Bristlenose - Finally!!

[Alasse]

OMG OMG soooo excited *LOL*

I was cleaning my apple snails tank, anyway over it is my Pep tank, so i was just watching em and decided i wanted one of the bits of wood from in there to put in my apple tank, so i grab it and chuck it in. Anyway i go back to watching the Peps and what do i spot, bubba peps!! Lots and lots of bubba peps!!

Finally!! The male i've had for 2yrs waiting for the 2.5cm peps i bought to grow up *L*....2yrs of growing out the 4 peps has finally come to results.

I'm soooooooooo excited...my eldest son came running when i let out the *squeeeeeeeee* and just shook his head at me when he realised what i was excited about :D:D

[toddnbecka]

Congrats, it's always exciting to get something to spawn, particularly when you've waited so long. I have 6 L-333's I've been growing out for well over a year now, still waiting for them to get busy. The L-134's are coming along too. I haven't had them as long, but they are faster-growing than the Hypancistrus species.
The wee peps should be easy enough to raise, and now that they've spawned once they'll likely keep going for some time.

[Cyberra]

Sorry for this quick hijack, but what do L-333 and L-134 and all those other numbers mean? I've been seeing them in reference to plecos, but I have absolutely no idea what they mean

[SunSchein89]

Just different species of pleco. There's so many out there, not all have been named

[toddnbecka]

The L-number system is widely used for identification, better than common names, but not all of the species listed have been scientifically classified. Here's a helpful link: http://www.planetcatfish.com/catelog...de=l&thumbs=16