These are the two sources I recommend for buying caves (not sponsored, LOL): Nancy at this link: ceramicbreedingcaves.com/ Or Brantley at this link: www.plecocaves.com/Caves.htm
Rachel O'leary hey Rachel! I live in upstate New York! And I just got a pair of golden nugget I'm going to start to breed! L018 and I really would love to get a zebra pleco tank going as well! I was wondering is two ok to start with or would I need more?!
Rachel O'leary would you know how to sex them. I bought the first gold nugget 7 months ago and just bought a new one two days ago lol my lfs had one impulse buy. Lol but I'm Gonna set up a 40 breeder for them or maybe 30 high
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Thanks, I'm praying blue skies and sunshine on the Eastern Seaboard this weekend!!! Also, digging the pleco info! At some point a bit of info on blue and green Phantom plecos, L128 & L144, I believe would be awesome! Again I thank you and the best to Chris's recovery.
Just built a fish room for pleco breeding! I use bear bottom with a little bit of sand! Also a flow but over the surface to allow for more oxygen exchange
Rachel. Really like and appreciate this Video. I know your focus is selling but do you think you could do more breeding videos of apisto's, Corey's, tetras, rainbows. Out of all your videos, these are always my favorite. Some old timers(not you) don't like to share. Please do more of these and let us see your success or some of your friends success. Oh is also a big question and if it is truly important or just clean water. Thanks again!
I plan to! The videos are just more impressive when I either catch the spawning, the eggs, or newly released fry. I just haven't been on the ball enough to catch all the different parts of the cycle yet though I continue to keep accruing footage to make more of these type videos.
Rachel O'leary these videos are awesome to see love them really hope to see more and hope you have alot of succes becuase i know that all of this takes time and hard work and i personally want to show how much i aprecciate you're work and make you feel happier and better about all the things you're doing.
hi, you said that you will make a video about how to mimickate a dry season? have you done it? it is something i am expecting very much to see. thank you.
I'd like to start breeding bristle nose because 0 out of 5 per stores in my area has them . one place was suppose to have ordered me some in but lol that didn't happen
Synodontis are probably my favorite catfish. I have been thinking about working with a few Plecos. Not sure which ones yet I'm still doing my research. Probably species no bigger than 6 inches. I use to have a crap load of tanks when I was younger and I have a feeling that's going to happen again lol. There's other species I want to work with as well. Mouth brooding Bettas, West African dwarf cichilds and Apistogrammas.
What temp is good for zebra and leopard pleco whilst not trying to breed? Any real reason these two types cannot be housed together? 5 pleco in a 3 foot 160 litre
Not to be a bugaboo Rachel, but have you had anytime to look through the pallet of manzanita wood as yet? What you send me really doesn't matter athstetically, as long as it's 6-10 inches in length and has enough room to attach a rhizome. Sincerely, Michael😊😎
nope, i haven't. not trying to blow you off, its just low priority lately. I have a few folks waiting and if the weather cooperates, will try and make you a box this weekend
I buy from two sources, I am supposed to have some coming in and was going to link for you guys then. In the mean time, I buy from either Nancy at this link: ceramicbreedingcaves.com/ Or Brantley at this link: www.plecocaves.com/Caves.htm
I'm worried about my common pleco. My ex got him to help "keep the turtle tank clean" when he was a precious 3" kiddo. Long story short, 4 years later I'm the caretaker of all the animals (thank goodness). Dragon (the pleco) has been upgraded from a 20g long to a 40g breeder. I'm planning up upgrading that to a 75g in the next 6 months. Anyway, he's been seemingly doing great up until about 3 or 4 days ago. Now he seems more pale, and even though he's still quite active at night he seems more lethargic overall. My gut is saying that since he's sharing a tank with mollies and all their fry he's not getting enough to eat? I have a spare 29 gallon tank that I could put him in solo so there wouldn't be any competition for calories. Do you have any advice on how best to do this, if it's the right move? I have plenty of seasoned decorations/substrate/filter media to speed up the tank's maturation... Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Beautiful plecos! Is that a L. dorsigera? Have you ever kept any of the other Laetacara species, or come across them? I think if you had a thousand tanks you would still run out of room - but think of the videos... and the exhaustion. Lol.
Totally aware this video is a couple years old but I'm setting up a tank for blue phantoms. Any suggestions since there isnt much info out there on breeding?
I purchased a tank with 2 albino bristle nose and 2 regular bristle nose. We continually have been having babies since April....LOTS of babies including some black with white tails. Is this much breeding normal?
I found a pleco I really like but can only find it wild caught. It seems sexing is a bit tricky. How many would you recommend picking up if you wanted to try and breed plecos and didn't know which were guys and gals?
Great video Rachel!! How do you make what you insert into the tanks safe for the fish like the river rocks, tiles and slate? Are they already fish safe?
when they do successfully breed and you have 1-3 spawns in that tank , how often would you recommend to do water changes? I have 1 spawn group in a 20G tank and they poop SO much. Theres always this mulm or poop buildup nearly every day even after water changes. In fact I think they purposefully poop even more after I do the water changes ! But would it be healthy to do 60+ percent water changes daily?
Thanks for all those tips! I've had two in a community tank for around three years and keep temp around 80 and have corys in with them, now will that harm them with higher temps?
Loved this video! I have a 40g long with some young longfin L144's I hope to turn into a trio as they age, would I be able to divide the tank with a hob filter on each side and add another breed of ancistrus (green dragon or super red) on the other side? Or would two separated trios be too much for a 40g?
I have a community tank with a lot of plecos. I don't have 2 of any of the same L number. I don't have any caves but I have lots of driftwood. Should I get any caves even tho I don't have any thoughts of breeding tho? Also, I have a snub nose L201that I got from a breeder with a promise not to breed. I think they are really cute. What do you think about snub nose plecos?
Snubbies can be cute. Its just from a defect in the shell. Remember, even if you don't INTEND to breed your plecos, if they can, they will so be cautious of hybridization :)
I buy from two sources, I am supposed to have some coming in and was going to link for you guys then. In the mean time, I buy from either Nancy at this link: ceramicbreedingcaves.com/ Or Brantley at this link: www.plecocaves.com/Caves.htm
Rachel O'leary I'll wait and order from you. Meanwhile. I'm setting up a pleco tank. Lol. I absolutely love them and am studying everything you are publishing on here. I'll place an order once my tank is cycled good and you have the caves and the fish I want in stock. But first I'll get the tank setup. Thanks again young lady. Awesome video !
I noticed that mine love heaps of flow. Yours are pretty. Mine have babies and they dissappear after a couple of weeks. I have 5 in a 100 gal , do they prey on their babies.
Is it possible to breed plecos in a 20 gallon? Or what is the minimum size to reccomend for pleco breeding? Just wondering that so i can maybe buy a cheap used tank for pleco breeding and breeding other fish
I see 55g tanks being used as breeding tanks for small plecos (especially fancy plecos) a lot of the time. Do they really need that much room or would a 10g-20g be okay?
33 long is even better, 40 breeder is best- but it really depends on if you are setting up a pair or trio or a whole colony. FOr a pair or trio- 20 long is fine (again, 33 long is better) but for a colony you would want a 40breeder. The males get VERY territorial over their caves and the biggest issue is the waste they produce- dilution is the solution to pollution, lol
Steve Miller you can’t have to many together, they like being alone when they hit a mature age but don’t mind being with other fish so they fight with other plecos and you still have to feed them in a tank cause it doesn’t produce enough algae for them to eat
Not for ANY pleco species, as its a huge family of fish and various types utilize different breeding strategies- for instance, some species bury in the banks of rivers. This DOES apply to ancistrus, hypancistrus, panaqolus, and similar
Thank you again so much for the response! I'll keep looking for something else. I'd like to eventually add a fun exotic pleco to a Central and South American community tank, but would like something that would be seen often. I have a bristlenose that isn't shy at all and is a beast when it comes to keeping algae simply gone. It's a warmer water tank, I keep my temperature around 83 degrees due to keeping German blue rams, with driftwood and low to medium light plants.
These are the two sources I recommend for buying caves (not sponsored, LOL):
Nancy at this link: ceramicbreedingcaves.com/ Or Brantley at this link: www.plecocaves.com/Caves.htm
+Mr. Douglas ancistrus don't generally predate
Rachel O'leary hey Rachel! I live in upstate New York! And I just got a pair of golden nugget I'm going to start to breed! L018 and I really would love to get a zebra pleco tank going as well! I was wondering is two ok to start with or would I need more?!
+Pheezy BRUH depends on if you have both genders
Rachel O'leary would you know how to sex them. I bought the first gold nugget 7 months ago and just bought a new one two days ago lol my lfs had one impulse buy. Lol but I'm
Gonna set up a 40 breeder for them or maybe 30 high
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Hi Rachel Is it possible to breed many veriatys of plecos in the same tank or will they interbreed.
+waycool6 depends on species really. Hypans can hybridize
Rachel O'leary Thanks ☺
Damn you're awesome. Thanks for all this information. So informative. You're a real pro. Thumbs WAY up.
Beautiful fish. Can't wait to see updates of them breeding. Never enough tanks. LOL
"Hey I can see down your shirt!"
(Joe dirt voice)
I just got a breeding pair of Royal Plecos and I'm currently growing out a group of subadult L204
Thank you for making this video! You have already given me an idea as to what I may need to fix with my fry!
Thanks, I'm praying blue skies and sunshine on the Eastern Seaboard this weekend!!! Also, digging the pleco info! At some point a bit of info on blue and green Phantom plecos, L128 & L144, I believe would be awesome! Again I thank you and the best to Chris's recovery.
+michael alexis I bred l144 for about 10 years but don't keep them anymore. L144 is the blue eye ancistrus
Cool video Rachel. The gold nugget is my favorite pelco
Thanks for sharing Rachel! Very informative!
Looking forward to seeing a follow up video on your hypans
great video as always Rachel
Just built a fish room for pleco breeding! I use bear bottom with a little bit of sand! Also a flow but over the surface to allow for more oxygen exchange
Great tips!! Love these plecos. I'm actually planning on setting up several similar tanks in the future. :)
Thanks for the great info! I am eager to try and breed my own plecos!
+ani confetti excellent!!
Really love this video. Thanks
really enjoyed this video! looking forward to more in the future
Thanks Frank!
I love l-204 emperor placo. They are beautiful. I have a very similar set up as yours and hoping to breed them eventually.
Keep um coming Love these videos
Great job beautiful tank
Great video... love your stuff...
Great video. I will try this.
Good video. Thx for the link to caves in this thread..
plecocaves.com
im korean pleco mania ~! :) hypancistrus is so attractive .We have the same hobby. nice to meet you
love your videos!!
Awesome video and very educational. I'm not sure why but I haven't been bitten by the pleco bug yet. Tho I'm sure it will happen. Sometime lol
The little caves are such a good idea. That will definitely encourage the spawning. What kind of wood is that btw?
it is talawa river wood
Thanks so much. So very helpful. Many blessing to you
Info very interesting ty
Fun!
Rachel. Really like and appreciate this Video. I know your focus is selling but do you think you could do more breeding videos of apisto's, Corey's, tetras, rainbows. Out of all your videos, these are always my favorite. Some old timers(not you) don't like to share. Please do more of these and let us see your success or some of your friends success. Oh is also a big question and if it is truly important or just clean water. Thanks again!
I plan to! The videos are just more impressive when I either catch the spawning, the eggs, or newly released fry. I just haven't been on the ball enough to catch all the different parts of the cycle yet though I continue to keep accruing footage to make more of these type videos.
Rachel O'leary these videos are awesome to see love them really hope to see more and hope you have alot of succes becuase i know that all of this takes time and hard work and i personally want to show how much i aprecciate you're work and make you feel happier and better about all the things you're doing.
Great video! Can u do a video on what fish sell the best for u
hi, you said that you will make a video about how to mimickate a dry season? have you done it? it is something i am expecting very much to see. thank you.
I just ordered a L236 from you as a birthday gift to myself. My birthday is the 15th, when's yours? 😇😇
+Kenneth Velazquez same!! Birthday buddies!
I'd like to start breeding bristle nose because 0 out of 5 per stores in my area has them . one place was suppose to have ordered me some in but lol that didn't happen
Synodontis are probably my favorite catfish. I have been thinking about working with a few Plecos. Not sure which ones yet I'm still doing my research. Probably species no bigger than 6 inches. I use to have a crap load of tanks when I was younger and I have a feeling that's going to happen again lol. There's other species I want to work with as well. Mouth brooding Bettas, West African dwarf cichilds and Apistogrammas.
+metaltrooper62 all super fun choices
Rachel O'leary I have a 14inch?pleco in a20 gallonsom
Some one gave us a 14 inch pleco what do I do we have in 20gallon tank and feed pleco waffers?????what do I do know love your videos
Any tips on Baryancistrus environments?
Rachel, do you think Bristlenose Plecos would do well breeding in an outdoor summer tub? Great vid!!
They wouldn't do poorly but the payoff wouldn't be there because of the growth rate
What temp is good for zebra and leopard pleco whilst not trying to breed? Any real reason these two types cannot be housed together? 5 pleco in a 3 foot 160 litre
Not to be a bugaboo Rachel, but have you had anytime to look through the pallet of manzanita wood as yet? What you send me really doesn't matter athstetically, as long as it's 6-10 inches in length and has enough room to attach a rhizome.
Sincerely,
Michael😊😎
nope, i haven't. not trying to blow you off, its just low priority lately. I have a few folks waiting and if the weather cooperates, will try and make you a box this weekend
I have a small group of peppermint bristlenoses. Could you do a video on them and advice for spawning?
Thanks!!
Are those snowball plecos?
Nice setup. Where did you get the round pinched caves from?
I buy from two sources, I am supposed to have some coming in and was
going to link for you guys then. In the mean time, I buy from either
Nancy at this link: ceramicbreedingcaves.com/
Or Brantley at this link: www.plecocaves.com/Caves.htm
Thank from Ukraine :)
I'm worried about my common pleco. My ex got him to help "keep the turtle tank clean" when he was a precious 3" kiddo. Long story short, 4 years later I'm the caretaker of all the animals (thank goodness). Dragon (the pleco) has been upgraded from a 20g long to a 40g breeder. I'm planning up upgrading that to a 75g in the next 6 months.
Anyway, he's been seemingly doing great up until about 3 or 4 days ago. Now he seems more pale, and even though he's still quite active at night he seems more lethargic overall. My gut is saying that since he's sharing a tank with mollies and all their fry he's not getting enough to eat?
I have a spare 29 gallon tank that I could put him in solo so there wouldn't be any competition for calories. Do you have any advice on how best to do this, if it's the right move? I have plenty of seasoned decorations/substrate/filter media to speed up the tank's maturation...
Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
Attempting to make Long finned common colored BN. Instead of the same ol same ol Albino flavor.
i have some of those here, as well as LF calico. Pretty fish
Beautiful plecos! Is that a L. dorsigera? Have you ever kept any of the other Laetacara species, or come across them? I think if you had a thousand tanks you would still run out of room - but think of the videos... and the exhaustion. Lol.
+Catfish Cave yes it is. I have had other species
Totally aware this video is a couple years old but I'm setting up a tank for blue phantoms. Any suggestions since there isnt much info out there on breeding?
I purchased a tank with 2 albino bristle nose and 2 regular bristle nose. We continually have been having babies since April....LOTS of babies including some black with white tails. Is this much breeding normal?
+Tammy Fox Showalter yes
I found a pleco I really like but can only find it wild caught. It seems sexing is a bit tricky. How many would you recommend picking up if you wanted to try and breed plecos and didn't know which were guys and gals?
honestly- 6 or more
Great video Rachel!! How do you make what you insert into the tanks safe for the fish like the river rocks, tiles and slate? Are they already fish safe?
+Danthemanch 1 I just wash them in hot water
when they do successfully breed and you have 1-3 spawns in that tank , how often would you recommend to do water changes? I have 1 spawn group in a 20G tank and they poop SO much. Theres always this mulm or poop buildup nearly every day even after water changes. In fact I think they purposefully poop even more after I do the water changes ! But would it be healthy to do 60+ percent water changes daily?
I so daily on my ancistrus breeding tanks for that reason
Great informational video😎..i have a question do u know why my super red bristle nose are having brown fry?..is it just genetics?
+Chris Gill yes
Thanks for all those tips! I've had two in a community tank for around three years and keep temp around 80 and have corys in with them, now will that harm them with higher temps?
+Sharfin Bean no that is fine
Loved this video! I have a 40g long with some young longfin L144's I hope to turn into a trio as they age, would I be able to divide the tank with a hob filter on each side and add another breed of ancistrus (green dragon or super red) on the other side? Or would two separated trios be too much for a 40g?
Yea, most likely would be fine- at least until they are breeding you out of house and home, lol
What size tank do you suggest I use to hopefully breed 8 zebra plecos?
at least a 30 gallon long
I have a community tank with a lot of plecos. I don't have 2 of any of the same L number. I don't have any caves but I have lots of driftwood. Should I get any caves even tho I don't have any thoughts of breeding tho? Also, I have a snub nose L201that I got from a breeder with a promise not to breed. I think they are really cute. What do you think about snub nose plecos?
Snubbies can be cute. Its just from a defect in the shell. Remember, even if you don't INTEND to breed your plecos, if they can, they will so be cautious of hybridization :)
Where do yo get the pinched off Terra-cotta caves ? Thank you. And awesome video.
I buy from two sources, I am supposed to have some coming in and was going to link for you guys then. In the mean time, I buy from either Nancy at this link: ceramicbreedingcaves.com/
Or Brantley at this link: www.plecocaves.com/Caves.htm
Rachel O'leary I'll wait and order from you. Meanwhile. I'm setting up a pleco tank. Lol. I absolutely love them and am studying everything you are publishing on here. I'll place an order once my tank is cycled good and you have the caves and the fish I want in stock. But first I'll get the tank setup. Thanks again young lady. Awesome video !
Can you give me the names ,or do you know of enny placo from Central America?
L168 butterfly pleco and L140 peck pleco need advice tho not spawned yet
Catfish are SLOW to mature, have patience and maybe try to simulate a dry season if they are really truly sexually mature.
I noticed that mine love heaps of flow. Yours are pretty. Mine have babies and they dissappear after a couple of weeks. I have 5 in a 100 gal , do they prey on their babies.
+Cae Walker they can
A lot of folks like to pull the babies as soon as they emerge from the cave. There is also anecdotal evidence that babies don't do well on bare bottom
Is it possible to breed plecos in a 20 gallon? Or what is the minimum size to reccomend for pleco breeding? Just wondering that so i can maybe buy a cheap used tank for pleco breeding and breeding other fish
Depends on what type of pleco
Rachel O'leary i dont really know i want a good looking effective pleco thats not really restricted to pH would tou recommend any?
Rachel O'leary what about this one Peppermint Plec - Parancistrus Nudiventris, L031, L176, L300 it can handle my water. Its 7 inches
Rachel O'leary peppermint pleco check above
My plecos are a foot long
I see 55g tanks being used as breeding tanks for small plecos (especially fancy plecos) a lot of the time. Do they really need that much room or would a 10g-20g be okay?
33 long is even better, 40 breeder is best- but it really depends on if you are setting up a pair or trio or a whole colony. FOr a pair or trio- 20 long is fine (again, 33 long is better) but for a colony you would want a 40breeder. The males get VERY territorial over their caves and the biggest issue is the waste they produce- dilution is the solution to pollution, lol
My plecos just die constantly like I'll buy 8 and get like one survivor doesn't matter if it's Petco or aquabid.
Steve Miller you can’t have to many together, they like being alone when they hit a mature age but don’t mind being with other fish so they fight with other plecos and you still have to feed them in a tank cause it doesn’t produce enough algae for them to eat
What is the difference between the 2 plecos?
species.
My plecos want to be seen and they love attention. Very sweet creatures. I wish you could meet them. You would fall in love.
Would this apply to any pleco species, but obviously bigger caves for larger plecos??
Not for ANY pleco species, as its a huge family of fish and various types utilize different breeding strategies- for instance, some species bury in the banks of rivers. This DOES apply to ancistrus, hypancistrus, panaqolus, and similar
1st cool vid
@rachel. How do we contact you? I would love to ask questions
Any downside to using a bare bottom tank for plecos?
+TM Aquariums nope
I actually just uploaded a few videos for you. And I don't do that. Lol
Am i the only one who noticed the pleco that was stuck in the small cave?
Are hypancistrus algae eaters or carnivores?
+varanidguy carnivore
Thanks for the answer! Would you say that they are more or less shy or active?
+varanidguy extremely hidey
Thank you again so much for the response! I'll keep looking for something else. I'd like to eventually add a fun exotic pleco to a Central and South American community tank, but would like something that would be seen often. I have a bristlenose that isn't shy at all and is a beast when it comes to keeping algae simply gone. It's a warmer water tank, I keep my temperature around 83 degrees due to keeping German blue rams, with driftwood and low to medium light plants.
The vast majority of plecos will mainly hide when healthy, same with a lot of hte catfish. There are some super cool bumble bee cats from Uruguay.
BN
What type of pleco are they?
Oh and also can I take the same rule I use for shrimp with plecos more surface area than height so instead of a 20 gallon tall go with a 20 long.
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