How to Breed Plecos - The Basics! Cave spawning Types
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- How to Breed Plecos - The Basics! Cave spawning Types of Loricariidae
Hey everyone, in this video we will look at how I spawn some of the cave spawning type of Plecos that are commonly available in the hobby. This is a more general overview of this topic and more in depth and species specific videos are coming up next so if you are new here I recommend you subscribe and hit that notification icon, stay tuned for those as well as many related updates!
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How to Breed Plecos - The Basics! Cave spawning Types of Loricariidae
Hey everyone, in this video we will look at how I spawn some of the cave spawning type of Plecos that are commonly available in the hobby. This is a more general overview of this topic and more in depth and species specific videos are coming up next so if you are new here I recommend you subscribe and hit that notification icon, stay tuned for those as well as many related updates!
Please check out my Pleco playlist:
As always I thank you for your continued support to this channel! Have a wonderful day! God Bless!
Really appreciate you're hard work and knowledge. Just purchased 5 L340. My first adventure into breeding this type of fish.
Congratulations!! Glad to help Sandy! Keep me posted on your success!!!
I watched a Vice video that had you in it awesome to find your channel
Cake? Yeast? Stick to the fish haha. Great video mate. I'm looking forward to keeping this fish myself
Great information! Thank you for sharing your knowledge and experience!
Nice video I appreciate the time and effort you put into these videos
Thank you so much Christian. Cheers mate!
14:53 your freaking dogs freaked me out i had to look outside the window and still i was freaked
how do you react to dogs in real life?
Can you please make a l134 care guide
Will do mate 💯 pretty much the same as every other Hypancistrus sp. but I’ll make one soon!
Great video!!!!!!!!!!! Its been hard for me to find a direct answer on this, do L134s need soft water to increase breeding odds? I assume yes but just wondering. Also I cant get my longfin super red males to breed and ive been using water spikes as caves, is it possible that the caves are too small for them? Thank you:)
L134 seem to spawn in a wide range of water parameters quite successfully so I would say it depends on how hard your water is! as for your super reds the watering spikes arent too small for them they spawn in clay watering spikes! just give them time and increase water changes! weekly 50% water changes should do the trick!
Hi Malik! What do you use to measure TDS?
Tips on getting your l134s to breed?
I love your content malik!
Thanks for the great video Malik. How does Jan breed his plecos? If i was understanding your video he breeds them in his discus tank? How does he get the fry out before they are preyed upon?
he doesn't do anything to breed them Steven. they breed naturally and he has to trap what he can with home made traps! its such an easy method of breeding. the fry seem to naturally survive and grow up in the main tank!
Hi Malik ,love your channel just wondering if you ever kept orange seam precocious , I have some just wondering get them to breed
I do not keep that type but the breeding is usally pretty straight forward - as long as u have a group of adults (males and females) in an adequately sized tank with caves and structures and the diet is high quality and the fish are healthy and all water parameters are ideal they will breed on their own
Great video! Thanks for sharing!! Every time I do a wc on my L046 I feel like I shouldn’t move any caves! Now I know😀
glad I could be of help! keep me posted on your success! cheers!
Hi Malik do you have some of this plecos for sale.. is there a way I can contact you. Looking forward to hearing from you thank you..
Nice Video! It’s very nice if you show what’s going on in your tanks while you are talking to us! It’s easier to understand for people who don’t speak English in their country you know ? It makes the video much more interesting.
Thanks mate, figured it would make it more interesting and enjoyable to watch! glad you liked it! Cheers!
Would you be up for making a playlist or something on your channel for just the L471's? Your videos have been the most informative for this species for me so far lol.
will do 100% making more videos on them soon as well!
@@AquaMalik wicked haha
How do you keep your sand so clean!? Also where do you get your sand in Toronto?
sand is just play sand from home depot and it stays clean with zero maintenance! watch my video on "Sand the foundation of your aquarium" which shows in detail how to establish a living sand bed!
I bought L398 10 fries and L246 10 fries can you please give some advise on keeping them healthy thank you. Do they need pristine clear water like discus or altum angels? How often should i change the water and how much % thank you very much
watch my vidoes on fry raising and feeding and yes water quality needs to be pristine! and also no cycle crashes ! nitrite spike of 0.5ppm can kill all your fish so well established mature tanks and target feed the fish!
Hi Malik, I read somewhere that with L046 Zebra you lower the water temp to around 24 degrees and also drop the ph to around 6. I did this for around 3 weeks now. How long can you keep the water like this? The day after I did this one of my adult pairs began entering the cave together, but I haven't seen them do this since... may I email you my notes?
send me an email with your notes! I personally don't keep it that low (25C is lowest Im comfortable bringing them to) for no more than a few hours, the sign of the pair entering the cave is a good indicator that it definitely got them in the mood! maybe try it with shorter intervals like a few hours right after a water change ! definitely send me your notes please! cheers!
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You have ever breed l200?
My tanks are too small to keep them yet so I’ve never kept them - maybe in the future I will attempt it
Hi Malik. thank you so much for your sound advice regarding my intentions to keep L333. I think that it is possible that your fish may be spawning out of desperation prier to a water change fearing their own demise. After a water change they could simply think that it is rain season, flooding and their habitat growing ten fold as the water floods the jungle providing their fry with endless food and new habitats. I know little about plecos but think and hope that my thoughts are logical. Mm the fish don`t read our books LOL. Great videos mate. Keep up the good work. How can anyone get bored. Best wishes John
Hi john, it’s true they might be spawning due to many reasons. Water changes seem to help but it’s the low pressure systems that really seem to trigger it I think .. and yes they don’t read our books 🤦♂️🤣 cheers mate 🍻
Hi great video, grateful for ur honesty, I'm just starting to keep L183 any tips please
clean water and time :) they are not too hard to breed!
What size tanks do you recommend for l134. 2 females 2 males.
about 30cm x 90cm (12"x36") footprint should be plenty of space! even a bit smaller like 80cm is fine too !
hi i have a question i have two pairs of L007 peleco. They both are ready to breed but they are not breeding. i have put two pair in different breeding tank. can i put them in same tank which two pair together. Also my breeding tanks are located under alfresco . morning to sun go down all day in day light but under cover. is that causing a breeding problem? or they need to have dark room?. 4 months ago i bought two pairs and they should breed by now but no. can you please give me advice on that . many thanks
the sunlight shouldn't affect the fish breeding! there are a lot of other factors when it comes to getting them to breed! patience is key!
Bro where can I find ur intro music track thanks.
What are your water parameters in this tank?
temp is about 28C 82/83F ph is between 7.4 and 6.4ph (drops between water changes - every 2 to 3 weeks 40-50% wc) nitrates below 20ppm usally below 10ppm with resin Total hardness is 180ppm to 200ppm
Can I close the back cave with a 30PPI sponge?
it might work actually .. as long as cave is safe for the male and he can defend it easily that’s the main thing .. I’ve stuck the open end in the sand sort of in an angel and that seems to work so I think a small piece of sponge might work .. keep me posted on how it goes . cheers 🍻
Make a video on how to just breed l134 please lol
A lot more 134 videos coming soon
Do you find out it’s better for the male to have a rest when breeding . I got a male and he’s a machine and I find out he’s getting thinner all he does is trap and breed
if hes losing weight its always good to give them a time out!
Yeast for backing a cake ? 🙄
your dog scared the crap out of me
What L is 15:30
L471 they aren’t even 3” total length fully grown
Malik's Water Garden was I wish we had some here in Australia. Keep up the good work and more tips and tricks on spawning
yes. you are correct!!!!!! that's not how you make a cake.
Yes finally breeding tips
Thanks Keil. Cheers mate
How come you don’t have any corys in here? Are they a threat to the spawn?
I am breeding most of my cories so they might have been moved in to their own tanks when I filmed this video!!!
Malik. Get to the point. A video about breeding a fish should be about breeding the fish. Four minutes in you finally got to the point.
five and a half minutes, get to the point.