I would rather not add any chemicals to the breeder group tank. I can try it in the containers though. I have used methuyl blue with little success in the past. Someone else suggested that the males weren't mature enough. I do have some hatching. These petros are around 3yrs old now. Another questio...

Okay so the petros finally spawned. Actually they have been spawning for the last 5 days. I have pulled probably 500+ eggs and I think I got one to survive. They fungus up so quickly. Last night when I went to bed at a 11pm there were no eggs in the bowl with marbles. This morning at 4:45am there ar...

I will try that Barbie

Thanks

My fishroom is in the basement and room stays at 74 degrees and I have the tanks set at 79 degrees. 30 fish tanks and dehumidifier seem to heat the basement alittle.

Okay, I got a batch of eggs to hatch but I lost the fry after a few days. They just started to slowly disappear. I put the eggs in a 15g with 2 box filters and add some methalblue for fungus. No carbon in the box filters.

Any suggestions on how to keep them alive?

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Chris

I found another batch of eggs. Probably 100 or so. I put them in a 15g with some methal blue. It looked like the eggs were getting fuzzy but they hatch yesterday. I am planning on feeding them a mixture of meaty foods that have been ground up. I have been using this for my altolampogus calvus fry wi...

I just noticed that I had like 30 eggs in my marble bowl setup. I already made the mistake of putting them in a tubbler. They became peacock food.

Sidguppy I was wondering if you could take a picture of your mesh contraption.

How old are the petros in the bucket?

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Chris

I just added the rest of my petros to the 20g high. I think there is a total of 33 or 34 in there that are between 1.5-3". Lots of activity. I will probably move them to a 30g breeder soon

I like that reply. Thanks for the answer.

I think 25 petros in a small tank will be really interesting and hopefully I will get some fry out of them

Chris

I don't know what to do. I have like 25 petricola dwarfs that I have had for 1.5-2 years and i got them when they were 1-1.25". I figure they are 2.5 years old if not older and am assuming breeding size now. I put 8 or so in a 20g and I am wondering if they would do better with more or less for...

Hi I live about 20 miles south of Madison. If you are looking to get rid of them I would post them on these forums and sell for $3 or 4 each out right instead of worring about getting ripped off by the lfs. If they are pushing 2" I would sell them for alittle more http://14.freebb.com/?freebb=m...

What size are they?

I generally sell the albinos at 1-1.5" for $3-4 each and less if I sell in quantity. The lfs that I have sold to in the past does the 1/3 cash or 1/2 credit which isn't bad.

Where in Iowa are you located?

I have 4 in a african cichlid tank. I imagine the ph is 8.5 or so. I have never had a problem with them. Not to aggressive.

That might be the problem. I had my best luck with the 10g with a whisper 60 pushing 300gph. The 75g has a whisper 60 and a sponge filter with a aquaclear 301 powerhead on top. I will have to add a few more box filters or sponge filters to the tank. I will let you know how the next spawn turns out. ...

Hey Pleco Queen(Barbie) I noticed that one of my males was sitting on eggs in a 75g so I removed all of the fish besides plecos. The fry came out of the cave a week later. With in a few days the bellies started to swell up and they started dying. I have been feeding them plecos Aquadine flake and zu...

I have 5 of these. I keep them in my cichlid tanks and feed them hbh meatlovers. They have never eaten any of the veggies that I have put in the tank for my bristlenose.

Chris

stallion81 $40 a pop is not exceptable. You have to many wholesalers in city. Check out http://www.boesterscichlids.com/ who live in lovespark and I also know someone else that live on the south side of Rockford. He has 40 tanks running with way to many fish that I want. Email or pm me for his email...

I would say L333. It looks no different then the 5 that I have.

Chris

Besides my fish I am into woodworking and fishing. I make furniture but I also like to turn bowls on my wood lathe. Ice fishing is in full swing but isn't as much of a priority since I have 12 tanks to clean weekly. Sidguppy: Try some of Terry Goodkind's books. He is a very good writer and I agree w...

Barbie

Congrats on the spawn. So much for not using a 10g for breeding plecos. I know 4 pairs of bristlenose were to much though.

Chris

I agree with raising the fry. What a pain. I loose quite a few out of every batch. Maybe even 50%. I have noticed that I get a redish-white sore on the plecos body. I had a episode of this with my breeding group in July. I ended up loosing 4 adults. I ended up treating with maryacn and that cleared ...

I use a little gravel on the bottom of the tank. I have a whisper 60 on the tank and air stone in there for added oxygen. I have since divided the group. I left the largest pairs in the ten. I will report back how that works out for me.

Chris

Barbie is going to freak!!!

I still have my 4 pairs of bristlenose in a 10gal and the males are constantly sitting on eggs. I pull around 150 fry out a month. It works for me at the moment.

Chris

I have 4 pairs of bristlenose plecos in a 10g. They are spawning all of the time now and there is no aggression that I have seen. I have moved them a few time and this setup seems to work the best for me.

Good luck
Chris

I feed my L134 Aquadine flakes. At the lfs they have a dispenser where I choose veggie and cichlid flake. They love it. It is simple for me and it isn't messy

Chris

Here are a few cool pictures of my L128.





Chris

Does anyone know how aggressive L46, L128, L134 plecos are. I was going to have these guys in the same tank. Will I have to deal with constant fighting or will they get along. There will be enough space and hiding places for them.

Chris

Here is a picture of my new L333's. Very cool pleco



Chris

I will get some maraycn tomorrow

Thanks
Chris