Spawning L-66

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Jack Dempsey
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WOW, when can I pickup sum of your L-66 fry from you
 
I would like to start breeding L260 Queen Arabesque because I think it'll be possible in our tap water (pH 8.2, very hard). I'm just having a hard time parting with the $30 apiece for these fish. They come from the Rio Tapajos and I will house them with my Geophagus sp. 'red head Tapajos'.
 
Vincent Fu;2070991;2070991 said:
I would like to start breeding L260 Queen Arabesque because I think it'll be possible in our tap water (pH 8.2, very hard). I'm just having a hard time parting with the $30 apiece for these fish. They come from the Rio Tapajos and I will house them with my Geophagus sp. 'red head Tapajos'.
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Good luck, they aren't easy to spawn. Talk to Barbie if you want to seriously pursue breeding L260.
 
COL;2073693; said:
They are just about as easy to spawn as any hyp. The problem is that the geophages will outcompete them for food, and spook them such that they will not spawn--and even if they did, no fry, as the phages will vacuum them up.
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I spawn my L-66 king tigers in a tank with Geophagus altifrons. I don't seem to have any problems. But, I do feed them tons of food. My friends who watch me feed them can't believe how much I throw in the tank.
 
I dunno; I've never had geophagus spp. before, but I had one or two 333 spawns with some unidentified guanicara in the tank--never saw any fry until they were removed, not to mention that they snapped up most of the food before it even hit the tank bottom. And these things are only about 4" SL, as opposed to the upper 8"s that many geos hit--not to mention L-66 are huge and far bolder than L-260. I now prefer to spawn my hypans in their own separate enclosures. However, I'm well aware of your spawning record, so I say, to each his own, I suppose.
 
COL;2074697; said:
I dunno; I've never had geophagus spp. before, but I had one or two 333 spawns with some unidentified guanicara in the tank--never saw any fry until they were removed, not to mention that they snapped up most of the food before it even hit the tank bottom. And these things are only about 4" SL, as opposed to the upper 8"s that many geos hit--not to mention L-66 are huge and far bolder than L-260. I now prefer to spawn my hypans in their own separate enclosures. However, I'm well aware of your spawning record, so I say, to each his own, I suppose.
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I agree that if someone is a first time Hypancistrus spawner, that they should have a species only tank. It's not always that a male Hypancistrus is a protective father. I collect my fry before they come out of the cave to prevent predation. I know of a few who have lost fry to due predation. I have all of my other Hypancistrus in species only tanks besides a few colonies of Apistogramma sp., swordtails, halfbeaks, and shrimp mixed in. This isn't a suggestion either as many of these tank mates come up missing. One good thing about spawning G. altifrons is the fry (when they still have their yolksack and aren't free swimming yet) make a great treat for Hypancistrus. Eggs from Angel fish, apistogramma, and mbuna make great treats as well. I do a lot of breeding to supply treats for my fish.
 
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