Parancistrus aurantiacus "Xanto"

[Jacqueline]

Hi everybody!

Thought it would be nice to share my breeding success of Parancistrus aurantiacus with you.
I bought my first two fish in March 2017. Sadly about 6 months later I lost one of them.. And so my search for more specimens continued and I found a nice group of 4 about the same size as my single fish at home. Again, I lost one of the fish in quarantine.

One of the females:


I ended up with a nice group of 3 females and 1 male.

Male & female:


It didn't take long before they started breeding:





Fry at one week:




Fry at 3 weeks: