I have not tried to sell them because they cost so much to make. The hats are $20 before I even have them embroidered. Might see if I can get some wholesale
You ask the best questions! Great interview. One question - what’s the minimum temp for breeding? (I keep my tanks at 73 in the winter and 78 or higher in summer.)
Just making sure that’s his Facebook in the description right? I messaged it to see if he has a male and female albino bristlenose ready to breed that I could buy
Hi please can you tel me will the bristle nose pleco only breed with its own colour ie super red x super red or if you have a male and female which are different colours will these also breed ? and how many varieties/colours are there of the bristlenose pleco Paul from the uk
I wish someone would work on breeding a smaller bristlenose pleco that is about 1/3 the size. If we can breed poodles from wolves, it should be possible.
I tried to separate mine. I have two males and two females. One of my L144s has a spot on his tail that looks like the normal plecos, dark with light spots. So he is in a tank with a female angel that kills any swimming fish she can catch. I put the other male in my hospital tank, but 15 minutes ago I noticed what looked like a corn nibblet hopping around on the bottom. Guess I'm going to have to learn how to ship fish because I live WAY out in the country.
I'm a novice when it comes to aquarium fish, and ask questions when they come to mind. Here he mentioned something about L144. I hear alpha-numerics referred to often. What do those refer to? Thanks in advance for your reply!
Hi Jason. Yesterday, I was shocked to find and albino male pleco in his cave with dozens and dozens of babies. Yikes! He had been in a tank with a common pleco that was given to us. I was moving him to another tank when they all spilled out of the cave. O.O I didn't even think they were big enough to breed. All the babies are dark like the mother and are swimming. What do you think they will look like when grown? Will they get as big as a common pleco? How hard will it be to find them homes? Thanks, Sue
Wow! I've read about this before and many said it's not possible but apparently they were wrong. It will be interesting if you can actually grow them up. The may have weak genetics and just die. Man that would make an awesome video though people would love to hear about and then see it. Good luck!
@@JadrenAquatics We never thought that would happen with the two different plecos. The babies don't seem weak at all. The are suckering all around the tank. Some have been eating the snello and grazing on algae wafers. They are cute as all get out. The albino daddy had been in his water stake terra cotta cave for awhile. He wouldn't even come out during water changes. He wedged himself inside and wouldn't be shaken out. He's a very good daddy pleco. I will see about making a video and get posted. I will let you know. Thanks for getting back with me so quickly. ~ Sue
I've been trying to breed bristle nose for a year now, but I have not had a single spawn. Feed them fresh veggies, algea wafers, have multiple spawning caves, 4 females, and 1 male, all around 4 to 5 inches. I have tried cold water changes lowering. ph, nothing works. I have even swaped out the male for another still nothing.
Will my 2 male fire red bristlenoses mate with my female cheese creek when I introduce her to the tank? In a heavily wooded and planted shrimp tank with mystery snails.
Awesome video. I just found bristlenose longfin pleco eggs and the father is watching them. Do you think I should take him out and put him in my separate tank with his eggs? I only have platy fry in the other tank I want to put him in
Some of the sponges in the tanks are covered in algae, take it these aren’t cleaned, so what’s the reasoning behind that. 🤔 As the biological filtration can’t be working properly.
Actually algae is GREAT for fish. You need to study up on that, watch some videos about outdoor fish breeding and breeding in ponds and see how much better coloration is and how much healthier they get. I NEVER clean algae.
@@SirenaSpades I was commenting on the fact the algae was covering the sponge, that would be hampering it’s efficiency, not the benefit s of algae to fish. So you misunderstood my comment on this video bud. 😂🏴
Went to a fish swap and got 11 BN plecos: 3 albino, 3 super red, 5 brown. They're all 1-1.5" long and live in a 160 gallon community tank. Fed algae wafers, flakes, shrimp pellets, Repashy community plus, and of course algae. How long might it take them to reach minimum breeding size? Maybe up to a year?
So you need to keep males and females apart and introducing them triggers breeding? I have only 1 large tank with one mature couple and two juveniles (too young to gender).
What's the best Repashy food for BN plecos? I'm guessing Bottom Scratcher, Soilent Green, Super Green, or Morning Wood. (You know whomever named that last one had a really good laugh! 😂)
They are all very entertaining names, apparently you didn't get the others :D Soilent Green isn't so funny these days. Anyway, they are all great for BN plecos. I feed Soilent Green and Morning Wood.
Master breeder😆😆🤦♂️ ive had hundreds of females with bristles on the top lip, males get them coming up the nose almost to the eyes and will get them smaller than 2.5", ive spawned females with bristles
He doesn't ship, must be nice to be able to sell all those Plecos locally. I supply 1 pet store with Super Red Bristlenose and they take them to a regional reptile show once a year that was cancelled this year. I just recently moved over 1000 to 2 300 gallon stock tanks and separated any breeders to stop having babies. 😲
One thing I've noticed regarding sexing is the nostrils, the males have a protruding thingmebob beside each nostril, the females don't. When it comes to my technique for breeding them, I have a three step plan that has not yet failed me. 1st step is to get either a male or a female, 2nd step you need the opposite gender, it's very important that you get a male and a female, non binary plecos might not be a biologically viable pair. For the 3rd and final step, put them in the tank, now for this part, it does need to be the same tank if they are to breed successfully write that down if it'll help you to remember it. I all seriousness, If you have hardscape in their tank they might even make their own cave, or find one that you've built, but a breeding cave of some description is a necessity, and a clay one from your local fish shop will make your life easier, provided that they choose to use that and not the hole they've dug out in your manicured aquascape just under the seiryu stone by the front glass... And now you know how I accidentally started breeding bristlenose.
@Nonya Buzness same reason as this master breeder, so we can stick the dad back in so he can reproduce again with the mother, but I've had sucesss with keeping them with the father.
I don't mean to laugh, but I think you would have your hands full with just one breeding... they have 100+ fry at a time. And you think you want NINE females? Do you know how many you would have after a couple weeks?
No, female bristle nose can have bristles . otherwise Id have 2 males breeding , I have a longfin male and a albino female and she has a little row of bristles like the male albino you show 2:32 . Straight off the bat your incorrect .
You lost me at L144 lemon blue. It’s embarrassing to be someone that supposedly breeds bristlenose as a profession and market their bristlenose improperly. The L144 is not a real thing anymore. It was a one off fish. The original L144 was one male imported from Paraguay to Germany. They died off and no longer are in the hobby. Those fish are not L144 they are just Ancistrus sp. plain lemon blue eye. Using L144 is just a way to mark up product. There’s literally only 1 picture in the whole world of the only L144. All credibility out the window
