L-124 Grouping for Breeding

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L-124 Grouping for Breeding

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Looking for people opinions. Fairly new to breeding Plecos (have raised bristlenose and L129) and was wondering what you feel the optimal male to female ratio is? I currently have a 125G with 6 L-124's between 8" and 12" in there with a ratio of 3:3. I was going to start heavy water changes and feeding to condition for breeding but feel like I should remove at least one male. What are your thoughts...

I know L-124 aren't bred commonly but hoping someone has experience with or a similar Peckoltia...

Thanks....
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Re: L-124 Grouping for Breeding

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L124 need a dry/rainy season to spawn. Start with the temp in the low 80's and drop to ~77/78 with some larger water changes should do the trick. As far as ratio on male to female that is all guesswork and it depends on the fish themselves....

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danielpblue
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Re: L-124 Grouping for Breeding

Post by danielpblue »

Thanks, currently conditioning them to get ready to start the trigger. Might remove a male just so there are less males for the dominant male to be worried about instead of the females.
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