Bristlenose World

Hello.
I want to breed bristlenoses. I have a male longfin, the female died due to an accident, so replacing her this weekend.

How many ADULT bristlenoses could I keep in a 2 ft tank, with no other fish, in order to maximise my chances? What ratio male to female should I go for?

My wife and I went out last night and bought the tank. A 36 gallon bowfront. The tank is very deceptive in size. Here is what we got.

Tank

We are going to plant the tank - yet to be determined as to what plants.

Fish we are looking into are - fancy guppies, marbled hatchetfish, neon tetras, cleaner shrimp (ghost or cherry), and of course the bristlenose. ...

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I live in essex but it seems most people are far away up north etc. I'm looking into the feasibility of starting up a small breeding group but dont like the idea of mail ordering fish.

I'm probably being a total muppet - but my LFS has some gorgeous *male* Orange Spot BN's - probably 3 cm long with clear "antlers" so looks like my second ancistrus will be here later this week.

I read the species as Ancistrus sp rio ucayali - is this right ? Thanks for putting up with idiot questions !

Hi, just wanted your advice on my new albino plecos with the long-fin gene (dad is a long-fin, mom is normal)

They came in the mail, all alive even the DOA one so I have 7. I did the math and found out I got them for $4.10US so I guess I got a good deal, none of them have long-fins but hopefully the babies will.

I put them in my 10g for quarantine and since it is my only...

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