Congrats on the spawn. If your 399s are anything like my 400s, they will continue for a while. My 400s have been spawning for about 5 years now. Again, congrats.

Keep an eye on the male's caves. If you see eggs, move the cave and all to a fry saver till the eggs (fry) come out of the cave. Then put dad back in the tank and grow out the fry. I do this religiously with my L400s and red BNs. Makes it a lot easier than chasing fry around your tank. Good luck.

This may help. Good luck.

http://www.aquaticcommunity.com/aquariu ... hp?t=92700

Congrats (if that is an L400). They are relatively easy to breed.

Ron, yes I do and I answered your inquiry. Dan.

rcbows, I did not.

Thanx apistomaster. When I get a minute or two to take a breath, I will see about that article. Again, thanx for the props.

Sorry, the convention is not in my plans this year.

I have some L400 fry, currently about 1 1/2" or larger. These are raised in Mass. tap water, beautiful fish. These are the larger, true L400s, where the males get to about 5" and the females are a bit smaller. I cannot sex them at this size, sorry. They are $20 each, and I do ship. I ship ...

I HAVE an overabundance of L262 adult males. I am looking for female L262, but would entertain other trades for plecos. Please message me if you are interested. I will ship. Thanx.

If you have it shipped USPS Priority, it could be around $15. Good luck.

Nice looking tank

Doubtful on this end...

AHHHH, this has been explained several times before! L397 are not "banned from import to the states", they are banned from export from Brazil. The two statements are not the same thing ... But the results are the same - they are next to impossible to obtain in the states. Thanx for the cla...

397s are banned from import to the states, so they will be next to impossible to find. I have been looking for 397s for 3 or 4 years with no luck. Good luck.

BNs are about the easiest pleco to breed, and a good place to start. All you will need is clean water, food, and a cave or hiding place for each adult male. I breed 5 or 6 different species of plecos, and my tanks are split 50/50 with bare bottom and those with substrata. Your preference. There are ...

I've been looking for these for over 3 years now. Good luck.

Thanx Barbie. No, I will not be at the convention (other commitments). Are you able to sex them at that age ? I really don't need any more males, and would prefer not to purchase them unless absolutely necessary. If not sexable, I will continue my search, and thanx again.

Dan.

You can buy smaller acrylic fry savers. I also have one that is 6" long and would work in a 10 gal. Got mine on AB. Good luck.

Not sure about the molly, but the angelfish will eat your pleco fry.

I have an acrylic fry saver (actually, I have 3) that is about 12" long. When I see eggs in the cave with dad, I usually move cave, dad and eggs into the fry saver. Makes it easier than chasing fry around the tank. Good luck.

They are around 3".

I have 9 - L262 males, so guess what I am looking for ? Yep, I need a coupla L262 girls. If I need to buy pairs, I will, but I just thought I would throw this out there. Please PM me if you can help. Thank you very much.

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I am 19 miles north of Boston.

No, I will NOT be at the convention. Thanx.

Got lots of these, make me an offer.

Tank mates are tough because there are none in the wild. That said, people have kept them with sterbai corys (myself included), and other community "dither" fish. Personally, I would not take the chance and I would keep them by themselves. Good luck.

And for the OP (original poster) frozen lobster eggs are NOT available here in the states. I fed my zebras NLS Thera +, Kens earthworm sticks, frozen bloodworms, frozen shrimp, and Kens soft and moist krill. ood luck.