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These things breed like rabbits . . .

Posted: 02 Mar 2004, 02:35
by JimLynchAZ
I decided to see if I could breed albino bushy nosed plecos to save the money it would take to buy enough for the 22 (totaling a little over 1100 US gallons) African Cichlid tanks I have set up. Well now, 5 or 6 months latter I have baby plecos coming out of my ears. I have sold them, traded them, put a half dozen or so in all my other tanks and still have between 250 and 300 baby plecos.

They litterally breed like rabbits, 30 to 45 babies every 24 days or so swarm out of one of the breending caves. Reminds me of the credit card commercial where by the time the father finds a card that is accepted, the pair of rabbits he was purchasing turned into a cage full.

They are cute, take a peek . .
http://imageevent.com/jimlynchaz/babysy ... ctatus?n=0

Posted: 02 Mar 2004, 03:52
by fmueller
My brother had that kind of luck with the regular bushy nose plecos once, and I have other people seen them breed like that as well. Once you get a well matched pair that starts spawning you can't stop them, but other people try and try and they never see a single fry. Hope the Zebras I have just ordered will do the same thing as your albinos :D

Posted: 02 Mar 2004, 22:52
by ClayT101
My pair just spawned 2 weeks ago. Only 1 fry survived...hopefully in a few weeks there will be another spawn. :)

Posted: 03 Mar 2004, 00:10
by tiffnseve
I have two females and bought a male last week. I put him in the tank and he disappeared into a cave within 30 seconds. A week later I got curious and looked for him and he was guarding a clutch of eggs already. Not even a week. I checked again last night but the clutch didn't make it. oh well guess I have to wait a couple weeks :roll:

Posted: 04 Mar 2004, 00:50
by polkadot
You're one lucky guy!!!

Posted: 04 Mar 2004, 03:31
by Marshel
Really interesting to have so many baby bristlenose.
:)

Posted: 06 Mar 2004, 03:55
by ClayT101
:D :D :D I looked in one of the caves today, and there was my male, guarding a clutch of eggs. :D :D :D