L046; Hypancistrus Zebra

[cm12setx]

myjohnson, how is this tank going? I like the look of this set up. so good work.

[grant]

Nice tank.

My tank is a 40g breeder. I have 8 adults in a group and five in another. I feed them earthworm sticks, spirulina sticks, nls, kens growth pellets, frozen blood worm, frozen daphnia.

[Ballinxalex]

Man that would be a sick tank 100 of zebras!!

[myjohnson]

Do you have a tank thread you can link me too?

I would like to duplicate my water peramater and feeding regiment like your set-up.

[Geral]

+1 hoard tank of Zebra plecos , thats just straight baller!


btw: FTS look good man , love the setup, now put one FTS in ur sw tank lol

[myjohnson]

Thanks man.

That's Elos 120p needs nice rocks and fish to cap it off! :)

Now if I can only get them to breed.

I want like a 100 of them. Hoard everything!

[Ballinxalex]

Nice setup dude !!!

[myjohnson]

Here are some updated pictures.

And yes, I have included a FTS b/c I know trolls on here are always asking for FTS. :)

I've also notice a lot of changes in their behavior. They have been in the new tank for about 6 months now. I added rocks maybe 3 months ago.

Most of them are not in the caves anymore. Only 4 seem to like to stay in the cases. All the rest just like to lay under the rocks or between the cases.

Also, I can see little to no aggression during the day. I really don't know how they behave at night.

Either way, they have been eating like monsters. I feed once before I go to bed Sun-Th and they eat everything by morning. They do not get fed Fri and Sat.

[myjohnson]

Grant,

Dimensions are around 1.25" W and H. They are range from 4-6" deep.

Water parameters are not ideal.

Temp: 82 degrees
Nitrates: > 10pmm
pH: 8.0
DTS: 380

I still haven't gotten around to lowing the DTS. I have a RODI unit but it's at my other house with the SW reef tank. I might just fork out the money and get another one for this house b/c I know the DTS needs to go down.....a lot.

Can you provide details to your tank? What do you feed yours? How many do you have?

[grant]

What are the dimensions of the caves you are using? They like small caves. What is your water parameters now?

[myjohnson]

Yeah, I rather just use RODI.

I trust my TDS meter.

[eklikewhoa]

Here in Houston? Rain water is probably worse than city water.

[waterdog]

It would seem like regular rain water should be the best. Hasn't anyone tried this with these? I keep one of those 40 gal. barrels full outside my house covered up to keep mesquetoes out. Its for special uses.

[myjohnson]

Dang!

I'm envious.

[grant]

My water out of tap is around 275uS and pH is around 8. I age my water and add a little muriatic acid to get pH to 7.0. No RO/DI. I live in Dallas so water is different from Houston.

Yes, mine have bred. Have had my current breeding group for 5 yrs.