Best Way To Breed A Pleco

[DeMoNiKa1990]

I have 5 chocolate plecos and 1 peppermint pleco in a tank with blue acara's, black convict's, pink convict's and 2 enormous ghost knive's. will they breed in this environment or will i have to swap them into a tank on their own?

 

[xingumike]

Do you mean an albino common?

They won't breed in a tank if so

 

[DeMoNiKa1990]

yeah i have four albino convicts who are very territorial at the moment as the young female is on the verge of laying her egss. its actually quite facinating to watch. do you know how to differ the sexes of the chocolates because everything i have read so far online isnt really working because they are all so very similar in body shape and fin detail.

 

[xingumike]

yeah i have four albino convicts who are very territorial at the moment as the young female is on the verge of laying her egss. its actually quite facinating to watch. do you know how to differ the sexes of the chocolates because everything i have read so far online isnt really working because they are all so very similar in body shape and fin detail.

Taken straight from Planet Catfish.

'Comparison of the genital papilla in mature fish shows the differences in the sexes to the trained eye. In males this is a small yet thick stump which noticeably protrudes from the fish's undercarriage. In females it is less obvious and is recessed or lies flat with the body.'

So without taking them out of the tank it will be very difficult.

Not that it really matters, as I said before these won't breed in a tank. What size are they and what size is the tank?

 

[DeMoNiKa1990]

my biggest chocolate pleco is almoct 8 inches and the smaller one is almst 5 inches. they are currently housed in a 4 foot tank 2 foot deep and 1 foot wide. i removed them from my 6 foot tank because i don't like the fact that they hide themselves amongst the breeding caves of my cichlids.

 

[xingumike]

Edit, that'll teach me to speed read.

That's a lot of pleco for a tank that size