danilada Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 are they very hard to breed? Can any-thing else be in the tank? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 the short answer is no. putting a male and a female in a tank - having a cave or hidy hole for the male to choose - some wood for them to eat. oh and of course water for them to swim in and leave them to it. when they are ready they will breed. once eggs are laid the male will fan them for approx 5 days when they will hatch so will look like eggs with tails and within a few days they will be free swimming. problem can be that once bristles start to breed they can/will breed regular for some time ie once the fry become free swimming the male is likely to court the female again and have another batch within two weeks. but there have been posts/thread on here asking why a bristle pair isn't breeding. there can be times when they are "dormant" having a rest. appears to be no reason for this and doesn't mean they won't start again when they are ready. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 and sorry - yes they can breed quite happily in a community tank - so don't need to have a tank of there own. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted September 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Thanks for that Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 you've seen mine! definitely not hard to breed. mine are hard to stop, so had to separate them Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 When my pair breeds the fry only survive for about 5 days after they leave the cave, and i have no idea why. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Yep, agree with everyone else. hard to stop once they start! I have 2 pairs at the moment (which are going next week sometime hopefully!) and they just pump out the babys like nothing ive ever seen! i used to have a trio of Very big fish, but even they didnt pump out as many as i have at the moment! they are all VERY small still though, and ive made no effort to save them, but there isnt realy anything in their tanks that will eat them.... Get a male and female, and wait. they WILL eventually breed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted September 25, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 Thanks guys. After seeing Tsarminas sprogs I thought it would be neat to give it ago, so I guess now I have the waiting game, not to mention my female is only 3/4 of the male, so I guess she'll have to grow abit Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.qian Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 I have two golden bristlenose in my tank at the moment, still young so not sexable yet, but hoping its a pair. As said above they will breed readily in a cave, I've seen what the babies look like, they are very tiny and when they are just born they all stick together, like a clump of thick chicken soup. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 My suggestion? Find something else to breed, everyone's breeding them! Bristlenoses and pearl gouramis...Hate them! I'm going to be taking some to the auction tonight, and I'm betting there will be quite a few others there too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jewelz Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 I waited almost two years before I had any success. Four days ago I decided I'd had enough and went to catch them to get rid of them and blow me down, my male was surrounded by 45 odd babies :bounce: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted September 25, 2007 Report Share Posted September 25, 2007 I lost count of mine around 200. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
danilada Posted September 26, 2007 Author Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 My other option is try to breed electric yellow cichlids! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
evilknieval69 Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 I lost count of mine around 200. Yea thats why im getting rid of my breeders.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 That's why I took away all their rocks and then threw them in with my SA cichlids. Although....The cichlid tank only has 3 cichlids now...And lots of rocks...Hopefully any babies will get eaten quick. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caper Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 You could send them here...can't get bristlenoses...oh yah, sorry kinda far away :lol: Caper Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted September 26, 2007 Report Share Posted September 26, 2007 if i thought they could survive the trip (never shipped fish before) i would Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 at what approx size can you sex them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carla Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 At the size when they grow bristles... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Hoody Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 which is...............?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dixon1990 Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 The min they will probably start showing little bristles would be about 4-5cm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.qian Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 apparently that's the only way to sex them. so normally we have to buy two young ones, wait and pray there's at least one male. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ira Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 Not the only way. But it's the most definitive way. If you have a batch all hatched at the same time the larger ones will usually be male. And males and females also usually have slightly different body shapes. Males are more triangular from the pectoral fins to the tail, females tend to be wider and then narrow towards the tail. |.| \/ If that works...But it can be hard to tell without two next to each other and it's not guaranteed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
michael.qian Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 I've noticed the male definitely grows faster, and from my experience the male usually finds the food first when I feed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tsarmina Posted September 27, 2007 Report Share Posted September 27, 2007 if thats the case then i definitely have a good mix. i have 2 batches 2wks apart in age and there are still a lot that are very small. i just thought they weren't growing, but i've got heaps that are big too (from both lots and all over 3mths old) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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