My L46, zebra plecos

I have 5 of theses guys in a 30g tank. 3 F1's along 2 years old and a wild caught pair of adults. I have had them all for along a year and a half now and no signs of spawning yet. I have tried everything in the books to make them spawn but nothing yet. I guess it will just take time....

Those are awesome Plecos!!! I havent seen them in person yet, But i am trying to decide what to put in the 120 for bottom control.

With what they cost they truly deserve their own tank. My 3 little F1's cost $100 each and were under 1" when I got them.
I really never see much more than a tail from time to time.......

They look awesome. Never seen these before.

holy smokes, that's a cool pleco!!!!

They are quite hard to find mainly because of how much they go for. They have also banned export on them from Brazil.

The wild caught male

very nice

Just did a 5g water change on them with pure RO, they are in a 30g tank.
There is a nice storm front rolling in and I have the windows open to let in the barometric pressure change..... Plan on doing the same thing for the next few days, it is supposed to be raining all week

awesome, possibility of a spawn!!!!! GL

awesome i hope they breed for you so i can get some
wish you best of luck

REALLY NICE FERN! the most prized plecos in my book. 100 bucks each is a good deal. i think i read there spawns were small and not regular.
either way awesome fish

Good luck Fern.

I think I paid somewhere in the rang for $350 for the adult wc pair. They are expensive for sure! With the dam planned right in their natural habitat they may get wiped out in the wild. So get em while you can lol

yes and once they only in tanks and are slow breeders they will continue to be in demand and get more expensive.

Exactly Thats why I made the investment on them.

smart move

Now if they do spawn I'm in line for some lol.

The first few spawns will be kept to enlarge my colony

Not sure if your still into the Zebra's or not Fern, but there are some on aquabid right now for 5 bucks. Auction just started and the guy is out of CA.

http://www.aquabid.com/cgi-bin/auction/auction.cgi?fwcatfishp&1312339304

Those are pretty. Wonder how fast the price will rise lol

Ya, I was thinking the same. Should be interesting to watch.

I got the first bid in so we'll see how it goes.

I see at least 6 culls in there! Short noses is cull material in those guys! I wouldn't buy them as breeders. Looking at 2-3 years before they would be ready to breed anyways....

Well their tank blew at midnight the other night so I had to stuff them in a 10g for the time being. I was smart enough to get 2 pics of each fish as I moved them for sexing though!
Pleco #1 wild, known male


Pleco #2 F1, could possibly be a male, too small for me to know yet


Pleco #3 wild, Known female


Pleco #4 F1, looks like a female to me


Pleco #5 F1, almost looks male