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I have known some to breed quite small at 2 to 3 inches including the tail. I have found rock with a nice hole in or the usual slate or clay caves work.
female will usually plump up a bit before they spawn but not always easy to notice.
female will usually plump up a bit before they spawn but not always easy to notice.
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thanks for that i am a bit pi**ed off cos dad has adults and he will not let me breed them when i do get his fish he gives me a week - now come on guys is a week really long enough to breed and fish aparts from mollies lol
I have had a pair of splash tetras for around 3 weeks and they have spawned 3 times. I have known of plecs breeding within a week.
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Ive got a pair of browns at breeding size you can have if you collect from Rainhill, Merseyside.
I dont know where Selby is in relation to me but if you can sort pickup they are yours free of charge.
I dont know where Selby is in relation to me but if you can sort pickup they are yours free of charge.
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ur the other side of manchester plus i have a couple just waiting for them to grow but thanks for the offer
its more about age than size with bristlenose. You are looking at anything past 8-9 months being able to spawn.
One of the best triggers for breeding is moving them around. If you can only have them for a week. grab an egg tumbler and a cave. wait til the female looks really gravid, then shift the pair into your tank. Hopefully that will trigger the spawn, take the eggs, tumble them in te tumbler and give the parents back to your old man.
One of the best triggers for breeding is moving them around. If you can only have them for a week. grab an egg tumbler and a cave. wait til the female looks really gravid, then shift the pair into your tank. Hopefully that will trigger the spawn, take the eggs, tumble them in te tumbler and give the parents back to your old man.
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last time i took his male it got ill and his gills were moving rapid but all my other fish love it in my tankits more about age than size with bristlenose. You are looking at anything past 8-9 months being able to spawn.
One of the best triggers for breeding is moving them around. If you can only have them for a week. grab an egg tumbler and a cave. wait til the female looks really gravid, then shift the pair into your tank. Hopefully that will trigger the spawn, take the eggs, tumble them in te tumbler and give the parents back to your old man.
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i dont know really also i want to get rid of my clown plecs they were a rush my cos i got all excited about having a L number i di dnot know they were so common if i knew then i would of waited
My Bristlies weren't very big when they started.
I'd had my female abn for almost a year and thought I'd just buy a boy for company, and they spawned within a month so I wasn't really prepared for it.
I'd had my female abn for almost a year and thought I'd just buy a boy for company, and they spawned within a month so I wasn't really prepared for it.
I would agree the amount of stress involved simply because you want to "borrow" a fish is ridiculous, start reading and go a library and borrow what you like, you cannot stress a book out.
I breed different types of BN's and they are usually around a year old before they start breeding. If you have a male that is bristled up good and a female that is full of eggs(fat belly), then put a cave in and do a water-change using cooler water. That will usually bring on breeding.
i dunno if the water in western australia is anything special (or not) but my b/n start breeding round the 5-5.5cm mark.... commons/albinos/marbles which would make them no older than 6mths... prob closer to 5 mths....
but i will tell ya they go nuts breeding spawn after spawn till the male is smaller and thinner than any of the girls.... then it suddenly stops while the poor ol male tries to regain size and health..... thats when i boot him out and get in some new blood!!!!
spawns are smallish in numbers 30-60 per spawn to start with then they get exponentially bigger.... as girls get bigger...
pepps are usually 18mths - 2years before they spawn... o/s b/n is about the same maybe a little earlier....
but i will tell ya they go nuts breeding spawn after spawn till the male is smaller and thinner than any of the girls.... then it suddenly stops while the poor ol male tries to regain size and health..... thats when i boot him out and get in some new blood!!!!
spawns are smallish in numbers 30-60 per spawn to start with then they get exponentially bigger.... as girls get bigger...
pepps are usually 18mths - 2years before they spawn... o/s b/n is about the same maybe a little earlier....