I breed mine at 27C in a 60 gallon community tank I keep in a grow tent. My male likes to let her in right around every full moon. They seem to vastly prefer bug bites over super green repashi. I don’t do water changes, no stem plants, lava stone capped with black sand. I seem to get about 50 every month from a single pair. I use plant watering spikes but the male prefers a unique piece of wood to spawn. I use 24 hour grow light full surface covered in frogbit. During a move they spawned at room temp in a pressure cooker pot in my counter

Best plec tutorial video i've seen. And i've watched alot.

@JasonsCichlids

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much, too kind ✌

Mate, I really loved that video! Lots of information! Thank you

Love your Albino male

@JasonsCichlids

3 ай бұрын

Cheers mate, he has since passed away the poor guy. But he was a great male!

Great video! Just got some super reds, calicos, and lemon blue eyes! Can’t wait until they’re old enough to breed!

@JasonsCichlids

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Megan, glad you enjoyed it ✌ great pick ups with those species! My next purchase might be some Calicos, wouldn't mind the long fins! Good luck with your fish mate!

Great stuff man very informative

@JasonsCichlids

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, glad you found it informative 👍

Nice vid thanks just sold all my big pleco . Thinking to getting one thin week

@JasonsCichlids

4 жыл бұрын

Cheers Cheve, I love the big plecos but they need larger tanks. At least with these guys things are more manageable. Definitely give them a try!

I do 30 percent daily in my tanks 😀hopefully I have luck

@JasonsCichlids

4 жыл бұрын

That will be plenty to get your fish growing super fast. Good luck mate!

Good Video.. Very helpful and full of good tips and tricks. Well done!! Keep it up!

@JasonsCichlids

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you found it helpful!

Thanks Jason cool video

Fantastic video bro ! Very helpful 👌 I have had a few good breeding sessions now thanks to your great information 👍 cheers 🍻

@JasonsCichlids

2 жыл бұрын

That's really fantastic to hear! I am very glad you found the videos helpful and that you have had good success because of them! Congrats on your spawns mate!

Great stuff

Thanks for the tips 👌🏼

@JasonsCichlids

4 жыл бұрын

Not a problem ✌

Thank you for the video. It has been helpful. I am currently the proud surrogate mother of about 50 Bristlenose babies. Mum and dad were both albinos. So it looks like all my babies are too. The first male I had, didn't like looking after his eggs. He is the father of my current babies. Someone kicked the eggs out and I managed to get most of the eggs into a separate tank. They are now ravenous and healthy babies. My new male (the father died) and my albino female have had some eggs together. The other female kicked them out I think, because the male was guarding them and the eggs got kicked out overnight. Couldn't get them hatch. My current babies are few weeks old and growing. It's helpful to know to do more frequent water changes to help them grow faster.

@JasonsCichlids

2 жыл бұрын

Not a problem mate, glad it was helpful. Congratulations on your new Bristlenose babies! Oh ok eggs getting kicked out and sometimes be from a competing female who wants to spawn with the male. Not, always the case as immature males can also sometimes do this but if you have more than two or more females in there with one male then that can sometimes happen. It is a shame you didn't get a chance to try save the other clutch of eggs but it sounds like you will have lots more Bristlenose again soon! Yeah water changes are the key to growing them fast. But that does go for most species of fish as well. Good luck with your future spawns!

Excellant bn info Jason! I enjoy the bn plecos.🙂👍🏻

@JasonsCichlids

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate, I like them too! Would like to try more exotic L number plecos in the future

@pelhamsaquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Jason's Cichlids same here I would love to get some L134 leopard frog plecos, it a bucket list fish for me👍🏻

Great video as I'm trying to breed my super reds now. Thanks 🙏

@JasonsCichlids

3 ай бұрын

Thank you, glad you liked it. Good luck with your super reds!

Nice video mate

@JasonsCichlids

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks heaps mate, much appreciated

awesome vid

@JasonsCichlids

Жыл бұрын

Cheers for that

Good content

@JasonsCichlids

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

Great video, congratulations and thanks for share your experiences, in you opinion, what would be the best cave dimentions? and if do you think a PVC pipe would work. Thanks

@JasonsCichlids

2 жыл бұрын

Not a problem mate. It depends on the size of your male. Just as long as he can block the entrance with his body will be good. PVC will work. Just cap one end off or if you don't want to get an end cap, just use a heat gun to weld one end shut. Hope that helps.

Great channel...!!!! Any tips for my altium angelfish?

@JasonsCichlids

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks heaps David, really appreciate it. No sorry, unfortunately I have never kept them. But they are beautiful fish! Would definitely like to give them a go one day though!

Hey mate, thanks for the tips. Question- how do you prep vegetables for your catfish to eat? You mentioned boiling them?

In my tank mate I have 4 f 1m and I didn’t know about resting the fish you may have saved my breeder super red male thanks very much!!!they are running this male ragged vital information mate!🙂👍🏻

@JasonsCichlids

2 жыл бұрын

Very good, glad that tip helped you mate. 👍👍

@pelhamsaquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Jason's Cichlids most deffinately! Those girls won’t leave the poor bastard alone😂🤣😂

@JasonsCichlids

2 жыл бұрын

haha sounds like a pretty lucky guy!! 😄😄

@pelhamsaquatics

2 жыл бұрын

Jason's Cichlids 😂🤣😂so true!

thanks for the video again i'm always watching this when i need some help for bn plecos! i asked on this video before but can I ask 1 last quesiton about the cleaning of sponge filter? i really don't know when to clean my sponge filter for my bristlenose plecos tank... so i want to ask usually when do you clean your sponge filter and how??? hope i can get a answer for this! thank you again!

@JasonsCichlids

Жыл бұрын

Not a problem Kim, glad you find it helpful. I admit I am very lazy when it comes to cleaning them. Over a month can go by before I clean one of the sponges of my double headed sponge filters. I suggest if you have double headed sponge filters that you only clean one. And then clean the other. Alternate which one you clean so the tank always has seeded media in it.

Great video! If you don’t mind me asking, what are you using for your rack? Is it a DIY wood build?

@JasonsCichlids

2 жыл бұрын

Cheers mate. Yeah built these stands to my requirements. See how we built them here kzread.info/dash/bejne/nqVpqpWOidzWm7Q.html

@FoisyAquatics

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonsCichlids thanks a ton! I’ll check it out!

Excellent video! My male and female bred only once (November) and haven't since. He seems to bully her so she stays away. Really unfortunate because they made some beautiful fry. Hopefully they start again 🤞

@JasonsCichlids

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for that! I hope they spawn again for you soon. Bristlenose do go through phases with their spawning. Sometimes they spawn every month for a few months. Then have a break for a while. Could be why yours stopped.

@GlitchAQ

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonsCichlids thank you for that 💕

@JasonsCichlids

2 жыл бұрын

@@GlitchAQ not a problem 👍

Just confirming, “…only appearing to eat, or to spawn with the male” right? Just making sure. This is such an awesome video! So helpful, thank you!

@JasonsCichlids

2 жыл бұрын

Oh she comes out occasionally but mainly yes just to feed or spawn. Glad you found the video helpful!

woahhh mate that was a ripper care video! hahaha hope your eye is okay.... i need to get my hands on bristlenose, ive got a 10cm wild caught L397 pleco and and two 5 cm juvies that i can hopefully get to breeding!

@JasonsCichlids

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks heaps Bodgie ✌✌ a lot of editing went into this one. Mate, the L397's are an amazing looking pleco! Would be awesome if you can get them to spawn!

@BodgieFromStraya

4 жыл бұрын

@@JasonsCichlids really do hope hahaha the 2 newer ones have a around 18 months of growing to do before i can try get them to breed

@JasonsCichlids

4 жыл бұрын

yeah huh, they take ages to grow and reach maturity. I'd like to get into Plecos properly one day.

We have just had a clutch of eggs ,sadly the male booted the eggs so we have put the eggs in a tub and we have 15 wigglers some still to hatch . What's the best thing to get for the baby's to put them in please as their in a 12.5 really useful rub at the moment , still got sacks on them

Jason, odontodes are not the bristles on the head. They are the external teeth like structures next to the mouth and on the pectoral fins of your fish. You can see an example at 6:37 of the odontodes on his fins.

@JasonsCichlids

3 жыл бұрын

Cheers for clearing that up Nate.

Hello i have 5 blue eyes lemon bristlenose got them small about 5cm ..in a community tank with angelfish and tetra in a 5 feet tank..will these maybe form a pair from them? Still small..at what age they mature?

I have a top filter (Venus Aqua U6600). Do the babies possibly get into the inlet?

@JasonsCichlids

Жыл бұрын

I'm not familiar with that filter but I did google search to see what the filter looks like. From the photos I would say yes, the fry may go into the inlet. Find a sponge that could fit over it or warm fly screen around it.

What do i do if they lay their eggs outside of the cave on the drift wood?

@JasonsCichlids

2 жыл бұрын

If the male is sitting over the eggs and fanning them then everything should be fine. Otherwise, if the eggs aren't attached to the driftwood you can try raise them in a egg hatchery, I have raised the eggs up in devices similar to the Fluval Holding and Breeding Box (but used a cheaper brand that isn't made anymore).

What food have to feed them to increase hatching?

@JasonsCichlids

Жыл бұрын

I feed them catfish pellets, green beans, Zucchini, carrots and occasionally cichlid pellets that sink. Nothing special

If you don’t separate the babies what will happen

How quickly can you get them to sellable size?

@JasonsCichlids

7 ай бұрын

Hmm really depends. If you're doing daily water changes they will put on size quickly but they generally take about 12 weeks to reach an inch.

hey jason great vid! i'm goign to collect some breddeer raised peppermints today in sydney! do you think 10 are enough to form a breeding colony? and what size is an adult pleco? ready for breeding?

@JasonsCichlids

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate, glad you enjoyed it! 10 will be a very productive colony!! A large adult peppermint would be approx 15cm. Breeding depends more on age than the size of the fish though. That said, if your peppermints are above the 10cm size they are definitely breeding age!

Is the one at 4:32 male or female? Mine has similar length but I'm not certain if it's a young male or not

@JasonsCichlids

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah mate, that one is a young male.

how do you change water everyday

@JasonsCichlids

3 ай бұрын

I don't. But some people do.

how many male-female can I keep together for breeding in the same tank of 150 liters?

@JasonsCichlids

3 ай бұрын

Maybe 2 pairs. You will be inundated with fish in no time!

Are these also called plecostomus ?

@JasonsCichlids

Жыл бұрын

I don't believe so, no. It seems that Bristlenose catfish sometimes get called Plecos for short. However, actual Plecostomus grow much larger than Bristlenose

I have to ask you, I have a fully grown bristlenose female and a 3 to 4 inch male, can they breed?

@JasonsCichlids

2 жыл бұрын

They should breed yes. For bristlenose its more about age than size for sexual maturity. But if your male is 3 to 4 inches long then it should be around that age anyway

@aslamjameel3771

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonsCichlids okay, thank you for your assistance

hi what cave is that

@JasonsCichlids

2 жыл бұрын

They are called pleco caves. If you google that you'll be able to find them

Hello, how many females should i keep with per males? I have been trying to breed them for months but no luck 😕

@JasonsCichlids

2 жыл бұрын

I personally keep 1 female for 1 male. I find having multiple females in a tank with 1 male can stress him out as all the females try to mate with him. If he is already guarding eggs from a previous spawn and another female wants to mate with him, she may try kick the previous eggs out of his cave. However, experienced males will be able to raise more than once clutch of eggs up at a time. Just make sure you give him a break between spawns as it can be stressful for the male.

@gharibahdunya1030

2 жыл бұрын

@@JasonsCichlids thank u so much for replying! I'm trying to seperate all the males and the females. One more question, does the size of the tank effect their breeding/spawning? For example a pair in a 10 gallons only or only a pair in 40 gals

Sir can i put 1 male to 2 female can they breed?

@JasonsCichlids

3 ай бұрын

You could try but female will try kick out other females eggs. They will also tire the male out a bit. Best to have more males.

I am breeding super reds

@JasonsCichlids

3 жыл бұрын

Nice one mate. Hopefully lots of them!

@hookon3

3 жыл бұрын

@@JasonsCichlids I have super red eggs that are hatching in a few days

@JasonsCichlids

3 жыл бұрын

Congrats on the spawn mate! Hopefully you get lots more!

I have tried everything, and mine refuse to breed. I have 2 large adult males, 5.5 inch 4 females, all about 4.5 inches. Tried every tip i have found 0 breeding. I have totally given up.

I'm currently cycling a new tank to stop the breeding. My poor guy needs a break! I don't know what I'm doing but holy crap everybody's breeding and I can't keep up.

@JasonsCichlids

3 жыл бұрын

It is a great problem to have. But yeah if he needs a bit of a break you can try separate him from the female. However, bristlenose can go through phases where they don't spawn for a few months and then back at it again.

Your water bill must be huge due to the amount of water and water changes your doing...

@JasonsCichlids

4 жыл бұрын

One of the many reasons I could only use coins at 1:13.

Lol fellow Aussie subbing for more coin headshots here 🤣👌

@JasonsCichlids

Жыл бұрын

Haha thanks for the sub! Those coins really did hurt haha

5:16 What size is the breeding cave bro?

@JasonsCichlids

3 жыл бұрын

The cave is approx 18cm by 7cm

Anyone else forgot who was behind the camera watching the video

Male, female, water and a cave. Yes, that simple.

@intergalacticmuffin7071

2 ай бұрын

Done that 2 males, 4 females, 6 caves, varied diet, 2 cool water changes a week, 15 months later no breeding all adults around 3 years old all 4.5 inches plus.

@Cheesedream

2 ай бұрын

@@intergalacticmuffin7071 I would assume it’s either your water is too hard, there is a buildup of nitrogen waste in the tank, bad stock or the caves are the wrong size. I have soft water, 50% water changes 3 to 4 times a month, feed algae wafer and canned green beans/blanched zucchini every so often. 3x3 rectangle plecocaves added when I want them to breed. Stack them so they are off the ground as some males prefer it to be off the substrate. If you don’t see the males hanging halfway out of the cave, they aren’t going to breed. I have had too many to count breeding events over 10+ years with multiple tanks and different plecos.

CATFISH ???????