Hi,

[joseph21]

Hi my names is joe,

i have been looking at the site for bout half year now and it has been useful for me.(congratz with the site) i have just bought my second tank which is now maturing. i am new to this only started bout year ago now my dad got me in to them and he has been doing it for bout 5 years now and is now trying to breed zebras hopefully. i know bit from him and my local fish shop and of course this site.

cheers

joe

[MatsP]

Welcome to Planet Catfish.

Breeding Zebra plecos is something a lot of people want to do, and as long as you have a decent bank-account to get the breeding stock, it's certainly doable. But I would certainly start with something a bit less pricey, for two reasons:
1. Bringing up pleco fry requires a bit of skill - practice on something that is easy to breed and where you don't think "that's £50 down the drain" each time you have to pick up a dead one [hopefully that doesn't happen, but if it's going to happen, wouldn't you prefer if they are worth 50p, instead?].
2. Getting Zebra pleco's to spawn can be a bit tricky. Practicing on "getting them to spawn" on something less complicated can be a good starting point.

Good luck.

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Mats

[aledk85]

welcome

[Richard B]

Welcome to Planet catfish!

[joseph21]

sorry maybe did not say it right i anit doing zebras me dad is i have got at the moment in a small tank the plecs i got is 2 x l204 and a l114 and some other little fish. yeah you do need alot of money and alot of time which my dad has and he thought he give it ago.

cheers

joe

[MatsP]

Ok, fair enough - good luck to your dad. Of course, my advice still holds for your dad: Start with something easy, before tackling the slightly more complicated and sensitive fish.

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Mats

[joseph21]

yeah cool thankyou

[Richard B]

& if your dad is finding it tricky there's plenty of people in these forums who've been successful who can provide specific advice on how they did it

[joseph21]

cool thankyou i have got him to join he is jerry58.