Background...BN plecos had spawned several times in a heavy jungle of hornwort. Babies would get to ~ 1/2" and then start disappearing. I never was able to get past that point.
I relocated them to other tanks; the known breeder male with a a new (to him) female in a 20H with 5 2" bn plecs and some small swordtails. A month ago I had another brood, they lasted a week or two longer than before, but still disappeared. He was already at work on another batch, tho...
A few days ago I looked in the cave to see a BUNCH of fry...the next day I noticed fry on the glass in another tank too!
Soooo...today...I moved two caves with males and babies into a bare bottom 20Long.
Fry from both spawns are ~ 1/2" long. One lot is all brown (should be longfin), one is mostly brown with some albinos(should be regular fin)...counted 55 fry in the tank, probably more inside the caves. There are still some fry in the tanks they were born in...I'm leaving those as they are too hard to catch without damage.
I have been told they like it warm...how warm?
I have a 100w heater in it AND it's on a seed-starter heat mat.
Should I remove the males, or leave them in and for how long?
I have a large sponge filter ~6" x 4" in there, already well-cycled with lots of green stuff growing on it. I plan to put a power filter on the end with the intake plumbed to the opposite end of the tank...and of course a sponge on the intake.
feeding omega one pleco disks...and I'll steal some zucchini out of the fridge for them.
I relocated them to other tanks; the known breeder male with a a new (to him) female in a 20H with 5 2" bn plecs and some small swordtails. A month ago I had another brood, they lasted a week or two longer than before, but still disappeared. He was already at work on another batch, tho...
A few days ago I looked in the cave to see a BUNCH of fry...the next day I noticed fry on the glass in another tank too!
Soooo...today...I moved two caves with males and babies into a bare bottom 20Long.
Fry from both spawns are ~ 1/2" long. One lot is all brown (should be longfin), one is mostly brown with some albinos(should be regular fin)...counted 55 fry in the tank, probably more inside the caves. There are still some fry in the tanks they were born in...I'm leaving those as they are too hard to catch without damage.
I have been told they like it warm...how warm?
I have a 100w heater in it AND it's on a seed-starter heat mat.
Should I remove the males, or leave them in and for how long?
I have a large sponge filter ~6" x 4" in there, already well-cycled with lots of green stuff growing on it. I plan to put a power filter on the end with the intake plumbed to the opposite end of the tank...and of course a sponge on the intake.
feeding omega one pleco disks...and I'll steal some zucchini out of the fridge for them.