I understand your pending addiction to B&W patterned plecos, especially the Hypans from the Rio Xungu. I have two breeding groups of 236, one is the RB line I acquired years ago (it has a guaranteed accurate sourcing back to RB). I also have a group of RB superwhites I have been growing out for about 16 months. I have just begun to see trappings but not eggs yet, soon. I also have two breeding groups of L173 (one I believe are wild caught fish).
I started with breeding zebras in Apr. 2006. They made all of the above possible. I still have most of my original group plus a few of their kids and then a few replacements purchased over the years. Last March I was able to procure another group pf 25 which were farm raised in Indonesia. They are now spawning so is my original group (as far as I can tell). I have also had. but no longer keep, L450, H. contradens and P. compta.
Watch the site classifieds as I am about to start listing fish in May. I stopped selling fish due to Covid. I was a tripple threat to die if infected. I am now as fully protected as possible having had two weeks pass since my second Pfizer jab. I am no longer a hermit and am in the process of following a path I started down 18 months ago to be down to 1 or no tanks by the beginning of spring of 2024 when I will turn 76. I am not on social media and i sell on a few forums and by word of mouth. Some of this makes it to social media, I think.
If you need any help when you get your 236, I am happy to help where I can.
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