BREEDING Zebra Plecos - 3 Month Update! 

As someone that has watched your videos for a lot of years now, I have to say your maturity with yourself and your videos has been an absolute pleasure to watch. Keep up the great work.

I wouldn't be selling any of those zebras but i would be looking to trade some fry with other breeders just to keep good genetics, i used to breed royal whiptails back in the day and after trading some fish got better results across the board

Just a guy with a couple hundred tanks. 😂 You enthusiastic enjoyment of the hobby is wonderful to see.

Honestly what I love about you is you're not in this for the money. Here you are sitting on some pretty pricey fish but your passion for them outweighs the want to sell what you've worked so long/hard on. I commend you, and those babies are absolutely precious!

So glad you managed to win with the L046 they are beautiful well done keep up the good work

CONGRATULATIONS!!!! TO THE PLECOS!!!! LOL I LOVE YOUR HONESTY WITH THE REALITY OF THE EXPERIENCE! YOU CAN SEE THE JOY AND PAIN YOU WENT THROUGH WITH THESE PUPPIES AND THAT IS JUST SO ENDEARING! THANK YOU FOR THE VIDEO AND YOUR AWESOME SMILE! 🧙‍♀🧙🧙‍♂🧙🧙‍♀

The price has been keeping me back. Love plecos. This one is on my bucket list. Thanks for the tips

thank you for not gatekeeping.

"Just a guy with a couple hundred tanks"

You are such a pleasure to watch. Positive and upbeat. Always had fish when I was young but because I travel so much now could not have anymore for the past 20 years, but always found it relaxing. Keep it up, you’re very inspiring.

Congrats on figuring them out! Now make sure to not keep them all in one basket :)

I had similiar experience with L236 plecos, i was "greedy" on the first spawns, took them to breeder box inside same tank, as long as i paid attention it was fine, but i also had some trouble with mold on eggs, fry deaths etc, currently i am just letting the male do his job, i have 4 adult ones, 1 male, every 2-3 weeks there is new batch of fry, i just take the grown ones (3cm+) every few months to a grow out tank for them and its working wonders (they go like 10-20 fry per batch)

Yay! You know it’s a good day when Nick uploads 🎉

I saw a 'ZEBRA pleco' first time in my life 😅 didn't knew such a pleco exist. I'm surprised.

buy a barometre and when the airpressure drops do a water change and don''t keep your tank to sterile most bacteria are usefull and a little algea won''t hurt it just looks bad greetings and succes from the Netherlands

Oh man I’m so thrilled for you! It must be so satisfying to have finally accomplished breeding these fish. They are beautiful!

Soo glad you succeded!🐠breeding them and dont wory everyone makes mistakes.

I'm so inspired by your videos! It's fabulous that you show the success and the times when you learn things that will help us! Thank you for sharing!

I am SO happy for you! Congratulations! You truly deserve this.

Jus a guy with a couple hundred tanks lol love it

I only got 1 zebra pleco, they are really hard to get in Norway so hope to find by more cause they look fun to breed.

I love them so much. Your videos on Pecos got me interested in the L134. I’ve been raising. These zebras are stunning. I love that you haven’t lost your passion and love for the fish great videos I always am happy to watch your content and trust your words.

So cool what you’re doing bro, and you take great care of your fish.

Greetings from Portugal. Your channel is such an inspiration.. Please never stop making videos Nick. Thank you for your time and information 👌👌

I love your attitude, man, keep it up 👍

I love watching your videos, they're always chill but informative. Even if I'm not planning to try breeding it's so satisfying to watch

Awesome work Nick! Well done getting these guys to finally breed

Brother!!!!! THESE ARE FREAKIN SICK!!!!!! Keep it up!

When I designed my setup I went with a sulfur nitrate reactor not to have the nitrate peaks between water changes. So while the tank was in its first 2 months before i added the zebras my nitrates red 60 ppm now after 3 months of a mature reactor my nitrates are zero! I’ll implement daily water changes with the hope to get my Golden nuggets to show spawning activity . Originally the tank was for them I have since added other xingu species.

You’re a source of inspiration for my own channel; keep it going!

I'm glad the zebras are taking off for you. I use warmer water all the time to trigger spawning in my fish room. In the winter my tanks are in the low 70's around 22C. So I use warmer water during water changes and it often triggers a spawn.

Great video Nick!

Cheers, Nick! Thanks!

Congratulations on your success!

Yes I’m been waiting for the green cuisine to drop! 👊🏽 add to cart

Awesome video, great job. Please could you do a video on breeding the L201? Thanks

One of my bucket list fish!

Those fry are adorable!

Well done on your zebra plecos nick🔥👍👍

I’ve been waiting for this 😁

Love these videos. What a great channel

Thanks go this video I found your bug buffet fish food!! Will be buying some next time I finish whatever food I currently have

Love to see it!

Well done on the Zebra's. You have know idea how jealous I am!

I've wanted these for ages, and now that I'm planning to build a Rio xinguensis biotope style tank I have to have them. They're still quite expensive here in the USA as well.

Thanks for sharing 😊

THANKS

They are so freaking cute ❤

Good job !

Great Video youre my favourite RU-vidr ❤

funally a zebra pleco update super neat

Hi, really love all your videos. May I know how big is your L46 fish tank? Many thanks.

will you make video about breeding molly fish (Poecilia sphenops)?

Nick you should get a barometer , will let you see barometric pressure changes in advance .

Hi Nick! Congratulations on figuring out their breeding and all those water changes. Pity you lost some babies during your US trip. It’s always hard to see that happen. But chin up and as you see they’re pretty easy to keep and breed. Coolest fish ever! PS: Must get some Bug Buffet from you asap.

I have noticed thst fish often respond to water changes particularly well when there are atmospheric pressure changes. I am not trying to spawn but whenever there is a big storm that comes through and I do a wter change I get eggs everywhere. I live in a somewhat drier area so it is really obvious.when it happens.

Been waiting for an update on the Zebs for ages, way to short a video thou Nick. Well done. x x

👍🏻👍🏻Congrats bud

Great video, love it. I had two zebra pleco, you can see them in my shorts however I lost them. Please can you link the food you feed as I believe it was a feeding issues or the guppies in the tank. I’m uk based and looking at buying more but they’re so expensive. Thanks Eddie

I haven't seen these in the States yet. They are going to be huge though. Knockout fish!

New favourite thing is watching plecos eat in Timelapse

Finally 😂😉thank you very much 😊

Congrats !!!! Question, do you think tha H. zebra can be comptible with Panaqolus claustellifer ?.. Thanks in advance

was there ever an update on the longfin & golden zebra danio breeding ?

Nice channel!! 🎉 I have a question, I have recently been breeding fish myself, but you talk about cleaning and then you only say the sponge filter. do you never vacuum the bottom?

Have you tried crossing zebra with other like in this one with spots and then re breed with the zebra ? to get that variation ?

You have to come here in south America to se amazon fish in the wild!!

Congratulations on your final success. No doubt all the trials and tribulations in getting there has increased your love of these fish. Now that you have conquered that mountain what is your next Mission Impossible?

Can u make one on breeding green terror?

Crazy price. Here in Sweden it is around 70-100 euro for 3-4 cm . Alots off people breeding them.

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The zebra pleco could very well be extinct in nature very soon because of a planned dam at the Xingu. Its on CITES already, although probably for another reason.

I always look forward to seeing your videos. Ty

Can you do a video breeding yoyo loaches

Can you try breeding a spotty with a stripey

Are you using an RO system or maybe Australia has soft water with all for all your water changes?

Can you make a video of gourami breeding, i am trying for like a month and got no results❤

Hi mate, i bought a superfish start 70 tropical kit last month and I have 6 cherry barbs. Now I’ve ordered a golden vampire pleco ( l127a Leporacanthicus heterodon) on the Maidenhead Aquatics website it says maximum size 10cm but on other websites and google it says they grow up to 20cm? What should I do? Go through with the order?

Can you show how to breed sword tails

In Germany a bred Zebra pleco cost about 20€ per cm.

Wow🎉

dam bro my man dropped the bag if I had two clutches of eggs i would be sleeping by them

Wish we could get this food in the USA

What temperature are you running this tank at?

Hello, What IS your tank dimension? A greeting

I was wondering about these! I'm buying my first fish to breed this week and my investment is WAY smaller than yours, but it's still a worry. It was heartbreaking that you were scammed like that!

Hello I was at my local fish shop and they where selling zebra plecos for 90 dollars a piece I rlly want to breed them too

Sounds like a dumb question, but what are you adding to your tap water?

WOO

I need help. I’m trying to remove a 4” golden algae eater from my 55 gallon tank. I have a colony of zebra and I need this guy out! Any tips? He’s hard to catch.

do you plan on breeding apistos any time soon?

Build an army dream come true

Given a chance would you change industries ? If so, which one ? Really interested in knowing this 😊

That's exactly how I am with all my plecos. I just breed them to breed them, not to make money. I mean I have a tank of probably 100+ L159 fry growing out and really have no intentions to selling them atm

Hey mate can breed red tailed shark

Iam have. 14 of this. Zebra

How many gallons is that tank?! Why not just start 2 more tanks with them you’ll have enough to start selling while keeping your volume. Great vid Efit* With the way the food clouds up like that you keep side breed blueberry or white wizard filter feeding snails

When it comes to breeding and/or raising livestock of any type, you need to do it because you are passionate about it. Period. Thanks for illustrating this principle. Take care.

Crazy...in europe they go for 80 from private breeders and abt 150 from shops 🤣

Dude is gatekeeping the plecos 😂 think about when you went searching for them, wouldn’t it have been nice if you popped up to sell them ?