How do they collect hypancistrus in the wild?
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Bengal
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How do they collect hypancistrus in the wild?
Just wondering..... does anyone know the methods they use to collect hypancistrus in the wild? In particular I was interested in those hypans from the xingu region.
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Re: How do they collect hypancistrus in the wild?
Do you have Ingo's book?
http://www.planetcatfish.com/books/book ... -Catfishes
It has some information.
-Shane
http://www.planetcatfish.com/books/book ... -Catfishes
It has some information.
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Re: How do they collect hypancistrus in the wild?
Sorry I don't have access to that text. Could you summarize?
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Re: How do they collect hypancistrus in the wild?
In very short: They dive and use plastic bottles to hold the fish, and sticks to pry the fish out of their caves. Depending on the fish, the depth varies a bit. H. zebra are quite deep, 10-15 meters, so they use pumped air to breathe under water. For shallower sections, just snorkel and goggles are used.
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Re: How do they collect hypancistrus in the wild?
Ingo's book is a great book that every pleco person should have in their library, IMO.Shane wrote:Do you have Ingo's book?
http://www.planetcatfish.com/books/book ... -Catfishes
It has some information.
-Shane
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