All assigned numbers:
Name: Hypancistrus zebra
Common Names: Zebra pleco, Imperial Zebra pleco, L046, L098
Location Rio Xingu, Brazil
Photos:
Appearance: A truly stunning pleco with clean straight black and pure white stripes, L098 variation shows less uniformed stripes and the pattern becomes more broken
Compatibility: Unsuitable for community tanks as H. Zebra will not compete for food, therefore they are best kept in a species only tank, a few small dither fish such as small tetras or guppies may be tolerated as do a few small corydoras if desired.
Sexing and Breeding: Mature males will have fairly noticable odontodal growth on their cheeks and pectoral fins, males also have a slightly wider head than females, the back of the head being the widest part of the male and they taper to a point when seen from above, where females tend to be widest at the point of the ventral fins and have a more "pear" shaped appearence from above.
H.Zebra been successfully bred by many hobbyists, typical cave spawners.
Diet: Although an omnivore, the zebra is predominantly carnivorous, so should be offered plenty of meaty foods such as bloodworm, artemia, tubifex, dry foods such as freeze dried foods, flake and sinking carnivore pellets. Meat products such as prawn or mussel can also be offered occassionally, as should some vegetable matter or vegetable/ algae based wafers
Water parameters Water parameters dont seem to be a huge factor when keeping H. Zebra, so long as the water is clean, stable, well oxygenated and warm. temperatures between 26c and 30c should be maintained for this species, ph anywhere from 6.4 to 7.8 so long as it is stable
Max size Around 3", females tend to be slightly smaller
Bred by: Smithrc, Windy, Darkstar, Jozebs, st24rsap, Irene0100
Breeding Log: See post below, for all comments please use original thread here http://www.plecoplanet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6936
Additional comments
Hypancistrus youngsters may require a more vegetable based diet according to Back to Nature Lnumbers book.
H. Zebra is probably the most famous and sought after of all plecos, due to its attractive appearence and the hype that seems to surround it. Although these are probably the most commonly bred pleco species now, there is still a huge demand for them and prices tend to show this. Most hobbyists that own H. Zebra keep them in a colony and keep them to breed from.
Name: Hypancistrus zebra
Common Names: Zebra pleco, Imperial Zebra pleco, L046, L098
Location Rio Xingu, Brazil
Photos:
Appearance: A truly stunning pleco with clean straight black and pure white stripes, L098 variation shows less uniformed stripes and the pattern becomes more broken
Compatibility: Unsuitable for community tanks as H. Zebra will not compete for food, therefore they are best kept in a species only tank, a few small dither fish such as small tetras or guppies may be tolerated as do a few small corydoras if desired.
Sexing and Breeding: Mature males will have fairly noticable odontodal growth on their cheeks and pectoral fins, males also have a slightly wider head than females, the back of the head being the widest part of the male and they taper to a point when seen from above, where females tend to be widest at the point of the ventral fins and have a more "pear" shaped appearence from above.
H.Zebra been successfully bred by many hobbyists, typical cave spawners.
Diet: Although an omnivore, the zebra is predominantly carnivorous, so should be offered plenty of meaty foods such as bloodworm, artemia, tubifex, dry foods such as freeze dried foods, flake and sinking carnivore pellets. Meat products such as prawn or mussel can also be offered occassionally, as should some vegetable matter or vegetable/ algae based wafers
Water parameters Water parameters dont seem to be a huge factor when keeping H. Zebra, so long as the water is clean, stable, well oxygenated and warm. temperatures between 26c and 30c should be maintained for this species, ph anywhere from 6.4 to 7.8 so long as it is stable
Max size Around 3", females tend to be slightly smaller
Bred by: Smithrc, Windy, Darkstar, Jozebs, st24rsap, Irene0100
Breeding Log: See post below, for all comments please use original thread here http://www.plecoplanet.com/forum/showthread.php?t=6936
Additional comments
Hypancistrus youngsters may require a more vegetable based diet according to Back to Nature Lnumbers book.
H. Zebra is probably the most famous and sought after of all plecos, due to its attractive appearence and the hype that seems to surround it. Although these are probably the most commonly bred pleco species now, there is still a huge demand for them and prices tend to show this. Most hobbyists that own H. Zebra keep them in a colony and keep them to breed from.
