Peckoltia Compta (L134's)

A number of months ago my L260's produced a couple of spawns. Kind of messed up a bit then though as I moved the parents to another tank (should have let them be)and they went into hiatus for a while. Got 11 fry which luckily enough are still going well, and I hope they get it on again soon (fingers crossed).

Anyway, while doing the rounds yesterday checking that all was ok, I looked into my Leopard Frog tank and noticed one of my males sitting on a nice clutch of eggs. First time spawners with these also. Really happy about that. Had a bit of a feeling something might happen because two days ago I carried out a 50% water change with cool RO water to drop the TDS and slightly lower the ph level. Few hours later I noticed a trapping, but didn't know if it was practise or the real thing. Happened really quickly though as less than 24 hrs later the eggs were laid!

Tried to get a pic but not successful as he won't let me get a good look behing him into the back of the cave. Also, as it's his first time, I really don't want to give him any reason to freak out and kick out / destroy the eggs, so I just moved the cave (with dad and eggs) into a saver within the tank. I'll leave it now for a few days and hope for the best.

Now for the hat-trick with the zebra's........

Patrick

great stuff patrick
well done
hope it works out for you

congratulations Patrick with both the L260's and the L134's.
Any pics of the adults (not sitting on eggs).

IMO it is best not to move plecs, especially there first time round.
They can be quite nervous resulting in either ejecting the eggs or eating them.

Do you fancy swapping some L260 fry for some L411 fry?

i'll be cheeky and ask i'll happily take some l134 fry if you decide to sell them
congrats

Excellent results.Congratulations.
I too would be keen on getting any fry of both species to build upwhat I have already.

very nice lads, wat sort of dollar do both those L's sell for, i'm really looking for something nice

cheers lads

Congrats on the spawn and best of luck with the zebs. Do u keep each species to there own tank or seperate

ill put my name in the pot to would love some fry of both types.


i have 2 blue phantoms already this time 3 months ago i had no real intrest in pleco s and l numbers now im getting obsessed

Great news, congrats on both spawns!

What size is your group(s), and what sex ratio?

I'm hoping to give these a go in the future so I might come back to you for advice if thats alright.

Melander

Congratulations, great news on both species.

Best of luck with raising the fry. Looking forward to photos when you can get them.



Daragh

Hi all

Well I've had a fairly challenging few days with these guys and it's just not gone well at all. It was a really decent sized batch that were laid with a total of 26 eggs in all and for the first week or so everything was going fine. Then in drips and drabs the male started kicking them out of the cave - a few a day until the last of them came out last night. I did exactly the same as I had done a few months back with the L260's (which went well) but it didn't go so well this time. Lost them all. They had even started developing pigmentation and had good shape definition so not sure really what went wrong. Could be a number of factors I guess - maybe first time dad, maybe biofilm in the frysaver. Couple of times I did shine a torch in to the cave and I know I should not have done that so maybe he got freaked out a bit. Water parameters were stable and had plenty of aeration going so at a loss really and very disappointed.

Met Darren (Platty252) last weekend and think I'll take his advice on leaving them be should they spawn again. I placed the male back in his tank earlier today and when I went to check that all was ok a short while ago I did notice a somewhat plump female hanging around outside his cave so who knows. Only thing is, the male hasn't really eaten before today for almost two weeks so not sure how that will work out. Back to the drawing board......

@ Turner85 - Yes I keep each species to a tank of their own for now until I can be sure to obtain maybe a few trio's or pairs. Then I might seperate groups out, but will still dedicate each group to a species only tank

@ Melander - Currently have a pair of L260 adults and 7 L134's (including 2 I picked up at Seahorse last weekend, so the breeding came from the original group of 5). Best estimate so far is 4 males to 3 females. As i mentioned in previous post, I wasn't really expecting breeding activity just yet as I didn't believe they were big enough and they're not long over 2 years old.

Going to sit down at the pc tomorrow and finally try to sort out this posting of pictures crack. I have a few (though not very good). Darren gave me pointers on it last weekend so I'll give it a go.

Patrick

Sorry to hear about your loss, atleast you have gotten over from what i understand the hardest part to get them to spawn in the first place. I'm sure it's just a matter of time until they are at it again.

And I totally understand the lure of the flashlight by the way:)

Looking forward to future updates and pictures of these, best of luck!

Melander