CARES pleco project

Hi everyone,

A little background: I am going to be part of the International Baccalaureate program at BCC high school during my junior and senior years. It puts a high focus on writing and analysis rather than simply knowing facts. During this program we are required to write a 4,000 word research paper on a topic that we are passionate about. Thus I have chosen fish.

I have decided to my paper on breeding CARES fish, primarily plecos. I would like to attempt to breed one or two types of CARES plecos and perhaps a smaller CARES live bearer to take up the upper levels of the tanks.

My budget is fairly open, however I am limited space wise. I have an approximately 4ftx2ft space open for use. However, I could find a little more space if necessary.

If I do get any to breed I plan on donating the majority of their offspring to CCA and other clubs.

I am going to contact the CARES coordinator regarding where to find the fish, but if anyone knows where to find any of them it would be greatly appreciated.

If you have any ideas on which fish I should try or what setup I should use I would love to hear them.

Thank you in advance for all the help,

Lucas

Lucas:

I'm having a hard time reading the list (it get's out of focus if I zoom in), but L066 and L333 are probably your best bet from the ones I can read. I believe they have already been bred in captivity and are relatively available in the hobby. In order to get any results before you graduate, you'll have to try and find a supplier with adult species. Any fish you acquire from breeders would likely be years away from spawning age, based on my brief experience with trying to breed fancy plecos (I had L-066s that I lost during a power outage after growing them out for 18 months).

Any of the larger species (panaque, pseudoancithicus, scobioancistris) take years to mature and adults would probably cost in the thousands of dollars to obtain.

If you could get a better copy of the list, that might help. Ancistrus are typically easier to breed, but I can't tell if there are any on the list.

The Wet Spot has both L066 and L333 on their list today.

Heres a better list

Ancistomus cf. sabaji (Rio Xing) CVU (11)
Ancistrus sp. L255 CVU (11)
Baryancistrus chrysolomus (L047) CVU (11)
Baryancistrus sp. L019 CVU (11)
Baryancistrus sp. L081 CVU (11)
Baryancistrus xanthellus (L018/L085) CVU (11)
Baryancistrus cf. xanthellus (L177) CVU (11)
Chiloglanis bifurcus EN (1)
Hopliancistrus sp. L017/LDA15 CVU (11)
Hypancistrus sp. L066 CVU (11)
Hypancistrus sp. L333 CVU (11)
Leporacanthicus heterodon CVU (11)
Oligancistrus punctatissimus CVU (11)
Oligancistrus sp. L016 CVU (11)
Oligancistrus sp. L020 CVU (11)
Oligancistrus sp. L030 CVU (11)
Oligancistrus sp. L354 CVU (11)
Panaqolus sp. L398 CVU (11)
Panaque sp. L027 'Xing' (LDA63) CVU (11)
Parancistrus aurantiacus (L031) CVU (11)
Parancistrus nudiventris (Rio Xing) CVU (11)
Parancistrus sp. L300/LDA48 CVU (11)
Peckoltia cf. snethlageae Rio Xing (L161) CVU (11)
Peckoltia cf. vittata (L015) CVU (11)
Pseudacanthicus sp. L025 CVU (11)
Pseudacanthicus sp. L185 CVU (11)
Pseudacanthicus sp. L273 CVU (11)
Pseudancistrus sp. L067 CVU (11)
Scobinancistrus aureatus (L014) CVU (11)
Scobinancistrus cf. pariolispos (L048) CVU (11)
Scobinancistrus sp. L253 CVU (11)
Synodontis brichardi VU (1)
Synodontis koensis NT (1)
Synodontis macrops VU (1)
Synodontis pardalis EN (1)
Synodontis ruandae VU (1)

Thanks

According to Planet Catfish (which I believe is the best resource on catfish on the internet):

Ancistomus cf. sabaji (Rio Xing) - not listed on Planet Catfish
Ancistrus sp. L255 - unreported on planet catfish
Baryancistrus chrysolomus (L047) -unreported on planet catfish
Baryancistrus sp. L019 unreported on planet catfish
Baryancistrus sp. L081 unreported on planet catfish
Baryancistrus xanthellus (L018/L085) One reported spawning
Baryancistrus cf. xanthellus (L177) One, same species as above
Chiloglanis bifurcus unreported (From Africa)
Hopliancistrus sp. L017/LDA15 unreported on planet catfish
Hypancistrus sp. L066 - bred in captivity
Hypancistrus sp. L333 - bred in captivity
Leporacanthicus heterodon - one reported spawning
Oligancistrus punctatissimus unreported on planet catfish
Oligancistrus sp. L016 - unreported breeding
Oligancistrus sp. L020 - unreported on planet catfish
Oligancistrus sp. L030 - unreported on planet catfish
Oligancistrus sp. L354 - unreported on planet catfish
Panaqolus sp. L398 - unreported on planet catfish
Panaque sp. L027 'Xing' (LDA63) - unreported on planet catfish
Parancistrus aurantiacus (L031) - unreported on planet catfish
Parancistrus nudiventris (Rio Xing) - says is the same as L031, unreported
Parancistrus sp. L300/LDA48 Says is the same as L031, unreported
Peckoltia cf. snethlageae Rio Xing (L161) unreported on planet catfish
Peckoltia cf. vittata (L015) bred in captivity
Pseudacanthicus sp. L025 unreported (adults are 18"!)
Pseudacanthicus sp. L185 unreported (adults are 16")
Pseudacanthicus sp. L273 unreported on planet catfish
Pseudancistrus sp. L067 unreported on planet catfish
Scobinancistrus aureatus (L014) bred in captivity (adults 12")
Scobinancistrus cf. pariolispos (L048) unreported on planet catfish
Scobinancistrus sp. L253 unreported on planet catfish
Synodontis brichardi unreported on planet catfish (adults 8")
Synodontis koensis unreported on planet catfish
Synodontis macrops unreported on planet catfish
Synodontis pardalis unreported on planet catfish
Synodontis ruandae unreported on planet catfish


I have not seen a lot of these species available at all. Good luck! Check out the profiles on Planet Catfish for more info.

Jon

Batfish also has L-066 on his preorder lists for delivery to the CCA Holiday party!

jonclark96 said:

I have not seen a lot of these species available at all. Good luck! Check out the profiles on Planet Catfish for more info.

Jon

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Thanks. Yeah I've been looking at planet catfish. looks like if gonna have to either go with L333, L066, or a different route. Thanks for the help anyway.

I would love to see someone breed l255s, they are defenitely my favorite ancistrus sp.
As for a small livebearer, I'd go with zoogoneticus tequila. Each female only has 1-6 babies every month or so but thy are fun little fish
Good luck!

festaedan said:

I would love to see someone breed l255s, they are defenitely my favorite ancistrus sp.
As for a small livebearer, I'd go with zoogoneticus tequila. Each female only has 1-6 babies every month or so but thy are fun little fish
Good luck!

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I would if I could find em. I checked with a few different places and they haven't seen em in years. Thanks!

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I have a group of Red-Tailed Goodied juvies:
http://www.borstein.info/profiles/non_cichlid/xenotocaeisen.html

These guys definitely are fin nippers - made the mistake of putting them in with guppies.

If you go beyond catfish and livebearers, I have a couple CARES cichlids that have been breeding in 20 long/29 gallon tanks.

I have a pair of Crypto nanoluteus.
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=131

Also I have a group of Paralabidochromis chromogynos that are breeding in a 29.
http://www.cichlid-forum.com/profiles/species.php?id=1577

Let me know if you are interested in any of these. I would like to hold on to the adult P. chromogynos - but their fry are decent size.

I have realized that though this would have been fun and a good way to get more tanks it was more catering to the MTS side of me than my "I want to get into a good college" side of me . I am going to go with a fuller topic such as genetics.

Thanks for the help anyways.

This thread can be closed. Thanks

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