Can I Breed Bn Plecos And Corys In The Same Tank ?

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The size of the grow out tank really depends on how many youngsters you get. I have ended up with over 100

at one time and that was just way too many for a small tank. Also the bigger grow out tank that you can put them in will allow them to grow bigger quicker, enabling you to start selling off the bigger ones making more room for the smaller ones. And believe me if they have the room (without competition) they REALLY rocket along. Any really young fry (about guppy fry size) are very tempting for guppies (and probably anything else besides BN's and Cory's), they will also go for the eggs even with the male guarding them. The best hatching and raising sucess I had was when I removed the eggs from the breeding tank and had them in their own mesh net cage (The guppies where giving the poor male a really tough time) still suspended in one of my tanks. The Babies stayed in the net until they lost their yellow and turned darker, then I let them out with the Cory's and because of all the room, weeds and hidy holes in this 4ft tank they never looked back. The hardest part was finding enough people to take the bubs once they hit the 4-5cm size. But as I was able to reduce the numbers the remaining youngsters grew quicker. Good luck with the breeding.

wow thanks for that advice so what size of tank then

 

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The size of the grow out tank really depends on how many youngsters you get. I have ended up with over 100

at one time and that was just way too many for a small tank. Also the bigger grow out tank that you can put them in will allow them to grow bigger quicker, enabling you to start selling off the bigger ones making more room for the smaller ones. And believe me if they have the room (without competition) they REALLY rocket along. Any really young fry (about guppy fry size) are very tempting for guppies (and probably anything else besides BN's and Cory's), they will also go for the eggs even with the male guarding them. The best hatching and raising sucess I had was when I removed the eggs from the breeding tank and had them in their own mesh net cage (The guppies where giving the poor male a really tough time) still suspended in one of my tanks. The Babies stayed in the net until they lost their yellow and turned darker, then I let them out with the Cory's and because of all the room, weeds and hidy holes in this 4ft tank they never looked back. The hardest part was finding enough people to take the bubs once they hit the 4-5cm size. But as I was able to reduce the numbers the remaining youngsters grew quicker. Good luck with the breeding.

wow thanks for that advice so what size of tank then

I would say at least a 2ft, just remember BN's make a LOT of waste and large numbers of babies doubly so. So have a really good filtration set up on the grow out tank. The babies will spend a fair amount of time on the glass but they will want hidey holes which the biggest ones usually comander. Also I would get a heap of fast growing weed happening so the babies can munch their way through it. A lot of BN babies die from starvation so I find it best for them to have a ready supply of a weed they like to eat in with them, that way they can help themselves to the greens as well as their normal food. Also they need protein and really enjoy sinking shrimp pellets. Some of my current brood are in with my Pakistani Loaches and have got in the habit of eating squashed snails and these ones have grown really quickly.

 

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The size of the grow out tank really depends on how many youngsters you get. I have ended up with over 100

at one time and that was just way too many for a small tank. Also the bigger grow out tank that you can put them in will allow them to grow bigger quicker, enabling you to start selling off the bigger ones making more room for the smaller ones. And believe me if they have the room (without competition) they REALLY rocket along. Any really young fry (about guppy fry size) are very tempting for guppies (and probably anything else besides BN's and Cory's), they will also go for the eggs even with the male guarding them. The best hatching and raising sucess I had was when I removed the eggs from the breeding tank and had them in their own mesh net cage (The guppies where giving the poor male a really tough time) still suspended in one of my tanks. The Babies stayed in the net until they lost their yellow and turned darker, then I let them out with the Cory's and because of all the room, weeds and hidy holes in this 4ft tank they never looked back. The hardest part was finding enough people to take the bubs once they hit the 4-5cm size. But as I was able to reduce the numbers the remaining youngsters grew quicker. Good luck with the breeding.

wow thanks for that advice so what size of tank then

I would say at least a 2ft, just remember BN's make a LOT of waste and large numbers of babies doubly so. So have a really good filtration set up on the grow out tank. The babies will spend a fair amount of time on the glass but they will want hidey holes which the biggest ones usually comander. Also I would get a heap of fast growing weed happening so the babies can munch their way through it. A lot of BN babies die from starvation so I find it best for them to have a ready supply of a weed they like to eat in with them, that way they can help themselves to the greens as well as their normal food. Also they need protein and really enjoy sinking shrimp pellets. Some of my current brood are in with my Pakistani Loaches and have got in the habit of eating squashed snails and these ones have grown really quickly.

ok thanks how many litres is tht thanks

 

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The size of the grow out tank really depends on how many youngsters you get. I have ended up with over 100

at one time and that was just way too many for a small tank. Also the bigger grow out tank that you can put them in will allow them to grow bigger quicker, enabling you to start selling off the bigger ones making more room for the smaller ones. And believe me if they have the room (without competition) they REALLY rocket along. Any really young fry (about guppy fry size) are very tempting for guppies (and probably anything else besides BN's and Cory's), they will also go for the eggs even with the male guarding them. The best hatching and raising sucess I had was when I removed the eggs from the breeding tank and had them in their own mesh net cage (The guppies where giving the poor male a really tough time) still suspended in one of my tanks. The Babies stayed in the net until they lost their yellow and turned darker, then I let them out with the Cory's and because of all the room, weeds and hidy holes in this 4ft tank they never looked back. The hardest part was finding enough people to take the bubs once they hit the 4-5cm size. But as I was able to reduce the numbers the remaining youngsters grew quicker. Good luck with the breeding.

wow thanks for that advice so what size of tank then

I would say at least a 2ft, just remember BN's make a LOT of waste and large numbers of babies doubly so. So have a really good filtration set up on the grow out tank. The babies will spend a fair amount of time on the glass but they will want hidey holes which the biggest ones usually comander. Also I would get a heap of fast growing weed happening so the babies can munch their way through it. A lot of BN babies die from starvation so I find it best for them to have a ready supply of a weed they like to eat in with them, that way they can help themselves to the greens as well as their normal food. Also they need protein and really enjoy sinking shrimp pellets. Some of my current brood are in with my Pakistani Loaches and have got in the habit of eating squashed snails and these ones have grown really quickly.

ok thanks how many litres is tht thanks

Really depends on the height and width of the tank my 4ft (1235cm) is 455cm high and 455cm wide, this is what I usually put the really young BN's in to grow before dividing them up between my other tanks to finish growing. So multiply the length x width x water height if you just went to the top of the tank it would give you an inaccurate amount because you don't fill a tank to the brim. Also the number of other tank inhabitants will also impact on the speed of growth.

 

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ok thanks