L046; Hypancistrus Zebra

[myjohnson]

3-5 years.

My biggest is 4"+

Has yours bred?

How do you get your water at this patamaters?

[grant]

My TDS is around 275 uS out of the tap, tank is around 300 uS.
pH is around 7.0 to 7.5

How old are your zebras?

[myjohnson]

What's your TDS out of your tap vs TDS in your tank?

PH levels?

I'm try to stop being lazy and actually try to breed these fish.

[Darbex]

No that's good that's what I'm doing on my discus tank.

[myjohnson]

Ohhh, I'm not going RODI completely.

I'm mixing 50/50.

My TDS levels are around 300. I want to get them down to around 150.

I think that should work. Unless I'm not understanding something.

[Darbex]

If you go with RODI make sure to get the minerals to add back. Put Barry on and let them go at it.

[Ballinxalex]

Man those are some stunning plecos ! Hope they breed for ya

[myjohnson]

Random bonus shots with no flash.

Really shows their natural colors. :)













And finally....A picture with flash so you guys can compare pictures with vs. without flash.

[myjohnson]

lol, thanks for the vote of confidence.

But I'm not going to get my hopes up.

They have done this before.....and nothing came of it.

I really need to start doing water changes with RODI water to get the TDS levels down.

That might get them going.

[SunnyHouTX]

Yes indeed! Good stuff

[moganman]

Nice Thai. Hope you get some babies from them. If anyone can breed them you can.

[myjohnson]

Ok guys, finally got some breeding action pictures!

lets hope something comes of it.

Please excuse the picture quality. I had to take some with the flash on to get the picture to show up right.

First up, female hangout around the male's cave:







Second up, male trappin female (or trying to at least):

[myjohnson]

http://www.houstonfishbox.com/vforums/showthread.php?59305-Review-Elos-Equilibrium-Internal-Filter

This is a link to a thread I made about upgrading the filtering system.

@ grant, I feed them anything they will eat.

[grant]

Very nice zebras. Good luck breeding them. What have you been feeding them to condition them?

Very sad about the Xingu.

[Darbex]

Man Thai how did I miss this. Baller status.