Have you ever wanted to easily breed a bristlenose place? I have been breeding and caring for bristlenose plecos for years and know one simple truth, breeding bristlenose plecos is one of the easiest freshwater fish to breed!
I breed them in tanks with neutral pH, 78 degree water, water parameters zero for ammonia, zero for nitrites, and less than five for nitrates. Make sure you have at least a 20 gallon tank with lots of caves.
Sexing the bristlenose plecos is a very simple task also; just look for odd feathery growths on the top of the plecos head. If these bristles develop then you have a male, but if no bristles develop, then you have a female.
Now onto the breeding process!
The male pleco will claim a cave and clean it out. Then, when the female fish deems the cave worthy, the female will deposit the eggs in the cave. For the next few weeks, the male will fan the eggs and keep them aerated, so no worries about egg fungus! After the eggs hatch, that's when to move on to the next step; raising the fry!
When the eggs have hatched, move the fry their own tank. While the fry still have their yolk sac, make sure not to feed them. After a couple of days, you can feed the fry repashy powder food and after a couple more days they can eat frozen veggies like green beans or zucchini.
Make sure the veggies are cut in a way so they can get to the flesh of the veggies. After the fry are raised into juveniles, you can put them in your own tank, or sell them for profit.
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Wow, very in depth. I've pinned!!