They were sold as ABN. They came in on the same order at the LFS. Thats pretty much all I know. Is there a way to find out what they are?

Maybe I am not understanding something. The fry you had. What was wrong with them and why did you euthanize them?
Eric

I have colored and albino fry from albino parents. Do you think the fry will be sterile?
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Eric

Does anyone know of any research that has been done on Ancistrus genetics as far as what the percentage of long fins showing up in offspring if 1 parent has long fins and the other does not, And the percentage of albino fry with albino parents?
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Eric

Do you mix the spirulina powder into a past or just scatter it through the tank?
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Eric

Thanks for the help. I have noticed some of the fry look dark. Both parents were albino the male was long fin. I hope some of the fry are long fin.
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Eric

I have wigglers that hatched 48 hours ago. They don't look anywhere near ready to eat but I want to be ready when they are. Can I feed them frozen squash and algae disks? Should I grind the algae disk first?
I also have a piece of driftwood in the fry tank. What else can I try? This is my first ...

My albino Ancistrus have finally spawned. I think it has been 3 days. I have moved the PVC pipe with the eggs to a 10 gal. There is a mature sponge filter and an air stone near the opening of the pipe to keep water flowing through the pipe. I hope they survive and I cant wait for them to hatch.
Anny ...

Bummer, 4 days after adding 2 1-1/4 PVC pipes with end caps my female curled up in one and died. I don't know if the male trapped her in there and killed her? Well now I am searching for another female.
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Eric

Hi Mats,
I think I will replcase the 4 inch endcap with 2, 1-1/4" pipes with endcaps and see what happens. I hope the pipes stay cleaner than the endcaps. Do you have to clean them out often?
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Eric

Hi Mats,
How long does that 1 1/4" pipe need to be?
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Eric

Hi Mats and Jacked,
Thanks for the advise. I have one cave in the 10 gal tank. It is a 4 inch PVC endcap with 1 small hole in the side. What should I use for teh other cave? Can I use a flowerpot placed on its side?
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Eric

These fish have not spawned yet and I was wondering does it disturb them to much to clean inside their cave every WC? If I don't remove and clean every couple of days it builds up lots of toxic wast underneath. Is this normal? I am surprised at how much wast these fish produce.
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Eric

Thanks for the input!!!
The Male is about 4 inches and the female is about 3. She does look plump like she should be ripe, but I am new to plecos and maybe this is normal?
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Eric

Hi Everyone,
I have a pair of albino ancistrus in a 10 gal tank with a sponge filter. I change 3 gal every other day. They eat spirulina disks and zucchini. My water is 78F PH 7.8 and GH KH is 12. They have a 4 inch PVC endcap for a cave. Is there something I can do to get them to spawn or should I ...

I am new to Bristlenose Plecos. 3 days ago I acquired 1 male and 1 female both adults albino bristlenose. The male has bristles on its nose and is larger. The female does not have bristles so I hope they are a pair. I placed a half slice of fresh zucchini in the tank. How long should I leave it in ...

Hi Everyone,
I have read people use clay pots to spawn bristlenose plecos. What size pots are best? Can pvc pipe be used and what would be the best size?
I am new to spawning plecos and I want to try the Albino Bristlenose. I have heard they are easy.
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Eric

Hi Cartouche,
My computer will not display the pictues for some reason. I dont remember the conversion form ppm to dGH but I think it is around 15 GH and KH.

Hi Ian,
That is close to what I had in mind but I was going to use a gal pickel jar. Is that plastic container one of those breeders? Is it ...

I forgot about the little tanks inside the big ones. I have an idea I may try when I get a chance. I will post pictures if it works.
I use water from the main tank. There should not be much polution but I will try fresh aged water. My water varies between 300 to 400 ppm tds. PH 7.8
I will try ...

Hi Folks,
the past 3 days I have found 12 eggs a day in the mops. I have been floating the eggs in a 1 quart jar with an airstone in a 10 gal tank until they hatch. Then I relese them into the tank. I replace 75% of the water in the jar daily. It looks to me that some of them die in the next 2 days ...

I have a million questions about panda cory's. How do you raise the young? I have been hatching them in a jar and then dumping them in 10 gal tank. I have been feeding them newly hatched brine shrimp. Near as I can tell only 50 to 75% of them survive after hatching. I would like to have more of them ...

Thanks for the info. I have some spawing mops in the tank and this is where I find mot of the eggs. I wish the layed more eggs. It is easier to take care of 100 fry than 5. But it is still fun.
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Eric

I found a hydra in my fry tank. I removed them and I am wondering if there is a way to keep them from returning? I have never seen them before now.
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Eric

Hi everyone,
Is it normal for Panda Cory's to lay only 25 eggs? these are young fish and its their first spawn. It seems like they lay about 5 eggs a day. Maybe they are eating them? The largest batch I have found is 22.
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Eric

Hi Ian,
I am trying to figure out the best way to photograph a microworm.
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Eric

Hi Ian,
I was wondering if there were diferent sizes of microworms and I have large ones. I cant even get newly hatched angelfish to eat them.
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Eric

Hi Folks,
This is how I culture microworms. I use a disposable perware like food container.
Fill the bottom with about 1/2 inch corn meal.
add water until pasty.
add 1/4 tsp of active yeast.
inoculat.
whn they start crawling up the side I scape them off and feed the fish.
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Eric

Hi Everyone,
Is there a best length to make a spawnong mop? Should it hang all the way to the bottom of the tank?
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Eric

Hi
I have only tried microworms and baby brine shrimp. the newborns do well on the baby brine but they will not eat the microworms until about the 3rd week after hatch.
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Eric

Hi Everyone,
Are there different sizes of micrworms? My newborn Albino cory's starve to death when I feed them microworms. I have to use newly hatched brine shrimp. When they get about 3 weeks old they start eating microworms.
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Eric

Thanks for the advise. I have read everything I could find on the subject of raising cory's. My albino cory's spawned again on the 13th, I place the eggs in a jar which I floated in the tank with an air stone and treated with methylene blue. most of the eggs did not hatch. Out of 100 eggs maybe 20 ...