Is anyone breeding borneo suckers in NZ? particularly in Auckland?

My little ones have tried, digging pits under rocks etc, but I think the eggs were eaten by snails or the minnows in the tank.

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Thanks Adrienne,

SaintyChelle - mine have also tried but don't seem to like Flourite for it. I love them and they seem happy enough in the tanks, if not breeding that I would like to increase my numbers.

Apparently, they seem to like sand better.

The only breeding setup I have seen for them was a 8ft or thereabouts tank, set up like a river bed with large flat rocks, a good amount of current and some plants - in other words like a river bed. The rocks had moss like river moss on them and I think the substrate was more a sand base but its been a long time - about 15 years since I saw it so I may be wrong about the substrate.

Mine laid eggs in the 140l when i had silica sand, dug a little hole by a stone with their tails...and a guppy promptly ate the eggs. I switched to flourite soon after and while they are very active they dont seem to want to mate again. bit unfortunate. I have a 90cm air line and a tankmaid just for current and aeration - it blows out very fine bubbles. Have to keep turning the air tube down otherwise my water gets cloudy with air.

I would love to set up a dedicated river tank, maybe with mountain minnows as well as the borneos, but my BF and my apartment have reached their limit...