Thanks Eric.

I got to see the egg development, so I can fill you on all the details here, the eggs are large in size about 4x the size of BN eggs. Once the fry hatch the egg sacs are huge and they bounce around on them like space hoppers. :)) But at this stage are extremely fragile. Hence some initial losses. Wi...

That is just so cute!!! Congrats! :YMPARTY: :-BD I can't wait until mine grow a bit. Must have been the temp drop that triggered them to start flirting again wouldn't suggest dropping to that extreme, but it obviously had an effect! Will be doing the same once the babies moved from breeder box in ma...

Fingers crossed. Congrats!!! :) You posted there was some activities a few weeks ago hopefully there was a good ammount of babies produced and you find some more. In the tank you have they are probably well hidden. Start putting in some courgette sweet potato or other veg as was the advice I've been...

Will do.

Lol that's a good one.

Those cupido are quite rare. Congrats!!!

Thanks :) I went fry catching last night and transferred them into a breeder box. 21 fry in the box so far and I spotted a couple of stray ones still in the tank, i need to catch. I'd been advised initially that leaving them in tank was OK. But with adults getting busy again;). Thought moving the fr...

Babies hatched . Dad's not kept them in the cave long has business to take care of with a girl outside the cave.

Hi jobro, I recently discovered a lump very similar looking to this on one of my plecos fins. Got to know a very knowledgeable guy in regards to ffish health. On asking I was told it was lymphocistitus. There's a lot of speculation as to whether its contagious to other fish. Its possible it is when ...

Thanks Jobro, all is well ATM Dad's doing his job. I also have my first pleco batch. A big batch of really cute BN babies so learning very quickly about caring for pleco fry.

Thanks, good to be having some success with these guys

At last - Results!! The male trapping girls all week didn't let the girl escape this time. He has a clutch of about 40 eggs inside his cave

Me too the males trapped three females in the last few days -they escaped- though a female outside each males cave managed to sneak in a smaller cave for him which he accepted very happily, with all this going on only a matter of time before I see results.

Will check on them again in a few hours. Had three different spawning BNs Adolfi Cory's and now very likely L397s. . Will have to start paying the water company for whatever it is they are putting in the water supply lol

They did it!!! Went in late to check in and feed them. Male has a girl in his cave can just see her fins in front of him. Both are very still have been like this about 3-4 Hours now. You tube vids to follow.

Thanks females are quite plump reckon i will see results very soon. The temperature was reduced to stop them breeding, inevitably that can only be maintained for so long in the current weather in a fish house so they are in condition. Obviously temp is higher now ;)

Picked up my new breeding group of adult L397s today. . Three males 5 females. Before lights out. There was 1 male and female looking like they are getting very friendly. Reckon i will see results very soon.

Awesomeness Eric!! Really hope you get some good luck. My three i think 2 females 1 male. All fully recovered from the the situation before the rescue. Really tempted now too put them back into a species tank on my Panaque rack with the new L397s.

Thanks.

Thanks TTA and Viktor. Of course one thing to consider and is an implicating factor is of course params inappropriate environment ect. Out of kilter params etc are very often the major causes of many fish health problems and the purpose of the sticky topics. At least when someone posts re a problem ...

Really sorry to hear about this Eric. Know where you're at as you know i had a similar experience. Completely gutting when this happens. Sure would be helpful to have some kind of list. Have a pleco in QT at the moment not doing very well. Just as well he's in QT.

I even tried to keep hold of the job, believe it or not, in the hope things might change. (They haven't TBH). I called the manager to try to reduce my hours my thoughts being less time I was there, the less fed up I'd be with this colleague I would be. (To put it politely). But when i called he wasn...

Get you dude!! It's been a bonkers few months but I'm not ready to throw the towel in on it just yet! However there's days in my head it's like "bugger it I'm done with it".But another part says differently. The toughest time was when I took on a job at an LFS (and a disreputable one at th...

Here's some other pics is very plump. Though has spent time in caves Hangs out on the ledges also.

Hoping you get some really good results. Going by the tank you've got if I remember correctly the fry might be well covered by decor etc. Keep me posted. By the looks of it chances are good

Signs are really good then by the sounds of it. My males fanned to attract the girls. You'll know how male BNs do it even when not in a cave. I had an L397 serial phantom fanner :). You'll know the difference though as they really go for it in comparison to what my males did. Reckon yours are about ...

:d Warm weather does the trick! My Adolfi cories and BNs spawned last week. And he has not left the cave? But then you're probably doing your best not to disturb them. But if he is congratulations. :-BD In terms of the fry if he's still looking after the eggs or fry, which i guess they would be by n...