Been Offered A Breeding Pair Of Bn's.. To Buy Or Not To Buy?

right basically, went into my lfs yesterday and they've just had a longfin male bn with his female short finned partner, a guy brought them in with 400 spawn as he no longer wanted them.. i was so excited and dropped them my number and demanded a price anyway.. they want £50 for the pair, quiestion is, do i buy or not?! i think i could sell them if it came to it on tradeit for similar money but not sure, these guys should be good.. just want to know people opinions...

if i buy them they will be moved into my 3 foot planted.. and left alone, or maybe with a few guppies which tbh, they can snack on if it comes too! i have litterally 100's of them atm i'm giving them away by the bag load!

but yeah let me know what you guys think!

the male and his spawn are lovely, real stunning examples!

not sure what breeding pairs go for these days but theres always a good demand for BNs especially if you get some Longfin fry

your tank sounds ideal, i had my breeding pair in a 2ft community with female bettas and still got decent number of fry

I paid £15 per pair for my F1 (from wild) Ancistrus triliniatus. If you are willing to go through the bother of raising and selling the babies, they are worth £50. You would make your money back from the first spawn (in about 2-3 months when they are big enough to sell on).

Kitty Kat said:

I paid £15 per pair for my F1 (from wild) Ancistrus triliniatus. If you are willing to go through the bother of raising and selling the babies, they are worth £50. You would make your money back from the first spawn (in about 2-3 months when they are big enough to sell on).

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yeah i'm thinking this i have the 3foot, and then a 2 foot, and a 4 foot bow (in which i'm growing out 6 juvie angels for breeding) i have a large pair of angels but i think they may have to go if i decide to go with the bn's just because the 2foot and 3foot will be needed for them, the pair were in the 4 foot but i have had to move them into the 2foot for tmporary until i get another 3foot running.. but tbh it will be pointless if i'm getting bn's! as these have had many failed spawns.. my male is hopeless lol! so yeah i think i may go ahead with it, they wont let me put a desposit down which is a pain in the #14###! but they're going to ring me when they're on sell

will they not let you reserve them, my LFS lets me reserve my bettas even if it means seperating females into a seperate tank

the 2 foot tank would be better imo, easier for water changes (bn fry produce a lot of waste) and its easier for the fry to get to the food. the problems people have with raising bn fry is lack of food which leads to starvation. i have mine in a 2 foot with no problems. i think £50 is pricey though. bn are easy to breed aslong as the waters good so try looking for a male and a female.

picked them up today, very pretty longfin male and nice female whos shortfinned, they're in the 3foot but theres so much algae in there and i will put in algae wafers, lettece, cucumber, and bloodworm pellets for them, they're lovely. the 3 foot i may use after a while but seeing as i have them in there atm i'm gunna let them settle and give that a try. i also got some bogwood with some plant on it for free so its all good i will post some pics up when their settled. the males quite big, but he is longfinned which i guess makes him look bigger.

update on my pleco's i now have eggs!! they beat me to putting a breeding cave in and decided to lay inside my carbon dioxide admitter.. oops lol. atleast i can see whats going on

Ahhhh..... Good luck with them!

hmm i'm a little worried once they hatch their going to drop down into the gravel? i'm hoping they then dont get eaten.. i was not expecting any eggs for a few weeks yet, i have guppies, 3 ottos, 3 cories and 2 glass cats in there.. doya think i should section the tank so the bn's are alone?

Hi charging

The corys aren't likely to hurt them and the otos and (probably)the glass cats aren't either. I don't know about the guppies. Once they hatch and have absorbed their yolk sacs they will most likely be OK.

Nevertheless, I think it would be better to move the eggs to a separate tank before they are free swimming. Even while they're small, they are difficult to catch because they move so quickly. If you do, be sure to have good water circulation around them.

You shouldn't have any problems, and at least I find that the eggs generally will remain on the ceiling of a cave (if that is where they are laid) until the fry are big enough to fend for themselves (i.e. be able to get out of other fish's way).

Nice set up and congrats on the eggs
Still think they were pricey though, have seen breeding pairs sold much cheaper locally but that's just my two cents... You should be able to work something out with LFS and trade fry for store credit