Short update, away from the fish & new links

This has been awhile, the main reason is that I am currently away from my fish and don't really know what is going on, apart from that they are doing well.

The only fish close to me now are my precious Ancistrus sp., plenty of tetras and a two pairs of Angelfish. Both the Angels and the Ancistrus are spawning but in a community setup I fear that  that very few fry will survive.

I have also added two new links to the site, these are two excellent sites that I have used many times for information so I highly recommend having a look!

Aquafarmen - very interesting Norwegian breeding projects


wildguppies.com - anything you need to know about wild guppies


Melander

Ancistrus sp. first spawn

I have had these fish since they were juveniles, for a good few years now and was lucky enough to get one male and two females.

I am delighted that they now have spawned and am looking forward to the little ones hatching, the male has so far been an excellent first time dad:)

The fish has been kept in pH7.5 and dH of around 3, there was no trigger noticed.

The fry will be left to fend for themselves in this community tank, I will keep you posted on their development.

Ancistrus sp., sexing revisited

Ancistrus sp., females with bristles

It now turns out that I was right about the young female, one of the males however turned out to be a female which im very happy about.

In the end it seems that both males and females grow bristles quite early, it is however still possible to somewhat accurately sex the juveniles by the amount of bristle growth.

Juvenile male, one year ago:
 














Juvenile female, one year ago:
















The male, today:

The females today:

They still need to put on some weight but I am hopeful about getting some fry from these next year.

Melander

Ancistrus sp., sexing

These fish were sold as Ancistrus sp. L180

They have now started to "bristle up" and three are obvious males, like this lad:

I'm however hopefull that this one is a girl:

I have already had comments on this but would like to hear from more people so please feel free to comment below!

Cheers, Melander