Caryl Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 My son and his partner have a standard 120L community tank and would like to breed something at the lower levels. They were looking at kribs but they can get a bit vicious. They have angels spawning regularly on the filter uplift but would like to try something else. Not sure there is anything that won't get eaten by the other inhabitants though (angel pair. gourami, harlequins, geriatric neons, bristlenoses and small tetras from memory). Any suggestions? I wondered about keyhole cichlids. All the livebearers tend to drop fry closer to the surface and they want a bit more action lower down the tank. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HummingBird Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 Why not try breeding the bristlenoses? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cichlid7 Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 the bristle noses won't be old enough yet im pretty sure they came from me they will be about 4cm long Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ianab Posted July 21, 2007 Report Share Posted July 21, 2007 The bristlenoses have the best chance I reckon. Might take 6 months for them to mature enough, but providing they have some good caves and plenty of cover a lot of the young will make it in the community tank. Plecos aren't as aggressive when spawning as the cichlids, many cichlids will be able to rear young in the tank, but will beat up anything that comes near while they are doing it. Most other fish just scatter eggs or fry to take their chances on their own, the cichlids and plecos actually make the effort to look after the eggs and young for a while. Set up some clay pots for the plecs and see what happens Of course the first sign that they have bred may be noticing that there are more of them :lol: Cheers Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 Yeah the BNs are too small as yet. Besides, when they breed they usually do it tucked away where they can't be seen 8) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wilson Posted July 22, 2007 Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 i would try kribs i have my pair in a 120L tank ant they are fine i even have a betta in the tank edit : you could also try rams Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 22, 2007 Author Report Share Posted July 22, 2007 Funny you should say that wilson as they bought some rams last weekend but have them in a separate tank at the moment. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BK Posted July 23, 2007 Report Share Posted July 23, 2007 My Apisto's are breeding in a tank with Discus and cory's. I have some young but they are still about 2 months from being big enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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