Albino bristlenose
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groovy catfish
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- Joined: 18 May 2003, 10:46
- Location 1: Australia
- Interests: catfish and cichlids
Albino bristlenose
Hey, I am from Australia and am getting a pair of these guys. They are very uncommon here, so I was wandering if they have proved to be not as hardy, or harder to raise than fry, or harder to breed or anything out of the norm in America. Thanks people
Catfish are cool
dare i ask, where are you getting them from? Which state?Im sure Barbie will correct me if Im wrong.
The ones Ive lost are do to stress or really bad water conditions than anything, but otherwise I have found them to be hardy.
12 of the 13 I have are from I think the same parents and are growing fast in a 55 all by themselves. Im pretty sure I have 1 mature male Im waiting on a mature female. I dont know about fry but some of mine came really small, gave them romain lettuce and pellets, ask me tomorow what they are, and theyve grown great.
I cant believe Barbie hasnt given her great knowlege of breeding these little buggers.
The ones Ive lost are do to stress or really bad water conditions than anything, but otherwise I have found them to be hardy.
12 of the 13 I have are from I think the same parents and are growing fast in a 55 all by themselves. Im pretty sure I have 1 mature male Im waiting on a mature female. I dont know about fry but some of mine came really small, gave them romain lettuce and pellets, ask me tomorow what they are, and theyve grown great.
I cant believe Barbie hasnt given her great knowlege of breeding these little buggers.
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Yann
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Hi!
I have a trio of these at home, 1 male and 2 females, they spawn about every month.
THey are quite fast grower. I keep them in a neutral tap water , a lot of current and a T° of around 28°c (80°F) The eggs hatch in 6-7 days. Really hardy little ones for sure!
Cheers
Yann
I have a trio of these at home, 1 male and 2 females, they spawn about every month.
THey are quite fast grower. I keep them in a neutral tap water , a lot of current and a T° of around 28°c (80°F) The eggs hatch in 6-7 days. Really hardy little ones for sure!
Cheers
Yann
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SanDiegoFishes
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- Joined: 08 Apr 2003, 03:22
- Location 1: San Diego, California USA
- Interests: Fish! Corydoras, dwarf plecos, Farlowellas, livebearers,apistogrammas, angelfish,snails, plants,rainbows, and pretty much everything else!
I also breed albino bushynose plecos, and the one thing I would recommend over anything else is keep both the parents and the babies very well fed. I use a spirulina algae based wafer as my main food, the babies grow like weeds on it. Most people starve their plecos, assuming they find all they need in a fish tank, they don't!
The females will get plump with eggs and breed pretty much every two weeks if you feed them something with high protein and fat along with the spirulina algae wafers. I use frozen bloodworms. My pair produce an average of 60 new babies every spawn, I have hundreds here now, LOL! They also love raw zuchinni, and I feed it as well. However, they do not grow nearly as well on a diet lacking the algae wafers, so keep the nutrition high!
The other critical thing with the babies is water quality, they do not handle poor water. Lots of water changes and good filtration on the baby tanks, keep the nitrate down (and obviously a good bio filter to keep the ammonia/nitrates at 0). If you skimp on water changes, you will get dead babies.
Other than that, a little cave for dad is all you need! I keep my breeders at about 80 degrees, and when mom lays her eggs, I take both cave and papa out (he won't swim away, he will stay with the eggs, LOL) and I put the cave/dad in a 10 gallon. When the fry are swimming and eating on their own (couple weeks) I put dad and cave back in with mom, she usually gives him some more eggs within 48 hours (Poor guy!!).
I love these fish, and the number they do on algae is incredible! Never seen any other fish do a better job.
Fishes
The females will get plump with eggs and breed pretty much every two weeks if you feed them something with high protein and fat along with the spirulina algae wafers. I use frozen bloodworms. My pair produce an average of 60 new babies every spawn, I have hundreds here now, LOL! They also love raw zuchinni, and I feed it as well. However, they do not grow nearly as well on a diet lacking the algae wafers, so keep the nutrition high!
The other critical thing with the babies is water quality, they do not handle poor water. Lots of water changes and good filtration on the baby tanks, keep the nitrate down (and obviously a good bio filter to keep the ammonia/nitrates at 0). If you skimp on water changes, you will get dead babies.
Other than that, a little cave for dad is all you need! I keep my breeders at about 80 degrees, and when mom lays her eggs, I take both cave and papa out (he won't swim away, he will stay with the eggs, LOL) and I put the cave/dad in a 10 gallon. When the fry are swimming and eating on their own (couple weeks) I put dad and cave back in with mom, she usually gives him some more eggs within 48 hours (Poor guy!!).
I love these fish, and the number they do on algae is incredible! Never seen any other fish do a better job.
Fishes
I currently have 25+ tanks, ranging in size from 10 gallons to 240 gallons. Also, 6 above ground ponds outside. Raise many species of fish, including corydoras, farlowella's, L number plecos, bushynoses, etc. Catfish RULE!!