My L333 pair :)

Few pics of my L333 pair.

This is the male, i think he is mature.



This is the female



These are all of the plecos that were in the my 4ft tank. As i mentioned the L333s are now in a breeding tank



Hope they breed as i have moved them into a breeding tank.

nice fish doug , what r the small ones with big dots i really like them. how big are yr pepps?

hello mate they look nice fish but there is one problem....

they are L66 not L333,

L333 dont have forked tails like your fish do,
i have L333 and L66and can tell the difference alot.

L66 Tail :



L333 Tail :



also what size are these plecs mate ?

The smaller ones with the big dots are L201s and are about 2 months younger than the L333s. I think they are both males so io will be looking for some females in time. I know a breeder close to me who has heaps at the moment so i might go and ask him about trades etc.

I'm 99% sure they are L333s, the forking in the tail is not as obvious as the L066s and the patterning is too broad to be L066. The guy who i bought them off is one of SAs bets pleco guys and he got his breeding pair from Mike W who is about Australia's top L number man. Think he has more Ls than anyone is Aus. The lines look a bit faded in the pics cos the poor little fish were stressed as. They have not been caught or harrassed in anyway since i bought them 2 years ago! I think they forgot what it was like to be caught in a net

Here is a pic of one of them hiding in the breeding cave. Forgot to turn the flash off so it got a bit of a fright so i didnt try and take any more so thats why its a big of a bung shot.



And one of the tank they are now in.



Its 24 degrees, pH is 6.7 and its quite soft. I have the internal filter which is about 700l/h and a small powerhead which is about 400l/h that is blowing along the front of the tank past the entrance to the caves. I am going to leave them in there as is for a month or two before i begin any of the triggering stuff. From what i have read it is very rare for them to spawn for several months after being put into a new tank so i figure it would be a waste of time however, I wanted to get them settled in now so that they are ready sooner rather than later.

when i get more tanks im going to get some of those 201's, they r very nice, good luck with the 333's

been doing some reading, might bump the temp up a bit. Most people are saying it needs to be upwards of 28 degrees. even up to 30 :O

Very nice fish Doug, I agree about the patterning it does look to broad to be L066, good luck with the breeding

was going to say i breed mine at 30c mate andspawnevery 2-4 weeks as i have 9 wc adults
i do a 10% daily COLD water on these to trigger them rather thena big one at the weekend

i feed : lobster eggs /chopped bloodworm/ prawns / tetra prima

dont feed alot of prawns just at weekends

OwNz wrote:

was going to say i breed mine at 30c mate andspawnevery 2-4 weeks as i have 9 wc adults
i do a 10% daily COLD water on these to trigger them rather thena big one at the weekend

i feed : lobster eggs /chopped bloodworm/ prawns / tetra prima

dont feed alot of prawns just at weekends

Great info OwNz, thanks for sharing

jim.and wrote:

OwNz wrote:

was going to say i breed mine at 30c mate andspawnevery 2-4 weeks as i have 9 wc adults
i do a 10% daily COLD water on these to trigger them rather thena big one at the weekend

i feed : lobster eggs /chopped bloodworm/ prawns / tetra prima

dont feed alot of prawns just at weekends

Great info OwNz, thanks for sharing

Seconded!!

Good luck with you breeding program, If I know you Doug, You will have caves full of fry real soon...