Linwood
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Tank #2 (220G) had several plecos, they have babies periodicially, and usually 0-2 survive, so I have a few more. No big deal, big tank.
Tank #1 (45) had one lonely female, so I moved in a male and a breeding cave. I saw nothing much happening, but looked last night and it is FILLED with little plecos. I can't count well as it is hard to see, but 20-30.
Now they MAY get eaten - there's a Raphael cat in there, two angels and some serpae tetras. But the father is keeping them inside pretty long (they are larger than the free-roaming ones in tank #2 were when we first saw them), and I am going to guess i may have way too many in the near future.
So here's my question - how soon can they be relocated? Just once out of the cave, can I bag up a few and take to a club auction? Or do they need to be of a certain size to survive the transition?
Now frankly the big unknown is the cat fish. The angels, surprisingly, are not that aggressive (i added a bunch of shrimp and other than the first moments, they lost interest -- but they were all gone the 2nd morning (didn't look the first) and I am fairly sure the catfish did it). So it may be as soon as they exit they become lunch. So my over-population problem may be self correcting.
But if not... just want to know the proper time to move them.
Tank #1 (45) had one lonely female, so I moved in a male and a breeding cave. I saw nothing much happening, but looked last night and it is FILLED with little plecos. I can't count well as it is hard to see, but 20-30.
Now they MAY get eaten - there's a Raphael cat in there, two angels and some serpae tetras. But the father is keeping them inside pretty long (they are larger than the free-roaming ones in tank #2 were when we first saw them), and I am going to guess i may have way too many in the near future.
So here's my question - how soon can they be relocated? Just once out of the cave, can I bag up a few and take to a club auction? Or do they need to be of a certain size to survive the transition?
Now frankly the big unknown is the cat fish. The angels, surprisingly, are not that aggressive (i added a bunch of shrimp and other than the first moments, they lost interest -- but they were all gone the 2nd morning (didn't look the first) and I am fairly sure the catfish did it). So it may be as soon as they exit they become lunch. So my over-population problem may be self correcting.
But if not... just want to know the proper time to move them.
