Bristlenose Catfish

[p1ngu]

Hi all, my bristlenose were breeding in a tank with various african cichlids, i have moved them into another tank by themsevles, same size tank as their old one, same rocks and stuff that they used.

they havnt bred for about 1 month now, just wondering if its just me? or have they stopped?

Is there a trick to keep them going regularly?

Thanks.

 

[Ben]

some tips to enourage breeding:
- research their water needs and get them exactly right
- When doing water changes, replace the water with COLD water as it makes the fish think it's rain season, which is when they naturally spawn in the wild.
- feed them good quaility foods and live/frozen shrimp and worm.
Also, give them lots of places to hide and protect their fry such as bog wood and PVC pipes

HTH

DD

 

[smithrc]

they will take time to settle into their new tank - its normal.

we moved ours to stop the breeeding before we moved - it worked untill 1 week before, when they decided to spawn again - but it was like the first time the bread - they got i wrong and spawned in the open.