Spawning Report: Ancistrus L-519
I purchased a group of these fish from a seller at the Keystone Clash in September 2025.
Placed the fish in a heavily planted 40 Breeder with dirt capped with sand as the substrate. Filtration by a sponge filter and a box filter.
I put a variety of pleco caves scattered around the bottom.
Water is 90% RODI water and 10% montgomery tap water, with periodic 25% water changes.
Initially I was feeding canned string beans and then blanched fresh string beans but these fouled the water, so I switched to frozen Edamame which I cook briefly and then remove them from their pods, and pop the beans out of their husks.
I also feed various types of algae wafers from various vendors.
For tankmates I have yellow neocardina shrimp and a small group of about 20 ember tetras.
Hard to say how often they spawn because I just see juveniles from time to time and I see juveniles of varying sizes as shown in the images.
Cool, they are a neat ancistrus.