how should I fatten BN for breeding?

i need to fatten my bn to start breeding again because they stopped in January. How should I achieve this? I feed daily courgette.

Are you just feeding courgette if so try an vary the diet a bit more with more types of veg. Adding a bit of protein to the diet in the form of something like bloodworm once a week will also help in conditioning them.

If your going to try and trigger a spawn then you could increase the extra protein to twice a week for a couple of weeks beforehand.

When increasing their protein intake always be wary of bloat.

what do you mean by bloat?

Bloat
http://www.bristlenoseworld.com/t1592-bloat-desease

You should also feed them algae wafers as they are designed for pleco diets and should provide the females with what they need to produce eggs. I feed my girls sera viformo to help with producing eggs

just vary the diet with a bit more protein.

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