Need to pick pleco lovers brain...

[Malefic23]

Argh, that's what I get for posting without reading twice. No, bulldog and pitbull are two different fish, although common names get screwed up a lot. Try this link for pitbull plecs.
http://www.planetcatfish.com/shanesworld/shanesworld.php?article_id=305

 

[Neilsie]

Get a L200 its a lovely Pleco quite expensive though

 

[saganco]

Get a L200 its a lovely Pleco quite expensive though

According to planetcatfish, they are not aquarium spawners. Nice suggestion otherwise.

I would still prefer the calico longfin BN's - if anyone knows where to get some breeder stock.

 

[monkey_toes]

I would still prefer the calico longfin BN's - if anyone knows where to get some breeder stock.

Chances are strongly against you finding enough adults to have a ready-made colony. Better to bite the bullet and start with juvies. I went through this same thing with with breeding reptiles, and if you could find someone with breeding-age adults of a captive-produced variety at a reasonable price, invariably it was because they couldn't get the **** things to breed. Don't buy someone else's problem.

 

[saganco]

and if you could find someone with breeding-age adults of a captive-produced variety at a reasonable price, invariably it was because they couldn't get the **** things to breed. Don't buy someone else's problem.

So is that generally why a breeder would sell breeder fish? I always wondered - thinking it was so they could trade back and forth with the buyer for new blood lines... That's kinda frustrating...

Generally speaking, with the BN's - from say 2" long (counting the tail) to sexual maturity - what time frame are we looking at?

 

[Woofy]

from what ive been told bn breed at 2" just fine. I was fishy anti viagra until recently , so my bn never bred. But yes some sources say that 2"-3" they will breed. Anyone can correst me if i'm wrong.

:OT: Just for the sake of asking, have you tried researching other fish to breed? maybe the more fanciier cichlids. What cichlids did you breed?

Good luck in your pleco pick

 

[saganco]

So woofy - what is "fishy viagra"!!?? Does it really help them breed more often (or is it just bigger spawns we're referring to here)? BTW, did you get your PM?

I currently have central american cichlids that I raise - Herotilapia multispinosa, honduran red points, Cryptoheros sajica, and later on (they are still real young) Archocentrus spinosissimus. I am very interested in having one 90g african breeding tank - but want to find the best money maker of the africans since I only plan on having one african tank (not counting fry or grow out tanks). Any good suggestions? Reason for only one is that hubby really loves his planted tanks, and the africans of course aren't very plant friendly. This tank is separated from the others visually, so it will look really cool where it sits and not look strange "next to" a planted tank. It is in a super place for being a "show tank" as well as a good breeder tank. So I'm open to suggestions for some lucrative africans as well if anyone wants to chime in here. Thanks all!

 

[Mgamer20o0]

i asked about mine and was told 6months - a year before they breed. most likely a year. not sure of the size.