And got my male 182

:geek: , super wicked awesome , scored a well healthy male to throw in with my females



I can't wait for him settle in and get some craker shots,
J

woah he looks awesome! bet he cost a bit.

Thanx zane, on the weekend I scored the sale of the century:
2ft cube tank on a stand with small canister filter , heater , plants
ornaments substrate for $150+ 1female(as big as the male) and 2males
( one just a touch smaller).
So I guess if you subtract the price for the tank- say $75 and divide the other $75
for the fish: he works out to cost about $25 HAHAHAHA.
Also the first night in the tank James Brown and the new guy biffed on a bit
so added the caves back, the pepp claimed JB"s favourite cave, and this what was in the other 24hours later

J

Stunning looking male, and nice clutch of eggs too

good looking male you picked up and what a deal.congrats

Great News Mate

Welcome to the 182's owner's club lol....
Im already looking forward to the new pics mate...

Cheers guys, I've been a member of club 182 for almost 2 years now, hopefully the same thing happens as when I got "JB"- I added him to my 3 stagnant females and a couple days later "spawnidge".
My female pepps are yet to meet this guy , hopefully they get introduced today.
J

are these the starlights?

High ayS, haha this all over again, in OZ we refer to them as "Peppermints" but pretty sure in the UK and possibly the US they are refered to as "Starlights".
There is still a little conjecture as to the real Lnumber in OZ but the best reference I can find to this fish is the L182. So to answer your question "yes" you would be right.
J

:P

Kurosaki J wrote:

High ayS, haha this all over again, in OZ we refer to them as "Peppermints" but pretty sure in the UK and possibly the US they are refered to as "Starlights".
There is still a little conjecture as to the real Lnumber in OZ but the best reference I can find to this fish is the L182. So to answer your question "yes" you would be right.
J

i haven't been able to find out how big these species get. do they stay the same size as the normal ancistrus?

Nope , they get bigger than commons, I used to own a pair where the male was about 7 inches and the female about 6-6.5 inches, probably the biggest ones I've seen for real.
J

Kurosaki J wrote:

Nope , they get bigger than commons, I used to own a pair where the male was about 7 inches and the female about 6-6.5 inches, probably the biggest ones I've seen for real.
J

but no bigger then that right?

High ayS , maybe only slightly bigger, maybe slightly smaller - I reckon that they are the perfect size for an Ancistrus : not tiny and insignificant but not a 30cm monster that requires his own tank (like my L001)
J

Kurosaki J wrote:

High ayS , maybe only slightly bigger, maybe slightly smaller - I reckon that they are the perfect size for an Ancistrus : not tiny and insignificant but not a 30cm monster that requires his own tank (like my L001)
J

just the way i like my ancistrus. not too small, but not too big!