Please welcome a Newbie

Hi all,

I have been keeping fish for around 30 years. I have been heavily into breeding African cichlids for most of that time, but have now been bitten by the pleco bug.

May I PLEASE get some help. I just bought a "pair" -- or at least supposedly a 4 inch male and female of the L14 pleco.

I would greatly appreciate:

1. Help in identifying / sexing the male and the female. The store looked at their undersides, in front of the anal fin and said that the male had a "V" and the female doesn't. He did refer to a pleco book that stated that this is how to sex the L14s.

2. Have the L14s ever been bred in the hobby?? -- and any tips as to how to breed them.

Again, I just bought a "pair" from a local (and reputable) pet shop. I was told that they can be bred, but I can't validate that from my Google searches.

Thank you so very much! I have a lot to learn.

hi mate this link might be of some help you may of already seen it but thought id try to help.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/scobinancistrus_aureatus.php

hi and welcome to plecoplanet.
i dont recall seeing any reports of L014 being bred, but i'd hate to say that you are several years away from being in a postion to do so, i would expect L014 to be at least 8" or more before being mature enough to breed, and at such a small size, i'd think they would be extremely difficult to sex.
but either way, they are beautiful looking plecs, would love to see some photo's of yours

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Gemma

Hi zebrastripes, welcome to Plecoplanet:yes:

simonsplecs said:

hi mate this link might be of some help you may of already seen it but thought id try to help.

http://www.planetcatfish.com/scobinancistrus_aureatus.php

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Cheers for the link but we have an L014 profile

http://www.plecoplanet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=1612


It does state in the Back to Nature book that L014 have been bred in the aquarium. There were clutches of around 150 eggs and the young hatched after 5-6 days. They fry were fed initially with artemia nauplii and then with frozens eggs(daphnia, moina, lobster eggs)

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