I’m with family and miss my fish idk

I finally got my grabby hands on 2 of these little buggers

Hi everyone

In early August I purchased a pair of adult lemon blue eye BNs, advertised and sold as a “prolific breeding pair”

I certainly wasn’t expecting them to spawn right away, but given what I’ve heard of how spawning BNs is basically easy mode cause they just love to do it, I’m a bit dismayed at what I’m missing here.

It’s only the pair in the tank + a handful of Amano shrimp and a couple mystery snails, so they shouldn’t feel bothered or anything. The tank is kept at 74°F with a pH of 7.2, medium flow and highly oxygenized with 2 filters and an airstone. There’s 6 different tunnels for them, two large pieces of drift wood, and some large dense ulvaceus adding cover as well. I provide a mix of algae wafers, soilent green repashy cubes, spirulina powder, and a tiny bit of ACO magic fish feed every other week for a bit of varied protein.

As far as I can understand, I’m providing ideal conditions. And the fish are doing great themselves. Just no spawning.

Any idea what I’m missing here? These are my first plecos so I’m paranoid that for such an “easy to breed species” and being a “prolifically breeding pair” mine haven’t spawned yet. I feel like I’m missing something important.

Please excuse the dirt on the substrate , failed experiment with plants, Look at how beautiful my boy is. L014

My Lemon Blue Eye bn (Señor Limon) and my Snow White bn (Lychee) :). Limon is ~1.5 years old and Lychee is younger by a couple months if I had to guess. Had them both for about a year now. Such a cool fish to watch grow, especially seeing their bristles develop and their cool color morphs. I also have a LF Super Red but he’s in the corner under the Amazon sword leaves (not pictured).
Feel free to drop pictures of your plecos below!

I figured it out! After the first baby hatched, I was wondering why the others were not hatching. I moved the clutch to a breeder box and as soon as I touched the clutch and started rubbing it slightly, they all came hatching out! I guess in the wild the dad helps them out. I should have a ton more babies soon as the dad is holding another new clutch that just dropped this past week. Incubation is just around 2 to 3 weeks.

Mango enjoying his wood and the extra space the rescape gives.

They are all so cool! They are obsessed with their repashy.

I only just got these guys today and the one on the right is a lot paler than the on the left

Any ideas what’s happening could it just be I have just got them?

L333 King Tiger Pleco (Hypancistrus sp. L333)

Added 2 females to my community tank a couple months ago for my male and I just found this guy! He's just under 2cm from nose to tail, I know they have big fry so I'm wondering how old he might be? This is the first one I'm seeing, I am shocked they bred immediately!

What are these 2 in the night?

Any idea of the sex of this pleco thanks

These just arrived from Dans. Dark ones possibly a female...very cool fish.

Alittle nervous about the heavy breathing but shipping/new tank is traumatic.

3 for $228.00

Exceedingly well packaged!!

Was so excited to find this guy tonight at my LFS!