Recent content by Layne2000

Hi Honey My Bristlenose Plecs are in a large community tank with breeding Swordies and Mollies. All adults and fry get on really well. Your right in saying the conditions needed for both types are the same, so there is no need to worry. The plecs are gentle creatures who don't bother anyone, and...

She does look very big. Just before the fry come out you will white round the hole. If you see white at her rear she will drop any time.

Hiya :) Bristlenose Plecs are very easy to breed and you can soon get over run with them. I got my first pair as babies and they first bred at about a year and a half old and haven't stopped since lol As said above, the plecs need a cave or 2 in the tank. Any ornamental cave will do, although...

I keep breeding Bristlenose Plecs in with breeding mollies and other community fish. The plecs are non agressive and will not touch your fry :))

Thanks for that zags. Ill leave the light off for now, my fry will have to make do with a dimly lit room for a few days :)

Thank you very much. I'll keep a check on them :) Also as the net is at the top of the tank.. will the light harm the eggs or is it ok to turn it on as normal for a few hours? Thank you

Hi Thank you so much for taking the time to reply to my questions. As said yesterday, I left the male bn in his cave in the breeder with the batch of eggs outside his cave overnight in my fry tank which is kept exactly the same temperature etc as my main tank. He did come out and sit by the...

Hiya :) Thanks for the welcome. The male lures the female into his cave to lay the eggs, she leaves, from then on dad does a brilliant job of looking after them :) Any advice would be greatly appreiated. Thanks in advance :)

Urgent advice needed bn eggs please. Sometime between Friday and today my bn female laid a batch of eggs. Unknowingly, I moved a the top of a rock cave I made to check for previous fry and a batch of orange eggs came floating out. The community fish in the tank instantly crowded round for a...