I know i am new here, but i have a large female that is Super Aggressive she does not like other fish and since she lost her mate i cant find her another, and she cant be kept in my community tanks, so the poor thing is in with my dwarf puffers,
I know i am new here, but i have a large female that is Super Aggressive she does not like other fish and since she lost her mate i cant find her another, and she cant be kept in my community tanks, so the poor thing is in with my dwarf puffers,
Thanks for sharing, But are there any other algae eating fish besides that which won't eat the mucus of the Discus?
Just wondering...would they eat red cherry shrimp if put in a tank with them?
Most of the pictures of female bristlenose plecos that I've seen do not have many bristles. I won 2 "male" albino bristlenose at an auction, but the labels were mixed up on some of the packages, so I'm wondering, did I get a male and a female, or a male and a less mature male. The first picture is the obvious male, the second picture is the one I think is a female. What do you BNP breeders think?
Terry
I post it earlier but for those who didn't see
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xc_Uf32lycY
I breed those at the moment by the 1,000's lots of fun.
Testing at the moment how to produce the most, 1 pair in 1/6 of a 65 gallon with foam dividers, 6 pairs in an open (without dividers) 65 gallon.
14 pairs in a 65 gallon and take every time the cave, male and eggs out.
Put them in the fry (65 gallon) tank, if the fry start going trough the tank, put the cave and male back for a new "fill up" lol lol
Hans
I've changed the Discus World.
Visit our online store at: www.discusfishstore.com
All advice I give, is because I've good results with it, you're free to copy it. It's not a rule, it's just my way. Ohhhh and don't take me serious, I'm most of the time kidding
Do the males develop the bristles at a certain age?I have two unk sex and neither have the bristles yet and there around 2.5-3 inches long.
The male in my photo above is just a little over 3 inches long. (He already had the bristles when I got him a couple of months ago).
Terry
At 3" and no bristles means 99% sure you got 2 females,
Hans
I've changed the Discus World.
Visit our online store at: www.discusfishstore.com
All advice I give, is because I've good results with it, you're free to copy it. It's not a rule, it's just my way. Ohhhh and don't take me serious, I'm most of the time kidding
Thanks Hans.
Sometimes, you'll get a bristlenose/ bushynose who decides to latch on to the side of a discus and rasp away! I never saw this happen when it was smaller.
Walter
Walter
I have a tank with 4 BN pleco's I've removed from various tanks over the years due to their feeding (or trying to feed) on discus. It's always the big adult BN's that do it, mostly at night while the discus are stationary. You can see the tell-tale marks left by the pleco's the next day.
Kacey
You see, I knew it. Everybody was saying BN don't do it and there you go....solid evidence. I would not have had the patience to take that picture, mister BN would be in the corner quick!
Thanks for sharing
Eddie
That nasty ancistrus is now for sale at the LFS! I traded it in today! Good riddance!!!
Walter
Walter
Ya they can latch on. small protion though. Hans if you have BN albinos for sale I am a buyer. Plz let me know. I burn my light 24/7 so there is no night time BN feedings. Ed