celticfish's Hypancistrus sp. L173 odyssey

[celticfish]

Its been a long monotonous journey.
Much longer than my L046 trip.
Almost four times longer, mainly due to juvenile fish, but its DONE!!!

Dad's tail and the two suspect mums (high suspect on left).
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/gallery/files/3/4/7/3/l173_-_001.jpg



Presenting the STARS of the thread...
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/gallery/files/3/4/7/3/l173_wrigglers_-_001.jpg



http://www.aquaticquotient.com/gallery/files/3/4/7/3/l173_wrigglers_-_002.jpg



This time around I'm afraid my pictures won't be as good as my zebra ones.
Benny's advise on 2mm float glass versus 6/8 mm glass comes to mind...
One can see the distortion on the pictures quite clearly.
I'm thinking of the christian names of Orion and Cassiopeia...
Mis-match of the hunter with the vain! :D

[soltari007]

Congrats bro, the roads less travelled ends up as the ones worth taking in the end. You're a pioneer in this species for sure :) do document the pattern developments of these fellas please!

[Champ-BKK]

White zebs, may be :D

Congratz...

[alesi]

Great spawn. You do SG proud.

[barmby]

Congratulations! Any pictures of the parents in the mean time will be good to satisfy the urge.

[celticfish]

Thank you people!
I can tell you the wait was looooong... a lot of hard work... and TLC!
The father should be about 3.2" and the female about 2.8".
No surprise he is not the largest fish in the group.
Sorry about the usual lack of quality for the pictures...
Its quite impossible to get a clear full-body shot in their setup without waiting for heaven to arrive...


This is the largest male whom I thought was going to be the winning bet.
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/gallery/files/3/4/7/3/l173_-_002.jpg



This is the father with mum peaking from behind the cave.
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/gallery/files/3/4/7/3/l173_-_004.jpg



And I'm now quite certain this is mum.
She's never too far from his cave... actually she never leave the side of the cave.
Hopefully they will be a bonded pair like Adam and Lilith.
If that happens... I promise now not to "drop the ball" like I did with Adam and Lilith as their keeper!!!!
God willing...
http://www.aquaticquotient.com/gallery/files/3/4/7/3/l173_-_003.jpg

[barmby]

Actually....all you need to do is "leave them alone". It is the easiest thing to do yet many cannot "tahan" the temptation. :)

Thanks for the pictures.


Cheers

[Champ-BKK]

So lucky dad and mom stilll only 3.2 and 2.8 inch.
You will get more eggs and fries for next spawn. :D

[celticfish]

Here are updates of the fry development.

http://www.aquaticquotient.com/gallery/files/3/4/7/3/l173_wrigglers_-_003.jpg



http://www.aquaticquotient.com/gallery/files/3/4/7/3/l173_wrigglers_-_004.jpg



http://www.aquaticquotient.com/gallery/files/3/4/7/3/l173_wrigglers_-_005.jpg



http://www.aquaticquotient.com/gallery/files/3/4/7/3/l173_wrigglers_-_006.jpg



http://www.aquaticquotient.com/gallery/files/3/4/7/3/l173_wrigglers_-_007.jpg



http://www.aquaticquotient.com/gallery/files/3/4/7/3/l173_wrigglers_-_008.jpg



http://www.aquaticquotient.com/gallery/files/3/4/7/3/l173_wrigglers_-_009.jpg


They seem to be starting to look like L046 fry in development.
The signature "M" has formed, the verticle stripe as the start of the caudal tail with two "spots" top and bottom of the tail, and the horizontal stripes along the body length.

[noname777]

BEAUTIFUL!!!:eek:

[deimos8]

congrats.................:)

[Kingfisher]

Indeed the Breeding Research Officer (BRO) of PCS!