Ancistrus claro, I finally found them:)

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Ancistrus claro, I finally found them:)

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I have been looking for this fish for so long that I had nearly given up. I'm so glad to have finally found them so I thought I would share a few photos.

These WC fish were imported to Sweden recently and I was lucky to get my hands on a good group of 9 fishes:
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/Andreas
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Very nice.
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Very nice indeed! They are quite hard to get. Hopefully you can provide some offspring for the hobbyists in Ireland soon.
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Thank you very much, fingers crossed:)
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Very beautiful claro's! Great to see that they are already 'out in the open' and not shy. Good luck with breeding them!
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Thanks MarlonnekeW!

First thigns first though; I guess I'm just going to relax and enjoy them for a year or more before even thinking about breeding:)

All the best!
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Andreas,

how are your claros doing?

I wonder about their behaviour in your tank. Are they shy? Or out in the open a lot like on your pictures? Do they cave a lot?

How are your plants? Any losses there?
Are they eating herbivorous? Do they like potatoe and zucchini or the likes?

Thank you.
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Awesome looking plecos!
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Jobro wrote:Andreas,

how are your claros doing?

I wonder about their behaviour in your tank. Are they shy? Or out in the open a lot like on your pictures? Do they cave a lot?

How are your plants? Any losses there?
Are they eating herbivorous? Do they like potatoe and zucchini or the likes?

Thank you.
Hi Jobro,

The claros are doing great so far, they are not shy at all but are out in the open most of the time. There are nine in total and we can usually coun't 4-5 which is not bad in a 375 litre tank with loots of hiding spots.

They don't cave but they are still young so that might change.

I have not seen a problem with the plants but to be honest I don't think that means much coming from me. They are in a large tank covered in Anubias and I don't think I would even notice a change as there is so much of it, they do however seem to spend more time on the bogwood and hanging roots than among the plants.

Green foods including zucchini are going down very well. I have not tried potatoes.

They are moving in to two smaller tanks in a couple of months so it will be a bit easier to keep track on them and what's going on then.

All the best,

Andreas
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I just saw these for the first time here in MI.
I wanted to get some since they were good size, but $45/each is kinda steep.

Maybe in a month or 2
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Try Oliver Lucanus : fish@belowwater.com
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@cicrudh13: It's a different market as mine were brought in Scandinavia but that does seem on the steep side to me.
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