It was 3m:2f. The large male is still breathing, and is attempting to swim, but not succeeding at all. I don't think that he can see either.
Breeding L200s?
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The large L200 is still breathing and moving around a little, but still has not regained full mobility. STill breathing, and if he doesn't make a recovery in the next few days, he will be put down.
Ouch, I didn't expect this kind of news.
Phantoms are one of my favorite plecs. I've been reading this thread fairly frequently hoping for the best, shame this happend, damn the luck.
I'm very sorry for your losses, hopefully the males can recover fully. Best of luck to ya and your fish.
Phantoms are one of my favorite plecs. I've been reading this thread fairly frequently hoping for the best, shame this happend, damn the luck.
I'm very sorry for your losses, hopefully the males can recover fully. Best of luck to ya and your fish.
I'm hoping I can get more. The large male and a female had already paired off, and were already being conditioned for breeding.
Today the L200s got a new home. During the move I made a discovery. Eggs. Definitely not from the mollies 
, nor from the ramshorn snails. They were in the cave that had been gaurded by the large male. I am certain that had the catastrophy not happened, I would have had some small ones swimming around.
Params were:
pH -- 7.2
KH -- 6dKH
Temp -- 83F
Ammonia -- 0.0
Nitrite -- 0.0
Nitrate -- 0.0
The batch of eggs seemed rather small, but I will continue my observation. There were only ~35 eggs in the cave. However, many could have been eaten, or sucked up the filter prior to me finding them.
, nor from the ramshorn snails. They were in the cave that had been gaurded by the large male. I am certain that had the catastrophy not happened, I would have had some small ones swimming around. Params were:
pH -- 7.2
KH -- 6dKH
Temp -- 83F
Ammonia -- 0.0
Nitrite -- 0.0
Nitrate -- 0.0
The batch of eggs seemed rather small, but I will continue my observation. There were only ~35 eggs in the cave. However, many could have been eaten, or sucked up the filter prior to me finding them.
Didn't snap a photo of it. I'll be getting some more L200s soon, so hopefully I will have a few females in this batch.
I'd say that both males and females are often thought to be full grown, when they have not even made it to 1/2 of their full size.
