ltaylor88
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 | | Subject: fry compatible fish Fri Feb 04, 2011 6:37 pm | |
| Hi i want to put my breeding pair of bristlenose in my main 150ltr tank but the will look a bit lonly on there on and boring because thay hide half the time to do you have any ideas on fish i can have that will not eat my fry. eg maybe neons |
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wolverine
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| | Subject: fish compatible to a pleco aquarium.... Fri Feb 04, 2011 9:30 pm | |
| danio's are nice fish to make a change, also guppies in the tank can help the pleco's to breed at a later date.
some may say it may not but always seems to spur my pleco's along....
also platie's are good.... and what about sword tails tooooo...
all the best
Lj |
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jim.and
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| | Subject: Re: fry compatible fish Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:06 pm | |
| | wolverine wrote: | danio's are nice fish to make a change, also guppies in the tank can help the pleco's to breed at a later date.
some may say it may not but always seems to spur my pleco's along....
also platie's are good.... and what about sword tails tooooo...
all the best
Lj |
LJ's right, there is a theory that hormones given off by livebeareres during mating can trigger Bn's to spawn.
I must say that when I had Endlers in with my trio I never had to trigger a spawn but after I removed them I did. |
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peppermint23
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| | Subject: Re: fry compatible fish Fri Feb 04, 2011 10:42 pm | |
| | jim.and wrote: | | wolverine wrote: | danio's are nice fish to make a change, also guppies in the tank can help the pleco's to breed at a later date.
some may say it may not but always seems to spur my pleco's along....
also platie's are good.... and what about sword tails tooooo...
all the best
Lj |
LJ's right, there is a theory that hormones given off by livebeareres during mating can trigger Bn's to spawn.
I must say that when I had Endlers in with my trio I never had to trigger a spawn but after I removed them I did. |
wow i never knew that, glad i read this post! think i might try some guppies in my breeding tank to get them started. how many would you say is needed in a 150L tank? few girls few boys? |
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ltaylor88
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| | Subject: Re: fry compatible fish Sat Feb 05, 2011 10:48 am | |
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jim.and
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| | Subject: Re: fry compatible fish Sat Feb 05, 2011 11:26 am | |
| | peppermint23 wrote: | | wow i never knew that, glad i read this post! think i might try some guppies in my breeding tank to get them started. how many would you say is needed in a 150L tank? few girls few boys? |
Well you know Guppies If you started with a couple of trios you'll have a tank full in no time. 
As far as I know this is only a theory but there are breeders who swear by it. |
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