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Just wanted to let everyone know that my bristlenose have spawned. I have somewhere in the neighborhood of 50 babies swimming in one of my tanks. This is the third time they have spawned. The first two times I wasn't able to get them before they became dinner for my cichlids...
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Bristlenose plecos Breeding
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awww! I love bristle noses. I have yet to get anything but my mollies, guppies, shrimps, and ottos to spawn, but someday ill get the cool ones spawning.
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Have your ottos had a sucessful spawn? If so that is awesome. I also keep shrimp, cherrys and red claws... 
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yeah I keep a couple ottos in my fry tank so I don't get lonely in here and one day I saw two littler ottos and I was like "wait my ottos shrunk?" but then I checked and I still have the other three, so for a month there I have five ottos, but then two died in a power outage, so back to three.
I have also always wanted cherry shrimps but I haven't had a chance to grab some yet. Do they eat fish fry? If not I can add em to my fry tank:D Its all mossy in there<3 no i have only had ghost shrimpies before.
I have also always wanted cherry shrimps but I haven't had a chance to grab some yet. Do they eat fish fry? If not I can add em to my fry tank:D Its all mossy in there<3 no i have only had ghost shrimpies before.
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The cherries should do just fine in the fry tank, although the fry will munch on the baby shrimp. Enough of the babies should survive to keep the shrimp population going strong. My red claws look alot like ghosties but have red claws. They are kind of mean, little guys with a big attitude...
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haha yeah then when I go to the fish auction in a couple of weeks, I will have to grab some cherries right up.
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How much do they sell for in your area? I have seen them for $6 each around here...
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yeah that sounds about right, but at the auction I can get them for half that or cheaper, and they are home bred so they are hopefully not disease ridden:D
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nice, where do you get your pleco breedign tubes? what do you pay for them, and how big are they? i have made some in recreational therapy for someone and i was thinking about making them for people if i could make some money out of it LOL my only income is from my Va travel pay LOL
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I made my own out of a cricket cave I had for my Bearded Dragons. Just made the door bigger, they seem to love it. I think they are going to lay eggs here in the next couple of days. both females are getting pretty fa. 
Oops, I mean plump...Sorry...
Oops, I mean plump...Sorry...
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LOL, yeah i am making mine out of terra cotta pottery (since i can LOL). if there is a market for them i would consider making some
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This place has the caves for pretty cheap. Great guy to work with.
www.californiacichlids.com
www.californiacichlids.com
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Storylover wrote:yeah that sounds about right, but at the auction I can get them for half that or cheaper, and they are home bred so they are hopefully not disease ridden:D
What auction? I need to know, i can never find anything around here. lol.
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how are the bn pleco fry doing? almost ready to sell? id love to get some but my lfs never has any.
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ps weres the pictures at?
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