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My breeding group came from Germany, $50 apiece for ~1.5" juvies. The first spawn were all super red fry, but I'm not certain yet whether the female in this round was a red or a brown. Since the new spawn is small I think it's fairly likely they're pure reds again. I have 7 of the super reds and...

Here's a few pics of the parents, and the single fry from the first spawn. They remind me somewhat of rosy red minnows, more orange than red like the L-10a. They color intensifies as they grow, this juvie among the NLS pellets is about 1": The new batch are still wigglers, piled...

I now have the second spawn of super red BN hatched, looks like around 40 wigglers. The first spawn happened in the 75 with several dozen juvie oblongum's. I was only able to save 1 fry from that spawn, but the breeders are now in a different tank. Any chance I'm the first in the US to spawn...

I could use a few adult female ruby greens. Between them and the P. nyererei the only ones that survived were males. Apparently too many males of both species for the females to compete/live with? The single male ruby green I still have seems to mix well enough with 1m/4f A. latisfasciata...

I've never kept Oto's myself, but I've seen countless posts on several different forums about the buggers dying off for no apparent reason. The only folks who seem to have any success keeping them have large, well-established planted tanks. A BN will clean up the diatoms that inevitably pop up...

Oto's do best in established tanks, I wouldn't put them in a new setup. BN pleco's are a bit hardier in general.

I plan on bringing a couple of male P. nyererei, maybe a male nicholsi as well. Here's a couple of losy pics, fish actually look better than these:

Well you can call me Ray, or you can call me Jay, or you can call me ronnie, or you can call me jonnie... but don't call me too late for dinner. ;)

Surprisingly (to me, anyway) the P. nicholsi male seems to be an even match both is size and temprament for them. I would have thought a river Hap would be a bit milder, more like the ruby greens.

I have a couple spare male P. nyererei, here's a pic of the dominant male:

I got 2m/3f from Julie a while back, lost all 3 of the females w/out any spawns, and swapped off the extra male. Even in a 55 2 males didn't have enough space to coexist. The remaining male goes quite well with my male P. nyererei and chanchito pair in a 75.

Patience is a definite necessity with Hypancistrus juvies. I've had a group of L333's for over a year, and it will probably be about one more before they'll be mature enough to spawn. On the good side though, tank-bred fish are healthier in general since they've never been exposed to parasites...

I wasn't able to wiggle out of working tomorrow, so I won't be around until after the summer break. :(

I thoroughly enjoyed Ad's presentation on the peacocks. Made me wish I had tankspace available for some of the beauties in the auction. Maybe by the time fry are turning up in the meeting auctions I'll have room for some.

I meant I'm bringing Endlers and duckweed, I'd expect the ransom of redchief to be much higher than that... :lol:

If you're really smart you'll promise them a treat if they're such a pain for the buyer that you get paid to take them back as well...:lol: I'm thinking probably a bag of Endler's and a cup of duckweed.

I suspected it was a wild-caught canal pleco, having heard about the variety of introduced species to be found in Florida. Hook and line or net?

What am I missing here? Don't just about all common pleco's come from Florida fish farms? Great looking bullhead.

Not a terrible pic, just an unwilling subject. I love catfish (almost as much as cichlids) but don't care as much for the strictly nocturnal species. If they'll at least come out for food it's not so bad.

I worked in Front Royal for a few years until Avtex closed down. Lived in Winchester at the time, and as far as I know there's still only one worthwhile pet shop there.