starting a Bristlenose pleco breeding project

hey i am getting a 95 litre tank and will cycle then add a few platies then a male and female bristlenose and i will also get a 30-45 litre quarantine for the babies and already have a breeding net but i will keep babies in the main tank or should i move the parents and babies on small tank so they can look after thier babies and by the way how many platies do you think i should get to stock the tank but not fully stocked was thinking 3-5 what do you think?

and what sort of enviroment do you think i should have?

Brislz wrote:

hey i am getting a 95 litre tank and will cycle then add a few platies then a male and female bristlenose and i will also get a 30-45 litre quarantine for the babies and already have a breeding net but i will keep babies in the main tank or should i move the parents and babies on small tank so they can look after thier babies and by the way how many platies do you think i should get to stock the tank but not fully stocked was thinking 3-5 what do you think?

and what sort of enviroment do you think i should have?

sounds like your getting the BN bug mate lol...

Livebearer's are a bit of a miss for me not as much the large one's but the baby's they have as i had a breeding pair of swordtail's and i gave my dad 5 of the baby's, they completley pecked down all the male's bristle's the little gits lol....platty's may be different but they will breed like wild fire mate...

And 3-5 sounds like a good start........

As for tank setup well...ive found the darker and more life like the better...so go for maybe a dark gravel with plenty of bog wood and cave's.......

i think i will get 3 platies(and i want them to breed i forgot to mention the breeding project is not only for bn's)and yes i was hoping to get some sand for the bn's wouldn't that work and loads of caves,plants and wood(drift and bog wood) and will keep as little stock as possible and by the way if and when the bn's do breed do i remove the parents and babys to smaller tank or leave them? and yes i am getting some sort of bug alright

Brislz wrote:

i think i will get 3 platies(and i want them to breed i forgot to mention the breeding project is not only for bn's)and yes i was hoping to get some sand for the bn's wouldn't that work and loads of caves,plants and wood(drift and bog wood) and will keep as little stock as possible and by the way if and when the bn's do breed do i remove the parents and babys to smaller tank or leave them? and yes i am getting some sort of bug alright

sand is also good mate...
Which parent's and baby's did you mean lol...

the bn's babys

I've found that the parents are fine with the babies. i have a 2 foot tank with about 70 babies in there and the parents still do their thing. Just be careful about what kind of filter you get as if its a strong canister filter it can suck the babies in it.

good luck with your project. ive found with the canister filter intake i put on a large sponge filter or a filter sock (like a stocking) stops the babies getting sucked up.Just make sure you check it frequently to stop it clogging.

Thanks Munter and Zane is the two foot tank your main tank and have you got aggressive fish in the two footer and yes i have a hagen elite stingray 15 carbon/zeolite cartridge internal filter do you think that will suck them in well i am getting a sponge filter for my 45 litre which is my baby/quarantine tank

Brislz wrote:

Thanks Munter and Zane is the two foot tank your main tank and have you got aggressive fish in the two footer and yes i have a hagen elite stingray 15 carbon/zeolite cartridge internal filter do you think that will suck them in well i am getting a sponge filter for my 45 litre which is my baby/quarantine tank

I have had a stingray filter in a livebearer tank - it ate up all my sailfin molly fry that were a good 1/2" long. I now have externals with foam over intakes in baby tanks or the good old air driven foam filters,Y

Yes i will not keep this filter will change it