My 3 young L046's

[Fern]

I'm moving them to a different tank in with the adults in hopes of triggering a spawn, so I took a bunch of pictures. Not 100% sure on sex so if you know please chime in!

 

[Wolf-Keeper1]

Those are some awesome plecos. Where are they from? Sorry I don't understand the letter and number names yet?

 

[Fern]

"Hypancistrus zebra is native to Brazil. The only reported habitat being on the riverbed of the Rio Xingu"
They are unfortunately planning on building a dam in their native habitat and that very well could wipe them out in the wild.

 

[Wolf-Keeper1]

ThaT sucks there natural place is gonna get ran over.

 

[ShortyKiloGyrl]

I am SOOOOOO jealous!!! I wanted one of these soo bad. But just can't afford them! Gorgeous looking fish! I would give a whole tank to one if I needed to lol

 

[sandnuka]

they look awesome... too bad only the ugly common pleco gets big and not the cool colored guys like these... They would look unbelievable at 2 foot long! lol

 

[ShortyKiloGyrl]

I agree with Sand!! Let's breed them and make them morph into bigger ones but look like the zebra's

 

[endangered cichlids]

fern were did u score thoughs , i need some pm me

 

[ShortyKiloGyrl]

They are quite often on aquabid.com

 

[dondud]

WOAH....those are some cool plecos...
nice job on getting those.

 

[Betty]

They are beautiful. Good luck with the spawning!

 

[Fern]

I'm hoping to get the adult pair moved over into the 30g I moved the younger guys to.... Hopefully this week.
I got these guys at just under and inch and they are about 2 inches now.
I will share pics of the adults when I get them moved over.

 

[Paintguy]

Very cool looking fish. Spawn and ship some out west please

 

[Fern]

If they spawn I already have like 20 people on the list for fry Yall do know how much they run?

 

[Paintguy]

I found one guy on a forum selling them for $120 each if you buy 5. With a price that high I am surprised more have not mass bred them... supply vs. demand.

 

[Wolf-Keeper1]

Are they harder to care for then other plecos? Or is the care about the same. Also
what do they max out at as far as size?

 

[endangered cichlids]

fern pm me the price for a couple when u get em

 

[Fern]

http://www.zebrapleco.com/core/hypancistrus_species_info.php <--- info

Paint, they take quite some time to mature, these are 2 1/2 years old and they have some ways to go yet.

endangered cichlids, it will be a while but I will let you know. I may want to bolster my group before I sell any.

 

[1fishkeeper]

I had a breeding pair of them about 6 or 7 years ago. I sure do miss them. But I know the price back then was about five times more than what they are now.

 

[Wolf-Keeper1]

I had a breeding pair of them about 6 or 7 years ago. I sure do miss them. But I know the price back then was about five times more than what they are now.

Wow that's crazy, whatever happened to your pair? Did they die if old age or you sold them?