Help With Baby Bristlenose

[Strippy]

After a few attempts with breeding BristleNoses. I managed to brood around 30 babies. Ever since they have been dying 1 by 1 ( now left with about 7). What could be a good diet or suppliment for them...?

Many thanks...

Strippy

 

[WILDER]

Size in tank in gallons or litres.
Water stats would be good in ammonia, nitrite, nitrate, and ph.
Any symtoms to go on.

 

[Strippy]

70 litres, all readings zero and ph 6.7

 

[Spooky76]

If all your readings are 0 you have a big problem.
How are you testing your water ?

 

[Strippy]

with a liquid testing kit from nutrafin. why is that a big problem?

 

[WILDER]

A nitrate reading of 0 can mean your tanks not cycled.
But some fish keepers can get a nitrate reading of 0 if there tap nitrate reading is 0, have live plants in the tank.

What do you feed the baby plecs.
Hard to say what going off without any symtoms to go on.

 

[Strippy]

Ok so a high nitrate reading is good then ? what the benefits....Phosphate -> algae?

I'm feeding them on a mixturs of brineshrimp(frozen), Cucumber and algae wafers. Any good?

I'm also doing 10% water changes per 2 days

 

[WILDER]

Try some peas.
Don't want a high nitrate reading they say 50 you should start to do water changes to fetch it down.