SarahMcGee
- #201
Thanks for the info I'll give them a little more variety in their diet and try being better on water changes. Of course hauling buckets is hard since I'm having a baby in May so they might still be a little neglected unless I can guilt hubby into that part. The most surprising thing for me was I tried putting 3 into a 30 gallon platy tank I have because the 4 fry that got left in there were growing better then the ones I moved to the fry tank so I figured the water must be cleaner in there with all the wisteria I planted but the plecos I put in there really haven't grown much.
The picture was 7 weeks old. I think that particular fry has grown well but he's the biggest and some of his siblings are much smaller. My adult male pleco has had 4 batches of fry in the past 7 weeks. I'm going to have to move him if he tries enticing the ladies into his cave again because I just don't have any more grow out tanks and this last batch was around 70 fry which is like a 2+ month supply for the lfs if they all survive through grow out. My plan is for all of them to go to the lfs as they grow up. I've already talked with the guy there that does the trade ins about how many they can take each month because I don't want to breed more then I can rehome. I'm in the local aquarium club but regular bristle nose aren't really desirable to most members based on what I saw at the last auction so I'm not going to try bringing them there. I want to get some albino long fin from someone late April that I plan to grow out and breed eventually and I think those would do well at the club sales.. I'm also planning to get some super reds so I can cross them and get long fin super reds down the road.
The picture was 7 weeks old. I think that particular fry has grown well but he's the biggest and some of his siblings are much smaller. My adult male pleco has had 4 batches of fry in the past 7 weeks. I'm going to have to move him if he tries enticing the ladies into his cave again because I just don't have any more grow out tanks and this last batch was around 70 fry which is like a 2+ month supply for the lfs if they all survive through grow out. My plan is for all of them to go to the lfs as they grow up. I've already talked with the guy there that does the trade ins about how many they can take each month because I don't want to breed more then I can rehome. I'm in the local aquarium club but regular bristle nose aren't really desirable to most members based on what I saw at the last auction so I'm not going to try bringing them there. I want to get some albino long fin from someone late April that I plan to grow out and breed eventually and I think those would do well at the club sales.. I'm also planning to get some super reds so I can cross them and get long fin super reds down the road.