L144 Long-finned Blue Eyed Ancistrus

[harnsheng]

Finally i manage to catch the adults L144 Long-finned Blue Eyed ancistrus from the pond, and luckily, i have 1 female out of 5 adults! Phewwww...

Before relocating them to the ponds, they looked pretty pale and skinny.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/harnsheng/9352308094/" title="564856_10150840320219001_1630605368_n by Harn Sheng, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7317/9352308094_ee918647f6_z.jpg" width="450" height="572" alt="564856_10150840320219001_1630605368_n"></a>

And this is what happen after few months, which i'm totally surprised and delighted. Decided to leave them longer to grow up and color up nicely.
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/harnsheng/9349528631/" title="456376_10150837547274001_951894043_o by Harn Sheng, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3809/9349528631_8e79b8cda2_z.jpg" width="640" height="480" alt="456376_10150837547274001_951894043_o"></a>

Now i'm back from a year working holiday in New Zealand, i've decided to catch all of them out and try to breed it. Rewarded 2 weeks later with this:
<a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/harnsheng/9349500227/" title="WMDSC_7575 copy by Harn Sheng, on Flickr"><img src="http://farm4.staticflickr.com/3788/9349500227_c6de9450c2_z.jpg" width="640" height="428" alt="WMDSC_7575 copy"></a>

Cute!!!

[harnsheng]

Ops, wrong code. How can i edit the post?

[peanut]

Finally i manage to catch the adults L144 Long-finned Blue Eyed ancistrus from the pond, and luckily, i have 1 female out of 5 adults! Phewwww...


Before relocating them to the ponds, they looked pretty pale and skinny.

And this is what happen after few months, which i'm totally surprised and delighted. Decided to leave them longer to grow up and color up nicely.


Now i'm back from a year working holiday in New Zealand, i've decided to catch all of them out and try to breed it. Rewarded 2 weeks later with this:


Cute!!!

[peanut]

very nice piece.. fry how big now?

[harnsheng]

Thank you Peanut for the mod!

They are about a week old now. Tiny but starts eating yesterday, so the growth should be faster soon :P

Btw, any suggestion on ancistrus fries's food? They don't seems to be interested with the crushed pellets given or even cucumber. Tried decap artemia and i don't see a big interest either.

[coolace]

Wow. The colour is nice when they are adult.