fish tank size

[littleneti]

At the moment we are setting up a dedicated fish room to house our 25 tanks of various sizes in, the question i have is i have 4 x L333, 4 x wild L16, and 6 x brisltnoses, i have no expereince of breeding them as i am only growing them on at the moment with a plan to breed them, the L333 are kept in with our Discus growing on tank as i know they like soft water, The L16 and golden bristle noses are in with the Angelfish growing on tank and they are in HMA water, but as they get nearer to breeding size they will go into RO soft water.

becasue we are in the process of setting the room and tanks up, i was wanting to know if any of these above need to be kept in groups to breed or can they have a dedicated tank to a single breeding pair, if they can go as a pair what size tank would i be looking at for the pair, they will run be on air filter, but i know that some plecos need more flow so we would take that into consideration and add a internal filter to the tank, also we have bogwood for then already and also will get caves nearer the time.

Reason i am asking this so early on is because of setting the room up we want to get it right for our pleco from the start, and also so we can plan ahead.

Any advice would be gratefully received

 

[bigbird]

Hello and congrats to asking first.
I prefer all Ls in their own tank. In my small fish room, I have 3 ft tanks with more depth and less height. I just find this allows you more control on feeding and temps etc for each L that you wish to breed. I also have 2 5ft tanks, one with 7 L134 and 4 royal whips, rummy nose tetras and the other with L97 and rummy nose etc.
All with either individual sump or eheim external and own heater.

cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[littleneti]

Many thanks for the info, that will be something we will keep in mind. i am hoping that we can get them in their own tanks, need to work out all the tanks in fish room. All the tanks have their own heaters so we can control the temp

Re the flow is it better to have a internal filter or small pump for air flow in all the pleco's tanks as fish room will be on air filters, we can also put in air stones as well to increase oxygen levels.

 

[bigbird]

for the flow, check on the profile to see if they like fast water. If yes then an internal powerhead would be suggested. cheers jk :thumbup:

 

[Brengun]

Yes I prefer 3ft tanks. I had 2fts and no one ever wanted to breed in them. The exception was 4 L201's who did breed but then I had troubles with fry dying and I had no room for a good frysaver. Moved them all into a 3ft tank and no more trouble.
It doesnt have to be an overly big 3ft, 15" wide x 13" is ok even. Plecos dont really need a huge lot of height in a tank but higher does mean more water volume which can be a good thing too.

 

[Bigjohnnofish]

bren likes 3 footers but i prefer 2 footers with a bit more depth and height than a standard 2 footer.... but each to their own.....

 

[littleneti]

Many thanks for the info guys, it is really appreciated, i just want to get it right for my plecos so they have the conditions and space.

 

[Brengun]

We probably end up having the same water volume Johnno.