TigerOscar11
Fish Fanatic
Hi everyone,
I have 3 bristlenose pleco's at the moment and i want to breed them. 2x females and 1x male. One of the females is 4.5-5 inches and the male is about 3.5-4 inches, i have made them a pvc cave as the one the originally had could barely even fit him in it and she couldnt fit at all, not that she really tried. the new cave fits them both perfectly and i have placed the opposite end of the pipe against the glass and covered that part of the glass with 5 sheets of paper so it is still dark, but i can lift it to see if they have made any progress.
Yesterday after installing it, the male made himself at home. The female would come and sit next to the entrance of the cave but never enter, the male would then come out of the cave and start rubbing up against her which i am guessing is the courting phase. The only issue is that the female runs away from him and hides. From all of the vids i have seen, the female doesnt usually run.
Is the issue that she is too big for him? or is she just genuinely not interested?
The 3rd pleco i have is about 2-2.5 inches, am i better to wait for her to get abit bigger?If so, how long until she should show interest, if any?
The attached photo is of my male pleco infront of his cave (the hole to the left)
The cave was made with 65mm pvc pipe with a 45 degree elbow at the end so i can have it against the glass to view, also because i thought it would look odd having a dead straight pipe in the tank)
I also had a spare half pipe style log that i slipped over the end to hide the pipe, then covered the whole thing with the rocks in the cave to look more natural.
I have 3 bristlenose pleco's at the moment and i want to breed them. 2x females and 1x male. One of the females is 4.5-5 inches and the male is about 3.5-4 inches, i have made them a pvc cave as the one the originally had could barely even fit him in it and she couldnt fit at all, not that she really tried. the new cave fits them both perfectly and i have placed the opposite end of the pipe against the glass and covered that part of the glass with 5 sheets of paper so it is still dark, but i can lift it to see if they have made any progress.
Yesterday after installing it, the male made himself at home. The female would come and sit next to the entrance of the cave but never enter, the male would then come out of the cave and start rubbing up against her which i am guessing is the courting phase. The only issue is that the female runs away from him and hides. From all of the vids i have seen, the female doesnt usually run.
Is the issue that she is too big for him? or is she just genuinely not interested?
The 3rd pleco i have is about 2-2.5 inches, am i better to wait for her to get abit bigger?If so, how long until she should show interest, if any?
The attached photo is of my male pleco infront of his cave (the hole to the left)
The cave was made with 65mm pvc pipe with a 45 degree elbow at the end so i can have it against the glass to view, also because i thought it would look odd having a dead straight pipe in the tank)
I also had a spare half pipe style log that i slipped over the end to hide the pipe, then covered the whole thing with the rocks in the cave to look more natural.
sorry to hear
