Help Breeding L129s please

[816johnv]

Hi All,

Has anyone got any tips or ever bred L129s i have a group of 5 that i bought recently that are over 4 years old and was wondering if any one here has bred them or has any tips that might help trigger them, how many caves i should have in there for them any advice would be great. i think i have 2 males and 3 females

regards

John

[MatsP]

You should be able to breed them in a "generic Hypancistrus way", e.g. look for how to breed other Hypancistrus species. There is no reason to believe this species is different for any reason.

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Mats

[816johnv]

i have been reading a lot on Zebrapleco.com about how to breed zebras after all they are the same species but so far i have had no luck i just wondered if anyone on here has bred them and if there was anything else that could help me

regards

[Janne]

You wrote that you bought them recently, what is recently in time?
Most plecos dont breed so short after they have been moved, give them some months and study their behaviour if they show interest for breeding. All Hypancistrus species breed in the same way and the tricks is the same, some breed easier and other needs a little more pushing.

Janne

[816johnv]

i got them on the 1st October

so i has been 3 months now do you think that they are still not settled properly?

regards

[MatsP]

I haven't bred them, but discussing the situation may throw some light on why they are not breeding. [I couldn't find any breeding report for L129 as such].

Well, the first question is of course: Are you sure you have at least one male and one female in your group?

Are they "well fed"?

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Mats

[816johnv]

Well i bought them off a guy called Russell off Zebrapleco.com who has been breeding Zebras and he said he thinks there is 3 females and 2 males there are 2 that are more hairy then the others i would say there is defenatly a male and female just by looking at them

regards

[MatsP]

i got them on the 1st October

so i has been 3 months now do you think that they are still not settled properly?

regards

I'd say that you may expect a bit too much for them to spawn after that short a time - bear in mind that

Hypancistrus

species are a lot less prolific than for example Ancistrus species, so they will take a little more effort to get into condition, and to spawn.

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Mats

[816johnv]

suppose i will just keep feeding them well and try in a few more months then see how they do

cheers for all the replys guys