Hi all, i have cleaned the tank and there is one fry that made it, its nearly 2cm now, nice gold stomach, round to.

Any ideas why he made it and the others didnt? I also moved the caves, and they are trying to use them more.

Thanks.

Hi all, these breeding logs are very popular, they are using them to an extent, but as they were the castle ornament, ill fill in the questions about water parameters soon. My guess is that they fry didnt get much food, i usually dump 3 forks with zucchini piece attatched to it, about 10cm, and ...

The logs are about 15cm in length and the opening is roughly4cm wide and rounded, the breeding logs are like this but longer, and same diameter all the way till the end: http://www.oztion.com.au/vshops/previewpic.aspx?itemid=9220729&tid=&picnum=1&#pic There are 4 caves, and 3 males. Any ideas? Also ...

Hi, and thanks for your quick reply. They have been at the entrance of breeding logs, but never picked one, but the castle ornament was where a specific male always stayed. Is there a chance that the reason why they havent chosen a cave is that the tank is too bare? I could move the breeding logs to ...

Hi all, i have a problem with my bristlenose, they have stopped breeding and im not sure why. They had a castle ornament and a boat ornament at the start, i only had them for a week and the dominant male took residence in the Castle, the females were hanging around the castle, i did a 15% water ...

Thanks, i will probably get a 3ft and chuck a trio in there, sound reasonable?

Also with too many females the male will start kicking eggs out wont he? lol

That was one of my questions whether or not it was ok to keep them all in a 4ft tank?

If not what would you say would be a good number of adults, and sex ratio for a 4ft tank?

Lol yeah i understand what youre saying, i just threw a number out there, since they are prolific breeders..

With a colony of 12, in a 4ft will i house them properly? Including the proper conditions etc.

Thanks.

There is a big demand in common bristlenose where im from, they sell quickly and LFS are always taking them. Also friends etc will definately have them, if not, i have the room and time to keep more haha So a 4ft tank will be enough for a 4 males 8 females lets say? with many hiding spots and caves ...

I see, yeah i didnt do much with my Bristlenose they bred unexpectedly, and many times. So if i had a 4ft tank and wanted to breed would i only be able to keep the 1 male to two females? I was hoping to get a large tank, so i could have say, 4 males, 6 females. Do bristlenose eat their fry? Mine ...

Hi all, i used to breed common bristlenose a while ago and going to get back into it soon. My questions are, what triggers them to breed? I never did water changes etc to stimulate breeding, although i had some nice tight caves for them to hide in. Also how many adults could be housed in a 4ft or ...