after having a pair of bn plecs in a 2 foot tank and successfully breeding them for many spawns i unexpectedly lost my breeding female 2 weeks ago. ive been left with a good breeding size male and a lot of fry im growing on. ive set up a 3 foot tank and moved all the fry to this tank for now. ive also added a trio of new bloodline plecs, a brown large male, an adult albino female and a nearly breeding size albino female to this tank. in my other tanks i have access to 3 more adult males and one female of breeding size.

so what mix of adults can i house full time to breed in my 3 foot tank? so to recap i have 4 adult male brown bn plecs, 2 female albinos and one brown female.

No more than 2 males and a ratio of 2 females per male.......
personally in a 3ft tank i would house only 1 male but if you do decide to have 2 then make sure they are caved at either end of the tank so they cannot see one another....
I have recently put 3 males into a large 5ft 400 litre aquarium and 2 commons are fighting over one cave so in my experience its how placid you think your males are.....
I happen to have a naughty male who will fight with himself if he could.....

Like Curby says it all depends on your males.....

I know June who is also a member on here has about 5 or 6 adult males in her tank, which I think is also a 3 footer, and several females. As far as I am aware all of hers get along fine. You could ask her how she does it, her tank looks great.

Yet other people I know have males like Curby's who would try and "fight" their own reflection..

Oh the joys of Bns..!!



Jon

Hi and welcome to the forum mate.
3ft would prob be minimum for 2 males. Even then have a piece of wood in the middle of the tank as a devider. In my experience females will breed with the dominant male first so I try to keep my selected breeders separated completely.