Blue eye Ancistrus spawning log / L144 pleco

After several request to post a breeding log for my Ancistrus .
here it is !


Tank size : standard 3 foot tank
Filter : a 12 year old Hailea internal canister filter 600l/h with matrix and a sponge
Substrate : Mainly pool filter sand
Caves : my own DIY Slate caves and some coconut shells
Decor: Drift wood and some rocks
Water Parameters : 7ish with a TDS of around 87ppm
Water maintenance : Weekly 20-40l wc with gravel vacuum
Temp: 25'C -27'C
Diet: baby marrow, cucumber and dry pleco foods
Tank mates : some guppies
Colony: After a few deaths I ended with 3 males and 8 females acquired in mid 2011 at around 4cm
Bred: end April 2012 2 days after a wc

 

Some cell phone pictures.
The parents

 

The male trapping the female in the cave and
some bristlenose eggs that was kicked out of the cave

 

L144 fry a few days old and a month old

 

I hope i covered all the essentials

 

@Khalid, The first plec looks wicked man! Very nice specimen.

 

@SloMo.00.Thanks. the old Nokia still shoots better pictures That is the alpha male in the tank
That picture was taken a week after this fish had a good stabbing match with another male. Even putting my hands in the tank couldn’t break them up :fight:

 

How old is he?

 

I estimate just over a year

 

Size? Looks like you enjoy the plecs. Well done spawning them:congrats:

 

@Reedfish -Thanks two spawns already another expected soon.

 

@Khalid
do you still have some blue eye ancistrus?

 

sorry pal nothing