Whiskas Posted May 15, 2006 Report Share Posted May 15, 2006 How old do Bristlenoses need to be before they are ready to breed? I bought some babies and they are currently about 8 weeks old, obviously not old enough to breed yet But am hoping for success in the future. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PETEYPLECO Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 DITTO on this one and also is it really that hard to have the conditions right to have them breed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 Not sure how old they have to be but as for getting them to breed - they either will or they won't. They seem to breed continually for a time then stop for no discernable reason (sometimes several years) then start again - and the other way around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Modern Angl Posted May 17, 2006 Report Share Posted May 17, 2006 A cave / somewhere for the male to look after eggs is required and plenty food, the fish will do the rest. I've managed several breedings without doing pretty much anything to encourage them. Had to take Dad out as there were too many babies being produced. As for how old, my 2 were around 9months - 1yr roughly, maybe a bit older. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskas Posted May 18, 2006 Author Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 Thanx for that Have noticed that my adult male has been digging out the stones from under his driftwood, is there any reason for this? He is very secretive, unlike the young ones who are out and about most of the time, they are so cute! Also the young BN at work has suckered his/her way up the glass out of the water. It has only done this once but was wondering why it did it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted May 18, 2006 Report Share Posted May 18, 2006 He is making a nest for himself under the log. One of their favourite resting places. Young BNs will sucker themselves all over the place, sometimes out of the water but not for long. Might have been trying to reach a particularly tasty piece of algae Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
peanuts Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 Bristles will choose where they want for a cave - you can provide him with many options but he will go where he feels safe and mine decided that digging his way under the driftwood was the way to go. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted May 19, 2006 Report Share Posted May 19, 2006 or you can have a naughty boy like mine who loves digging right smack bang in the middle of my tank in the sand and making the aquatic mix get exposed :lol: he only did that about 7 times but has stopped now thankfully Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djay Posted June 21, 2006 Report Share Posted June 21, 2006 Hi, I've no idea either on how old they have to be to breed. But like the others said if and when they start, they go crazy I,ve got loads of the little ones, I'd say the 2 lot in a month and they seem to be growing pretty fast. He's been hanging out in the shipwreck so that came in real handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vickie Posted July 6, 2006 Report Share Posted July 6, 2006 I put a male in with my female for company and a couple of weeks later I didnt see my male for quite some time, then I saw 2 baby BN about 10-15mm long. I dont know what happened to the rest of the fry or where the 2 fry are now. I have a number of spaces for hidding in and under driftwood not sure which space was used as I couldnt find the male for some time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanksman Posted July 7, 2006 Report Share Posted July 7, 2006 If they are well fed and show good growth from free swimming stage on they will breed from 18 mths old - from my experience. Babies do not do well in a community tank - they are best confined so that food can be kept up to them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissie Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 will a gbn breed with a standard bn? My father in law has one of each that appear to be male and female, and he noticed they seem to be fighting? He doens't want them to breed but we are curious as to whether they are fighting or mating... Sorry to hijack... don't mean to be rude, just figured while on the subject... Cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
djay Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Hi I'm sorry i don't know wether they would, hopefully someone else here might know. Only thing I could say is maybe if male and female of course but I have no idea . It would be interesting to know though. Dianne Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sharn Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 apparently they can so if they do breed make sure you cull the eggs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 The gold is just a colour morph so yes, it can breed with the others. It would be good to get a combination that looked like hokey pokey :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissie Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 so they could be breeding? Can breeding be mistaken for fighting to the novice eye? They seem to be chasing each other, and when they catch up, they seem to be sucking on each others heads. cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Caryl Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 I have never found my BNs to fight except to chase each other away from food. They are certainly never serious about it and don't cause damage when they do. If they are thinking of breeding they will be chasing each other then the male will be looking for somewhere to look after the eggs, like a hollow log or cave. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissie Posted July 11, 2006 Report Share Posted July 11, 2006 Cheers for that Caryl. If they do lay i don't think the eggs stand much of a chance as there is a breeding pair of Kribs in the tank.... will most likely be eggs for breaky! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Krissie Posted July 22, 2006 Report Share Posted July 22, 2006 well they did breed, dad has been with the eggs for about 5 days now. only realised last night that he had eggs when we were trying to catch him to move him out of the tank. The log with the eegs in was out of the water for about 15-20 mins, so i'm unsure if eggs will survive. The tank is about to be treated with anti-biotics too, so i'm guessing that will kill the eggs off too? I'm going to start a new thread for this i think.... cheers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kim&Dan Posted July 25, 2006 Report Share Posted July 25, 2006 I have another question related to breeding BNs if I may: Would BNs be able to breed in a tank together with Yoyo Loaches or would the loaches eat the eggs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whiskas Posted July 31, 2006 Author Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 That would be quite cool to see what a mix of the two would look like If anyone has successfully done this, bred a BN and a GBA, and has pic could you post it? i would be interested to see the result :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alanmin4304 Posted July 31, 2006 Report Share Posted July 31, 2006 The standard is probably dominant over the gold (like albino) so you will probably get normal looking young split to gold, and half each if you breed them to each other. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fishboi Posted August 1, 2006 Report Share Posted August 1, 2006 That would be quite cool to see what a mix of the two would look like If anyone has successfully done this, bred a BN and a GBA, and has pic could you post it? i would be interested to see the result http://www.fnzas.org.nz/fishroom/bristl ... 14592.html if u read the last paragraph of the article below it explains how the L144 came about with cross breeding a golden male and a normal female than breeding back with its father ....... quit an interesting article and using his set up and technique GBA spawns constantly 3 spawns from 2 female in less than a month http://www.planetcatfish.com/shanesworl ... cle_id=310 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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