Do Bn Have To Have Bristles Before They Breed?

[a.i.m]

Do Bn have to have bristles before they breed?
As ive got 6 albinos in 1 tank. 3 are at 1" and the other 3 are about 2" , none yet have any bristles. The 1 has dissapeerd into my home made coconut cave for the last 2 days!!. Ive seen it poke its head about but its not comming out for food! ive presumed that they were all a bit young to breed ? what do you think...

 

[smithrc]

I'd say too young.

at that size they are still quite sensative - we had 6 at about 1.5" that we moved to our breeding tank - 2 dissapeared and we now only have 4 - the other 2 were never found... the others are now at about 4" (2 males) and 2.5" (2 females) and havent bread yet.

 

[a.i.m]

Ok smithrc ill just keep a close eye on them, Tnx. B)

 

[dylema]

Our's didn't even begin to get bristles until they were over 2 inches long and it took a few more months on top of that before they bred. It took about a year before we knew what sexes we had!