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Unfortunatly I took apart my setup the other day and put the few that I had left back in the tank with the parents so I cant test the water. But next batch I get I will monitor it more closely and post the information you require. I'll even post a picture. Hopefully we can figure out what I ...

1st off. What are the fine details of the setup? What does your tank look like, what filteration are you using, are you keeping them with the parents or do you have a rearing tank?
These are all important.
Its nearly winter if your tank is unheated and drops below 50 deg. your fish will die. If ...

I am having trouble with the survival rate of my baby bristle nose pleco's I have had a few batches that have over a period of about 2 months have all died. Typically I get about 30-40 fri per batch and slowly but surely they are all gone. What am I doing wrong? I am feeding them sperolina flakes ...

My head hurts. (LOL)

Is it possible to get reg BN babies from Albino BN pleco's? I just had a batch of fri and all of them except for two seem to be dark. This is my first time breeding these fish so I not quite surte what to expect. I don't have any reg BN so I know that the parents have to be albino's.

Hi Mats,
I do have a tank ready for them with a sponge filter I had with the parents tank. I just wasn't sure how long they needed the air stone. I figured once they could swim they would be ok.

Well after a long time trying my Albino BN pleco finally had babies.
Thanks for everyone's help over the last 6months or so.
I do have 1 more question thou. My male seemed to have kicked out the eggs from his cave after 3 days so I put them in a nursary with an air stone after that and it seemed ...

Thanks Shane I will do that. I have even covered part of the tank with a towel and I am keeping the lights off. I don't want to set him off like last time now that I have them spawning 30 days apart.

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I just noticed my Albino plecos' have eggs and I was wondering if it's ok to vacume the bare bottom of the tank or should I leave him alone. He was faning some eggs just over ...

yes it's a long fin albino. I have had other die like this but this on is lasting a long time. I am just wondering if I should medicate it?

Just to let everyone know I believe she is cured. I used the Binox by Jungle and it seems to have done the trick. No more open soars and no more blood in the fins. She's beeen ok for about a week now how long till I put her in the main tank again?

Does anyone know whats wrong with my other pleco ...

Just to update everyone she is still alive I treated her the other day with some Binox by Jungle.She is not eating much, she hasen't touched the zucchini but seems to have eaten the kale. She is not pooping very much short skinny pieces.Hopefully she gets better.

I moved him as soon as I discovered his illness and I never feed them much protein before. Their diet is spirolia and kelp flake, cucumbers, Sera walfers and peas.
Hopefully my LFS has the meds you are talking about.

I also have another pleco that I bought about 2 months ago in a group of 5 and I ...

sick Albino bn pleco

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I just noticed that my Long Fin Albino BN pleco is really bloated and he or she's head is white and it's fins looks bloody has this happen to anyone before I have included some pictures. (Sorry ...

Does anyone know if it would be ok to keep only Albino BN Pleco's and Clown Loaches in a 50 gallon long tank?

You keep these type of wood in your pleco tanks? Is it ok for them to eat? I have Albino BN Pleco's that I am trying to spawn with not much luck, so I am trying to get everything perfect.
I see my smaller pleco's are eating the Melaysain driftwood because I find little pieces everywhere when I clean ...

So malaysian driftwood is the same as bogwood?
Is there any other type of wood that's good for Albino BN Pleco's?

Does anyone know if bogwood and mopanni are the same thing?

I try to keep them eating every day so there's alway's a piece of zucchini or cucumber or some type of alge disc in there.
I am also recording everthing I do on a calander so I can repeat the process later.

Thanks again Mats I will keep my fingers crossed.

Hi MatsP,
My females are about 4-5" and my male is slightly smaller.

I have read your article it was very informative. I also read that I should do a two week cycle of water changes. The first week I do a 25% water change droping the temp by two degrees every day. Then on the second week I should ...

I purchased a breeding trio of Albino BN Pleco's about 3 months ago and I was wondering what type of wood they should have in with them? Right now I have a large piece of mopani wood. From what I have been reading on some sites is that bogwood or lingus(spelling?) is the best type of wood for these ...

Yes I use that tank for my fri grow out tank. But I didn't see them picking on the pleco's infact this pleco was 1 of 4 that I bought. They are smaller then my other pleco's but they have grown to be almost the same size as the older ones. Unfortunately it was just that one that might have been sick ...

Should I use Metrodonazole? Is it safe for my Albino BN Pleco?

1. Water parameters
a) Temerature range. 80
b) pH. 7.5 -8.0
c) GH.
d) KH
e)Ammonia, Nitrate, Nitrite, levels.
0 , 10 , 0

f) Water change frequency
min 2 times a week at 25% each time
(Most LFS's will check your water and give a list of readings).

2. Tank set up
a) Size. 35Gallon
b ...

I have 1 Albino BN Pleco that's looks sick he/she is only 1.5" and it is very pale and skinny. I have about 12 others that are much bigger than him/her. It seems like it's not eating. I put it into my hospital tank by it's self but it still has not eaten anything. I thought that mabybe the others ...

medaka yes they all have the pink eye's

MatsP it's hard to see them with their fins extended. Usually they have their fin downs so it' hard to compare.

Is there any other way to tell like body markings or something?

How can I tell the differance between the Long fin Albino bristle nose pleco and the regular fin Albino bristlenose pleco. Now I know the answer seems ovious but they are about 1.5" to 2" in length and they all seem the same. I have them in the same tank but they all look so similar that it's hard ...