I had a male and female bristlenose together for 5 years and they never bred. my male died last month and I got a new male. and I just found 7 babies this morning (Christmas day)
Love your channel, been subscribed for years, was contemplating purchasing some of these today and I knew the basics, it's funny how as I get older I'm happy to share the knowledge that I have and you shared your knowledge very well in this video, what's perplexing is reading all these redundant comments that ask you to tell them what you just told them separately in each comment, like you have the internet in front of you and all of this information awaits and you being a busy UA-cam Guy Fish breeder and all around swell dude are supposed to answer every single question which was already answered, keep on keeping on
Hi, we have a filter that hangs on the back of our tank, but we'd like to try to breed our plecos. Do you think we can just add a sponge over our filter's intake tube to protect the fry? Thanks!
awesome, i almost won on aquabid once for a pair of red bristlenose ancistrus (german strain) very red. but yeah your pair is nice and good to see a positive progress for those frys. i hope this also applies for my starlights but unfortunately they are more harder and needs different type of settings (blackwater).
Cory, I would like to breed some super reds. I have a heavily planted 20 high with about 100 cherry shrimp in it, do you think I could breed the bristle nose in this tank with the shrimp? thanks
hey Cory. been following the new fishroom vids but haven't comment yet. wanted to say these are awesome and hope ur having fun. but can u please do a video on ur DIY lids? keep up the great work buddy.
+Dan Spriggs Thanks, I'll do a video on the lids :) I desperately need to make some, I just have to put a table saw together to do it and it's been wickedly cold and my garage is a mess at the moment where I would assemble it lol. I'm just waiting for a warm day really.
Could A Pair work in a 17 Gallon Cube that would be planted with would and N would have the possibility to remove fry after at a certain age would this setup work?
I've a pair of super reds in one tank and ive an albino super fin and an albino in another! Can I put them all together in a community 260L? I'm hoping some fry will be long fin super reds!
Edit: I have a pair of albino bristelnose plecos and I have had them for around 2 months I have given them a cave but they don't seem interested in it at all I have a mountain type decor that they sit in but it has alot of holes, any advice on what to do they were in a 2ft but I have moved them into a 3ft around 1 month into owning them I have guppies,a peppered cory,rasboras, a fish that changes the coloue of it's head if it's happy and some fish that are yellow with red fin s I have a tank setup but I need to know whether or not they would breed with my fish or must I move them into the spare tank ?
Can I ask you a question? A month or two ago, I got a baby, (tiny) "albino bristlenose pleco" from PetSmart. I am a goldfish guy and have my main aquarium as goldfish but recently set up a smaller aquarium for Tiger Barbs and got this bristlenose for that tank. It's done very well, growing a little every day -- but I am wondering when they turn orange/red and how could you tell , because, my "albino" looks *really like* these "Super Red" babies , and he or she has an orangish concentration around it's belly and behind it's head ... Could it be that I got a Super Red instead of an albino? Any way to tell? Anyway just thought I could pick your brain a little, thank you very much! (and I'll say, he's much cooler than my adult Rubberlip in my goldfish tank ... I see the Rubberlip *maybe* once a week, and that's if I shine a flashlight in the middle of the night ... otherwise I *NEVER* see him. The bristlenose comes out all the time and seems to do a much better job at eating algae, and is a fraction of the size. Anyway thanks much.
Hi Cory, any tips for getting bristlenose in the mood to breed? I have a mature pair that have bred previously but I am having no luck getting them to breed. I feed them algae wafers, cucumber/zucchini
I know this video is a long time ago but I was wondering how and what to feed baby bristtlenose pleco when they finish absorbing their yolk ? Wondering how much to feed and if there is anything special I should do to encourage them to start eating? My bristlenose had babies and they are separated now because of the community tank they are in so I was wondering about the care at the beginning stages of their life .
Is it at all possible to breed bristlenose successfully in a community tank with tetrad and corys? I was thinking a basic aquascape with eleocharis to help obscure and make safer the caves of the catfish.
Cory, I have a bristle nose and one that's not a bristle nose, could that be female and male? They are in separate tanks, but the both are the brown ones. Are there different kinds of plecos?
Any chance you will be filming any fish room tours this year. I know your pretty busy with your own but i really enjoy watching them. Anyways those bristlenose plecos are pretty sweet, i will be getting a few as soon as my buddies fry grow a bit bigger.
+AQUA NUT In theory I'll be filming one next weekend while I'm in Portland doing fishy things. We'll see how it goes. I'm mostly just need people's rooms to film. I"ll make the time :)
oh really eh well that's awesome i was hoping you would have more coming out. this year. I hope some people reach out to you and get to film their setups. I like your fish room tours because you focus on the fish. anyways thanks for getting back to me. ttyl
Hey Cory. Looking at getting some super reds. What temperature do they need? My house holds about 71 degree farenheit without a heater. Would that be okay? Thanks
By accident my albino brisslenose plekos bred in a 250litre! There is like maybe 20+ fry/babies! I removed them from the 250lt and moved them to a smaller tank should I leave them on their own in that tank or should I keep the male and female with them at all times? How long roughly will it take them to grow and just maybe any general tips on looking after them now at the stage after this video? Thanks in advance!
you mentioned you feed your bristlenose fry good other than what you feed the adults, is this just flake food? I have some plecocaine, of multiple sizes, I have some especially for fry. hiw often should I feed them when they newly hatched? I breed african cichlids but not plecos lol.
how would 3 bristlenose albino plecos and 9 cherry barbs do in a 20 high? My 55 has a common pleco and some aggressive fish so can't really put it in there.
i am trying to start my own talk and breed some albino bristlenose places. can you tell me what i could do to breed them and where i can get them at? i really want them to be happy
My pleco laid eggs in a community tank I want to separate the eggs so they can survive when I do, do I take the pleco with them or leave the pleco with the eggs I need help???
I have a few questions; how often do you change the water and how much when you do? how often are you feeding them and the fry? Can the fry grow with the parents or are they seen as a threat at some point?? great video and thank you.
+David Ensor In this current setup, water is changed 10% a day automatically, fed 5 times a day, 4 with an auto feeder once by me. The fry can be raised with the parents. Just making sure you keep the water clean as a lot of plecos eat a lot.
Hey man what’s the best way to make a pair ? I had a big common male and 2 common females in a 3 ft tank with my angel fish for about a year they never bread I have removed the big male and put smaller male and female albino Bristlenoses in with the other 2 big female commons hoping they will breed any tips ? Much appreciated
Nice video. I have some Compressiceps Fri about .25". Will a 2.5" bristlenose pleco eat them? There's excess food I need to vacuum but don't want to suck(has happened) up fry. Would the pleco eat then since Comp fry sit on the bottom most of the time? Any info would be great.
I don't think I've ever seen a bristlenose eat something alive. I personally would try it. But I can't guarantee the results as I've never actually done it.
I have a male and female about 2 inches big and I added a little cave. At first I saw the female in there and now I see the male in the doorway and he seems to be fanning, but I don't know for sure if there are eggs in there. Not to mention that I have not seen both in there together at the same time. AND to make things weirder he seems to stay in there during the day, but at night he goes elsewhere (the tank light shuts off at night too). Is he fanning eggs or is he just trying to lure the female?
Few questions, what type of lighting do you have? Also what type of food bedding do you have? Any tips for keeping aquarium plants will be helpful thxs
+TheLovatt123 I do plan on selling them in the future. Currently I'm not shipping due to time and weather. However in the future it may become a possibility if I can get one of my employees doing it.
+Aquarium Co-Op the one im looking at is a colour variation of ancistrus cf. cirrius. I believe some call them L144. The guy said once they are scientifically described they lose their L number.. not sure about that haha. Thanks for replying Cory! Your channel is great!
Hi Just watched your video. How long does it take for the babies to grow out to a saleable size? I have a pair of breeding BN plecs but the babies grow so slowly. They are in a 150L tank, and are fed Courgette and spirulina wafers. I also have been struggling with survival rate. Seemingly healthy looking babies just turning up dead.
Hey Cory. I got a black with white spot bristlenose plecos and they're little. My question is that how long should I wait to go into it's adulthood? Thanks for responding.
What is your ph and temp at? Mines at 7.6 and 78 degrees. There is defiantly a male and a female red Bn in my tank. They have a good cave. I feed them frozen bloodworms the first night. Blanched cucumber the 2nd night. And algae wafers the 3rd night. I feed them every night with this rotation of meals. They eat it all and I take any leftovers out. Any suggestions on y they won't breed is greatly appreciated. Also they've been in the tank for a couple months with no other fish but those 2.
Sounds like you're doing things right, as long as you have male and female eventually they'll spawn. Took about a year before my dwarf claro bristlenose started to spawn.
Hello Cory. looking for a little information. I got a customized 65g aquarium. I put 22 1"-2" Mbunas in there along with 2 1"-2" bristlenose plecos. One Super Red and One Albino. After a while together I thought the plecos wasn't eating like they should. The Mbunas were eating everthing. So I thought about the 15g Fluval Flex that I have and decided to put the plecos in there so they can get their weight up. By then should have the 90g acrylic. Then I can put one back in the 65g with the Mbunas and 1 in the 90g with the all male Peacocks that I plan on getting. Now my question is, I thought the plecos were both males but turns out this week that they had fry. I don't know when. I clean my tanks every Sunday and I just so happen to clean the substrate in the tanks this weekend. So it's no telling how many they had. We only count about 8. My question is, should I buy another tank or should I rock the 15g until the 90g gets ready in about 5-6 weeks and the two plecos can be separated?
Question most videos i see about plecos are bristlenose breeding but what about if species of plecos and how do you determine gender when bristles are not available
Hi Cory, I'm doing research on plecos for a novel I am writing, called "The Carbon Farmers" where plecos are instrumental in consuming algae grown on sequestered carbon dioxide. As a kid I was fascinated with the Fish of the Amazon display at the Milwaukee Zoo that had giant plecos. And as an aquarium enthusiast I had a pleco in almost every tank I had. Will all plecos grow to be giant given the right conditions? Or were they a different species?
I have 2 pairs in a couminjty tank and there’s 2 caves but they are a little young but they should alomlsf be breeding but the males aren’t caving any tips
I had my first batch of SR BN fry and everything has been going great with them. I have three adult SR BN (one female and two males) in a 75g community tank while the fry are in a 20g with shrimp. I have noticed the female's fins have been getting super tattered and have read that happens during breeding. Should I move her to the 20g with the fry to have time to heal and be away from the males?
Hi Cory, is it possible to breed bristlenoses with 2 males and 2 females in 1 tank? I have 2 females and 1 male at the moment but have another male that I want to add. Any advise?
hello there. Just watching this video since I am interested in breeding bristlenose. I was wondering what temperature it is. Is it normal or do you increase or decrease it for a better spawn rate? Thanks, Jackson
Hi. How many eggs does there be at any one time. I have 5 baby's on the glass this morning but the male is still guarding the cave. How many babies should I expect. One of the babies is snow white and parents are brown
*Buy a coconut hut for breeding bristlenose plecos: **geni.us/CoconutHut*
Aquarium Co-Op thanks for the video alot of help love ur channal how long do you consider them mature for breeding
I had a male and female bristlenose together for 5 years and they never bred. my male died last month and I got a new male. and I just found 7 babies this morning (Christmas day)
Congrats
Love Goldens you're male was probably a female too some females have bristles too.
A bearded lady
Well , sometimes females have bristles and look like males . You might have had two females at the start 🤷♂️
Please make more breeding videos like that about other types of fishes
It's always in the works, just gotta find the time.
Always something new and useful on this channel! AWESOME!!!!
+wyzemann I try and keep ya guys entertained :)
Love your channel, been subscribed for years, was contemplating purchasing some of these today and I knew the basics, it's funny how as I get older I'm happy to share the knowledge that I have and you shared your knowledge very well in this video, what's perplexing is reading all these redundant comments that ask you to tell them what you just told them separately in each comment, like you have the internet in front of you and all of this information awaits and you being a busy UA-cam Guy Fish breeder and all around swell dude are supposed to answer every single question which was already answered, keep on keeping on
Great video Cory! This one really helped me!
Awesome video! Those are some nice looking plecos!
+Josh's Aquatics & Railroad Videos Thanks :)
Very helpful vedio .. I know I’m late for the breeding pleco train .. but hey why not
Mine had over 500 babies :D I was so happy I was like 8-10 years old
Hi, we have a filter that hangs on the back of our tank, but we'd like to try to breed our plecos. Do you think we can just add a sponge over our filter's intake tube to protect the fry? Thanks!
Hi. Is there any particular method to get the fry out of the tank when they leave the cave?
Is there a certain temperature range that will assist in getting them to breed?
awesome, i almost won on aquabid once for a pair of red bristlenose ancistrus (german strain) very red. but yeah your pair is nice and good to see a positive progress for those frys. i hope this also applies for my starlights but unfortunately they are more harder and needs different type of settings (blackwater).
+MistahJMix There is a guy in Ferndale up north breeding them in just his tapwater, so maybe you'll get lucky.
I have nine blue eyed long fin plencos they are almost a year should I separate them I have them in a fourth gallon
And plz make more breeding how to vids there great 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼
thanks
How do you clean a hamburg matten filter, I want to set one up but I dont know how to clean it.
Cory, I would like to breed some super reds. I have a heavily planted 20 high with about 100 cherry shrimp in it, do you think I could breed the bristle nose in this tank with the shrimp? thanks
You'll end up crashing one of the two populations in a 20 gallon like that, one will thrive, the other will die off.
hey Cory. been following the new fishroom vids but haven't comment yet. wanted to say these are awesome and hope ur having fun. but can u please do a video on ur DIY lids? keep up the great work buddy.
+Dan Spriggs Thanks, I'll do a video on the lids :) I desperately need to make some, I just have to put a table saw together to do it and it's been wickedly cold and my garage is a mess at the moment where I would assemble it lol. I'm just waiting for a warm day really.
Great video
+Mr Fish Geek thanks for the support.
What size of terra cotta pots do you use? Currently have a bristlenose breeding pair that are the brown/black color
Thank you I’m getting brittle noses soon and I am going to try and breed them after at least 3 or 2 years
Could A Pair work in a 17 Gallon Cube that would be planted with would and N would have the possibility to remove fry after at a certain age would this setup work?
Hi can these plecos mate with other types?
I've a pair of super reds in one tank and ive an albino super fin and an albino in another! Can I put them all together in a community 260L? I'm hoping some fry will be long fin super reds!
Would 4 breeding super red bin plecos be okay in a 20 gallon?
Edit: I have a pair of albino bristelnose plecos and I have had them for around 2 months I have given them a cave but they don't seem interested in it at all I have a mountain type decor that they sit in but it has alot of holes, any advice on what to do they were in a 2ft but I have moved them into a 3ft around 1 month into owning them I have guppies,a peppered cory,rasboras, a fish that changes the coloue of it's head if it's happy and some fish that are yellow with red fin s I have a tank setup but I need to know whether or not they would breed with my fish or must I move them into the spare tank ?
Btw I saw y'all at Nolan's too lol had no clue my testing strips are actually from you XD
Hey Corey how do you get the breeders Do u raise a bunch and pic out a male or female or do you buy them at large size ?????
I have a 36 gallon bow front tank is it ok to have the babys and the 1 and 2 female plecos in there at the same time
Could you do a 20 breeding tank with these and shrimp and guppies if it was well planted?
Can I ask you a question? A month or two ago, I got a baby, (tiny) "albino bristlenose pleco" from PetSmart. I am a goldfish guy and have my main aquarium as goldfish but recently set up a smaller aquarium for Tiger Barbs and got this bristlenose for that tank. It's done very well, growing a little every day -- but I am wondering when they turn orange/red and how could you tell , because, my "albino" looks *really like* these "Super Red" babies , and he or she has an orangish concentration around it's belly and behind it's head ... Could it be that I got a Super Red instead of an albino? Any way to tell? Anyway just thought I could pick your brain a little, thank you very much! (and I'll say, he's much cooler than my adult Rubberlip in my goldfish tank ... I see the Rubberlip *maybe* once a week, and that's if I shine a flashlight in the middle of the night ... otherwise I *NEVER* see him. The bristlenose comes out all the time and seems to do a much better job at eating algae, and is a fraction of the size. Anyway thanks much.
Hi Cory, any tips for getting bristlenose in the mood to breed? I have a mature pair that have bred previously but I am having no luck getting them to breed. I feed them algae wafers, cucumber/zucchini
Cold water change normally does the trick. Don't give them to many places to hide.
I know this video is a long time ago but I was wondering how and what to feed baby bristtlenose pleco when they finish absorbing their yolk ? Wondering how much to feed and if there is anything special I should do to encourage them to start eating? My bristlenose had babies and they are separated now because of the community tank they are in so I was wondering about the care at the beginning stages of their life .
I just found a ton of pleco babies in my tank. I'll need to move my angel into the plant tank tomorrow
Is it at all possible to breed bristlenose successfully in a community tank with tetrad and corys? I was thinking a basic aquascape with eleocharis to help obscure and make safer the caves of the catfish.
Cory, I have a bristle nose and one that's not a bristle nose, could that be female and male? They are in separate tanks, but the both are the brown ones. Are there different kinds of plecos?
Any advice on breeding l-135?
Any chance you will be filming any fish room tours this year. I know your pretty busy with your own but i really enjoy watching them. Anyways those bristlenose plecos are pretty sweet, i will be getting a few as soon as my buddies fry grow a bit bigger.
+AQUA NUT In theory I'll be filming one next weekend while I'm in Portland doing fishy things. We'll see how it goes. I'm mostly just need people's rooms to film. I"ll make the time :)
oh really eh well that's awesome i was hoping you would have more coming out. this year. I hope some people reach out to you and get to film their setups. I like your fish room tours because you focus on the fish. anyways thanks for getting back to me. ttyl
What is a good selling size of bn?
Hi, if i keeping my male and female bristlenose pleco together they can breed?
Hey Cory. Looking at getting some super reds. What temperature do they need? My house holds about 71 degree farenheit without a heater. Would that be okay? Thanks
I breed mine in monsoon temperatures. So they like warmer. Mine on 79/80
By accident my albino brisslenose plekos bred in a 250litre! There is like maybe 20+ fry/babies! I removed them from the 250lt and moved them to a smaller tank should I leave them on their own in that tank or should I keep the male and female with them at all times? How long roughly will it take them to grow and just maybe any general tips on looking after them now at the stage after this video? Thanks in advance!
can female bristlenose breed with a different type of pleco like a male green phantom or would that not work?
you mentioned you feed your bristlenose fry good other than what you feed the adults, is this just flake food? I have some plecocaine, of multiple sizes, I have some especially for fry. hiw often should I feed them when they newly hatched? I breed african cichlids but not plecos lol.
how would 3 bristlenose albino plecos and 9 cherry barbs do in a 20 high? My 55 has a common pleco and some aggressive fish so can't really put it in there.
You might run into some waste problems, 3 of the bristlenose in the 20 high is quite a bit.
I'm going to get some breeding tubes but I'm not sure what size is needed 🤔
Do they need a heater? And can you breed guppies in the same tank. And also, what about having snails in the tank instead of shrimp?
Can I use a 40 gallon breeder to do this?
Does coconut shell class as wood needed for them? Or need wood wood
i am trying to start my own talk and breed some albino bristlenose places. can you tell me what i could do to breed them and where i can get them at? i really want them to be happy
Can i put both shrimp and cory cats with the plecos to breed?
What type of food you give in your auto feeding
My pleco laid eggs in a community tank I want to separate the eggs so they can survive when I do, do I take the pleco with them or leave the pleco with the eggs I need help???
I have a few questions; how often do you change the water and how much when you do? how often are you feeding them and the fry? Can the fry grow with the parents or are they seen as a threat at some point?? great video and thank you.
+David Ensor In this current setup, water is changed 10% a day automatically, fed 5 times a day, 4 with an auto feeder once by me. The fry can be raised with the parents. Just making sure you keep the water clean as a lot of plecos eat a lot.
Can I put a breeding pair in a community tank. Thanks! Great video. My fish are very calm
I've bred them in community of tetras etc before.
What temperature do you keep them at?
how big do common plecos have to be to start breeding?
Mine had just bred in a coconut cave, the male is guarding them should I release the young into the tank or wait for the male to lever the cave?
+Noseyb'stard 8928 you should let the male finish guarding them generally.
Hey man what’s the best way to make a pair ? I had a big common male and 2 common females in a 3 ft tank with my angel fish for about a year they never bread I have removed the big male and put smaller male and female albino Bristlenoses in with the other 2 big female commons hoping they will breed any tips ? Much appreciated
This is so cool. How much do you get per fish? And where do you find a place to sell them to?
Nice video. I have some Compressiceps Fri about .25". Will a 2.5" bristlenose pleco eat them? There's excess food I need to vacuum but don't want to suck(has happened) up fry. Would the pleco eat then since Comp fry sit on the bottom most of the time? Any info would be great.
I don't think I've ever seen a bristlenose eat something alive. I personally would try it. But I can't guarantee the results as I've never actually done it.
Is it possible to cross a albino and a brown one?
I have a male and female about 2 inches big and I added a little cave. At first I saw the female in there and now I see the male in the doorway and he seems to be fanning, but I don't know for sure if there are eggs in there. Not to mention that I have not seen both in there together at the same time. AND to make things weirder he seems to stay in there during the day, but at night he goes elsewhere (the tank light shuts off at night too). Is he fanning eggs or is he just trying to lure the female?
Hey! How long does it take for a male to form all the bristles on its nose like the one you showed in this video? Thanks!
18 months or so.
awesome video..question can u cross bristlenoses..like supper reds to albino long find or any other strain
+Chris Gill Yeah, that is how most of these are made. So long longfin super reds come from crossing super reds and albino longfins.
Wow very interesting..thank you very much..just subbed u few months ago and really glade I did love ur channel..
How much do these sell for? Also, how long do they live?
And can you add multiple couples or will they not get along?
Will the different types plecos still breed together?
how can you induce breeding in BN plecos?
What are you feeding the fry? Assuming just flakes?
Few questions, what type of lighting do you have? Also what type of food bedding do you have? Any tips for keeping aquarium plants will be helpful thxs
+Esteban Cervantes I use Finnex stingrays and for food I use repashy gel food. Both available on my website. www.aquaeiumcoop.com
+Esteban Cervantes www.aquariumcoop.com
Will you be selling any of the liberty mollie fry any time on the future ? also do you ship?
+TheLovatt123 I do plan on selling them in the future. Currently I'm not shipping due to time and weather. However in the future it may become a possibility if I can get one of my employees doing it.
Hey Cory, I have a 50ltr-13gln. Would that be large enough to have a single golden pleco? Only have 4 guppies and some fry currently. First tank!!
+Fraser Hoyland I'm not sure which pleco that is. Do you have an l number?
+Aquarium Co-Op the one im looking at is a colour variation of ancistrus cf. cirrius. I believe some call them L144. The guy said once they are scientifically described they lose their L number.. not sure about that haha. Thanks for replying Cory! Your channel is great!
Are all super red plecos bristlenose? I bought a trio today at a great price but they where labeled just "super red plecos"
I can't think of another type of pleco that would be red form that looks even similar.
What temperature does your tank have to be on so my bristle nose can have eggs
Usually above 72 degrees.
Hi Just watched your video. How long does it take for the babies to grow out to a saleable size? I have a pair of breeding BN plecs but the babies grow so slowly. They are in a 150L tank, and are fed Courgette and spirulina wafers. I also have been struggling with survival rate. Seemingly healthy looking babies just turning up dead.
+Craig Gunn dependsbon the size you want to sell them but i find it is at leadt 6 months. Most people sont feed enough protein to the babies.
Hey Cory. I got a black with white spot bristlenose plecos and they're little. My question is that how long should I wait to go into it's adulthood? Thanks for responding.
+Rhyne Fong Well to be sexually mature is at least 1 year of age.
Have you bred clown plecos?i have a group of eight any helpful hints
What’s your opinions on breeding Plecos and platies same tank? I don’t want them to eat all the fry but I don’t mind them snacking on them a little
Can you do a video all about stingray and there care please
What is your ph and temp at? Mines at 7.6 and 78 degrees. There is defiantly a male and a female red Bn in my tank. They have a good cave. I feed them frozen bloodworms the first night. Blanched cucumber the 2nd night. And algae wafers the 3rd night. I feed them every night with this rotation of meals. They eat it all and I take any leftovers out. Any suggestions on y they won't breed is greatly appreciated. Also they've been in the tank for a couple months with no other fish but those 2.
Sounds like you're doing things right, as long as you have male and female eventually they'll spawn. Took about a year before my dwarf claro bristlenose started to spawn.
I have a pair of blue eyed lemons that breed about once a month at around 6.7ph and 80 degrees
Where did you get the super reds? How much?
Hello Cory. looking for a little information. I got a customized 65g aquarium. I put 22 1"-2" Mbunas in there along with 2 1"-2" bristlenose plecos. One Super Red and One Albino. After a while together I thought the plecos wasn't eating like they should. The Mbunas were eating everthing. So I thought about the 15g Fluval Flex that I have and decided to put the plecos in there so they can get their weight up. By then should have the 90g acrylic. Then I can put one back in the 65g with the Mbunas and 1 in the 90g with the all male Peacocks that I plan on getting. Now my question is, I thought the plecos were both males but turns out this week that they had fry. I don't know when. I clean my tanks every Sunday and I just so happen to clean the substrate in the tanks this weekend. So it's no telling how many they had. We only count about 8. My question is, should I buy another tank or should I rock the 15g until the 90g gets ready in about 5-6 weeks and the two plecos can be separated?
What do you feed them?
Hey, Cory i wonder what kind of food do u give to the fry after they hatch (sorry bad english)
Repashy food or flake food
Aquarium Co-Op Thanks.. but may i know what repashy food and flake food is? Because its my first time hehe....
Question most videos i see about plecos are bristlenose breeding but what about if species of plecos and how do you determine gender when bristles are not available
if there are no bristles, it's a female.
Hi Cory, I'm doing research on plecos for a novel I am writing, called "The Carbon Farmers" where plecos are instrumental in consuming algae grown on sequestered carbon dioxide. As a kid I was fascinated with the Fish of the Amazon display at the Milwaukee Zoo that had giant plecos. And as an aquarium enthusiast I had a pleco in almost every tank I had. Will all plecos grow to be giant given the right conditions? Or were they a different species?
depending on the species is what determines size. hypostomus plecostomus will always grow bigger than a bristlenose if its not terribly stunted.
Can you have multiple breeding pairs in the one tank?
Usually you'll want large tanks when doing that.
I have 2 pairs in a couminjty tank and there’s 2 caves but they are a little young but they should alomlsf be breeding but the males aren’t caving any tips
I had my first batch of SR BN fry and everything has been going great with them. I have three adult SR BN (one female and two males) in a 75g community tank while the fry are in a 20g with shrimp. I have noticed the female's fins have been getting super tattered and have read that happens during breeding. Should I move her to the 20g with the fry to have time to heal and be away from the males?
Hi Cory, is it possible to breed bristlenoses with 2 males and 2 females in 1 tank? I have 2 females and 1 male at the moment but have another male that I want to add. Any advise?
You can yes, if the tank isn't too small.
hello there. Just watching this video since I am interested in breeding bristlenose. I was wondering what temperature it is. Is it normal or do you increase or decrease it for a better spawn rate? Thanks, Jackson
Normal aquarium temps are recommended.
okay. Thanks!
I have a normal filter so what should I do
Could I breed plecos in my platy tank?
hey Cory, I want to start breeding fish and I think I will start with Bristlenose Plecos. Is this a good idea for a starter and any good tips?
I'd say it's pretty easy to start with, mostly just do your research first.
Maybe I missed it or something but what do you feed the plecos ? Thanks
Zucchini is also a great food to feed plecos
Where can you buy a breeding trio of red bristle nose plecos?
Hi. How many eggs does there be at any one time. I have 5 baby's on the glass this morning but the male is still guarding the cave. How many babies should I expect. One of the babies is snow white and parents are brown
What do they look like when breeding?