in too crowded conditions. Even more so when several batches share the tank as the smaller ones will have a very tough time competing for food and hiding spots against their larger siblings. 

These fish were moved so that their younger siblings can get a chance to grow properly and become strong little fishes.They have now moved to a 72 litre tank with strong filtration and plenty of hiding spots.

Update; L129, Hypancistrus debilittera fry

The fry of my L129, Hypancistrus debilittera that were kicked out from the cave as larva on the 30th of September are now 10 days old and are doing very well.

There is still the six of them residing in a small floating container. As the breeding box I had planned to use for this type of situations broke recently I'm in the process of building a new one which if it works well will be presented as a DIY post here in the future.

As you can see from the rounded bellies and yellow coloration the fry are still absorbing their yolk sacks, the critical stage in rearing pleco fry starts when they are ready to eat as they need allot of food that easily pollute the water if uneaten.

I'll keep you posted on the progress with these.

Hypancistrus debilittera, L129, kicked out larva

Our male Hypancistrus debilittera, L129 still has not gotten the hang of raising the little ones. 

I collected six newly born yesterday that had been kicked out from the breeding cave. This can happen with inexperienced or stressed males.
In this case it was the males second spawn and he is still learning, hopefully practice will make perfect.

These little larva have gotten their own net container in the parents tank, an airstone ads oxygen and circulates the water.

The temperature at the time of spawning was 26C and the pH 6, I might write a proper breeding report about this species in the future.

Quick tank updates,

Things are moving along quite well and I just wanted to share some smaller updates of what's going on in the fish tanks.

The 125 litre corner tank above has changed quite a bit (don't mind the algae), the breeding pair of Pelvicachromis taeniatus "nigeria red" had to move to a separate tank. The pair was moved as they were getting to aggressive during spawning to let me keep community fish in this tank.

One Red Tiger Lotus, Nymphaea zenkeri which had outgrown one of my smaller tanks has been added and I think it really makes the difference.

12 Ember Tetra, Hyphessobrycon amandae moved in and they really seem to enjoy this environment and are constantly schooling. The colour of this fish also matches that of the Red Lotus plant very well.

I have been trying to spawn the Ember tetras for the last few weeks but have had no success so far.

A group of five L129, Hypancistrus debilittera have moved into the tank and they have already spawned in there which is great.

The pair of Nigerian red have moved to a separate tank and they seem to enjoy their new home, they are now guarding their second batch of fry.

Finally my group of Corydoras concolor are getting on well, they are growing like mad and have started to excibit their trademark hi-fins!

That's all for now,

Happy fish-keeping!