Quiick Question

[jmaster]

hey all
what other vegetables can i feed my BNs other thna cucumber?
like would they eat potatos or other things?
thnaks

 

[nmonks]

Almost anything is worth trying. Cucumber has virtually no nutrition anyway. Try courgette (zucchini), sweet potato, carrot, sliced marrow, sliced turnips and parsnip, blanched lettuce, broccoli stems, blanched dandelion leaves, spinach leaves, cooked peas, melon rind. Some people do feed plecs potatoes but mine never liked them. Some things will be eaten at once, others will need to soften up for a day or two. Carrots last for days, and are a great food to give a plec if you're going away on holiday.

Also, don't forget actual algae, either the real thing or algae pellets ("plec food").

One other thing: bogwood. Often overlooked. While most plecs can't digest the stuff (only Panaque spp. can do that) many use it as a source of deitary fibre. A small piece of bogwood won't cost much, and will last a bristlenose for years.

Cheers, Neale

hey all
what other vegetables can i feed my BNs other thna cucumber?
like would they eat potatos or other things?
thnaks

 

[jmaster]

hey
thanks alot
i think il try the carrots
how do u cook the peas?
and yep mine get algae pellets and they hav a nice big bit of bog wood they love to be on
thanks

 

[smithrc]

Hi jmaster - you've been quiet lately...

Have a look through your older posts - If i remember rightly you'll find you got a lot of answers about breeding bristles and how to feed them

What have you got in the way of breeding places?
If you need any tips making caves of what to use let us know

 

[jmaster]

hey smithrc i only just started coming back on here recntly been quit busy
ok then il have a look
for cave i hav a plant pot, and a few plastic pipes they ok?
well if u could giv me any tips on makin other caves that would be great coz i really do want to try so hard to breed these now and i just bought two really nice big females for my male today both females are bout 3-4inch and both quit plump
is it ok if the famels are bigger than the male?
thanks

 

[jmaster]

what is the best type of cave for BNs to breed in coz atm my male doesnt use any??
also just wondered but is it a sgn of breeding if the male and female are together alot?
thanks

 

[smithrc]

we use homemade slate caves (that I happen to sell if your interested)
size wise they are approx 120mm x 25mm x 40mm
We've had great sucess form all our plecs in them (including the zebs)
With our original bristlenoses - they used to use 35mm PVC tubing...

As for behaviour... when he's ready - he'll take possesion of a cave and stay in it - he'll the lure a female and trap her in it to spawn

 

[jmaster]

ok then thanks
jpw much are these caves you sell? and do u post
thanks

 

[smithrc]

ok then thanks
jpw much are these caves you sell? and do u post
thanks

Voila
http/www.fishforums.net/Slate-Caves-t174887.html

£5 each for the caves - then £2 P&p for the first and an extra £1 each after that...
so one is £5+£2 P&P = £7

2 would be £10 + £3 P&P = £13

 

[jmaster]

ok then thanks
il let you know as soon as possible if il have some
chances are i will just gota check my money as im out of work now
thanks again

 

[jmaster]

hey all
would a 10 uk gallon tank be ok just for two BNs for breeding?
then after they will go back to the comunity tank
thanks

 

[dane261]

yeah im having probs breeding mine male just likes to eat and eat i have a wild caught pair in a 18x12x12 hopeing to breed them in there but also have 2 pair in me main tank

 

[jmaster]

well both my male and female dont seem to wana breed
my male wont stay in a cave
also what does it mean wen the females floows the male around all the time and somtimes kinda attacks him???
thanks

 

[jmaster]

1 more lil thing
do BNs eat fry such as swordsail fry???
thanks

 

[dane261]

ive not had that problem in mr fry tank i have some bristlenoses in there and aint lost no fry yet touch wood