Look what followed me home, new L114

[ShortyKiloGyrl]

That's odd they lay so few eggs when so many others have large batches?

 

[DMD123]

Internet info so I cant confirm truth to it. But seems to be very few breeders out there, so the cost continues to be high. Maybe we need to do a business venture....

 

[ShortyKiloGyrl]

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/pleco/zebra.php

Here is some good info, looks like they lay a couple of clutches of eggs. I wonder if maybe 10 eggs per clutch. Sound like they are hard to feed as fry from what I read on a couple of forums. I would love to breed them and try atleast if I could afford to get some breeding ones lol

 

[DMD123]

Wow, $500 a pop at: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=830+837+1136&pcatid=1136

 

[ShortyKiloGyrl]

Pulled these two posts from http://www.planetcatfish.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=5&t=38927:

"Re: Breeding L46 hypancistrus zebra
Postby Orinocensis1 » Wed Jul 17, 2013 11:31 am

Thanks for the info! Yeah it might be tricky in this big tank but I will give it a shot, with all my breeding projects going on, this is the main one i am really paying extra attention too it lol. What diet do you use for them?
Orinocensis1, posts: 45

Re: Breeding L46 hypancistrus zebra
Postby jac » Wed Jul 17, 2013 12:13 pm

In the mornings I give carnivor tablets and at night I feed frozen foods such as brine shrimp, mysis, black en red mosquito and daphnia. Ones a week I give them spirulina/plancton tabs."

 

[ShortyKiloGyrl]

Wow, $500 a pop at: http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=830+837+1136&pcatid=1136

Yeah! I've looked there and found them cheaper on aquabid but they are still $200+ on there

 

[DMD123]

So this rare pleco comes from the Rio Xingú, which is in the process of having a large dam built on it.
http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21577073-having-spent-heavily-make-worlds-third-biggest-hydroelectric-project-greener-brazil
So most likely man will end up killing this off in the wild and then all we will have is tank raised fish.   

 

[ShortyKiloGyrl]

These on aquabid are cheaper a piece but the initial cost for 5 of them is amazing.

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwcatfishp&1400266760

 

[ShortyKiloGyrl]

So this rare pleco comes from the Rio Xingú, which is in the process of having a large dam built on it.
http://www.economist.com/news/americas/21577073-having-spent-heavily-make-worlds-third-biggest-hydroelectric-project-greener-brazil
So most likely man will end up killing this off in the wild and then all we will have is tank raised fish.   

I had read that before too Unfortunate this happens to so many species.

 

[wi_fishguy]

Nice looking Pleco! We have a few Plecos, and we feed our Gold Nugget Repashy Spawn and Grow, or Repashy Shrimp Souffle. Stinks like crazy when cooking it, but it's like Pleco Crack to those little guys! Have fun raising this one!

 

[DMD123]

Thanks wi_fishguy, this has been one of my favorite looking pleco. This is also one of the shyest. I was a bit upset when my red isletas tore up his tail fin. I hope the beautiful tail will grow back in.