breeding my albino plec

hi all,
my albino bushynoce plecos finally got in the mood to breed. so i got them there own honey moon sweet. i was lucky enough to have water soft enough to breed em without RO water.
they have there own 40 breeder with drift wood and pleco caves. which by the way the caves were never used by them. they loved the wood though.
pics coming soon. i have some recent and some pics from before

Can't wait for pics.

well heres one so far.

Wow so neat.

To cool

Thats awesome, Congrats!!!!!

Oh very cool! Zucchini and yellow squash is good for adults as well as fry!

A word of advice, Get a super duper light on that tank to get the algae growing well! A splash of fertilizers and excel will help too. The fry will grow so much faster with a steady source of algae

thanks all, i have a light almost 24 hrs a day but no algea, im not sure if the fish are eating it or the algea is not growing.
i put squash, but the tank gets sooo cloudy.
fern when should i start to thin the heard? any other tips to grow em out?

Lots of cleaning lots of waterchanges lots of food. Raw squash has never clouded my water, I always feed my veggis raw....

oh raw, i always blanched the veggies. now i see why.
raw it is

I never have, I chop up a pack of whatever and freeze it for later use. I thaw it in tank water, stick it with a stainless steel fork and drop it in.

Awesome.

good idea

laying wax paper between them makes for easier separation later too

well i have a slice for them today, the mom loves it and is hogging it, but no fry are eating the slice

Give them time. When are they up for sale?

Takes them a lil to figure it out, with that many fry 2 slices is better.

ok fern, i the slice is gone but the peel, already!
i habe no idea when to sell em vixen

ya they usually don't eat the peel but they will put a serious hurting on the veggi
They also like watermelon and cantelope!

good to know

pretty much any fresh fruit or veggi toss it in and see if they like it, thats what I do.

lol

They had a watermelon rind covered within 15 minutes, they completely ignored the cabbage, its pretty easy to tell what they like and what they don't.

Just don't do it when they are hungry or you may get a 'false positive'

sounds right. i feed them twice a day

heres a pic from today, i syphon out the gravel every time i change water. after the pleco grow out and given away, im going to try my hand at discus once again!


and heres a pic of the ole man