Breeding Bristlenoses

[dulce]

Ok so after posting in the buy and sell section i wanted a pair been out for work to Polhill garden centre and stumbled upon Maidenhead aquatics ! Great shop never seen so many fish so bought 2 big albino bristlenoses (never seen any so big !) a male and female have acclimitised into a 400l tank. They have a large sailfin in with them is this ok for breeding, he is too big to get in the caves or anything ?? have bought a load of bogwood and was wondering what to do now !! Having read i understand a cool water change, how cool and how much in a tank that size???
thanks

 

[indigoj]

You may find bristlies will breed without any help, just as long as they have a cave they like. From what I can gather they are not too fussy.

 

[smithrc]

As indigoj said - normally they will sort themselves out.

You might need to coax them a bit by feeding them up for a couple of weeks on bloodworm then doing a big cold water change

If your looking for a cave let me know - I make them and use them for breeding BN, and other plecs

 

[dulce]

okey doke they have been munching on bloodworm already ! the cave sounds good but my sailfin is about a foot long and has actually knocked over my slate creation and made it sort of a sand covered hole the female is chilling out in and he is in a hole under a large holey piece of rock !

here is the male:

and the female:

never seen such big bristlies !

 

[st24rsap]

WOW, lovely fish. That male is amazing

 

[dulce]

thank you i fell in love with him, they are both really active, i left the light off today to give them time to settle in !

 

[smithrc]

never seen such big bristlies !

You wait till he starts growing bristles on his bristles

 

[dulce]

ha ha i like them !! my nephew who is 9 said he was the most disgusring fish i ever had but he is lovely! he is diggin out extending a hole under a bit of slate but is really active and not timid at all !!

 

[dulce]

OK so the male has fanned out the sand from a propped up piece of slate and is in there alot of the time and sort of fanning his fins but i cant see any eggs ?? he also leaves the cave from time to time, is this fanning normal??

thanks

 

[smithrc]

yep - they "practice" most the time if they are ready to breed

 

[dulce]

oooh thats good they have been in less than a week ! gave them a forzen bloodworm cube and they have absolutely no interest in it yet !!

 

[dane261]

give them time to relise what it is as they problys never had it before once they do they will love it


cheers Dane