Pictures of Albino Bristlenose fries

[J0hnny]

wow, looks fantastic, gluck on raising them, they could get you easy money depending on their health

 

[samthefishman]

wow. It seems mine are growing faster then yours.
Is that because they are albino? is there a reason?
I feed mine algea wafers and blood worms when they are being good.
I will post some of mine

 

[Arashi]

AWWWWWWWWW!!!!! They are so darn cute!!!!! I LOVE baby plecs!!!!!

I want baby Bristlenoses! *goes over to her tank to see if hers are 'doing anything' yet *

 

[MrMashashin]

I would die for bristlenose plecs! The only other place that carries them is the lfs next town over and they call them Bulldog Plecos and their always out of them. The hobo that runs the other lfs could order me a breeding pair but triple the price on me. At the shop that carries them, their like 3-5 i htink but if he orders them for me, saposably they cost around 45.

 

[yhbae]

wow. It seems mine are growing faster then yours.
Is that because they are albino? is there a reason?
I feed mine algea wafers and blood worms when they are being good.
I will post some of mine

I dont think being albino keeps them from growing at maximum rate - perhaps it is your worms that's allowing them to grow faster.

I will be setting up the 2nd tank for larger fries during this weekend, and will start to feed blood worms to them. Hopefully that will make some difference as well...

Also, I suspect that having 50 fries in the same tiny 5.5g tank isn't helping either...

 

[canarsie11]

Great pics!

 

[Angry_Platy]

wow. It seems mine are growing faster then yours.
Is that because they are albino? is there a reason?
I feed mine algea wafers and blood worms when they are being good.
I will post some of mine

I dont think being albino keeps them from growing at maximum rate - perhaps it is your worms that's allowing them to grow faster.

I will be setting up the 2nd tank for larger fries during this weekend, and will start to feed blood worms to them. Hopefully that will make some difference as well...

Also, I suspect that having 50 fries in the same tiny 5.5g tank isn't helping either...

How quick they grow depends on the size tank they are in....i have 2 of my fry in the 75gal that I can allready tell the sex of (male and female).....the others in the 30gal are getting close to being able to tell.....those in the 6gall are tiny (I am going to be moving them to the 75 this weekend for their growth)....

Gorgeous babies by the way!!!

 

[samthefishman]

wow. It seems mine are growing faster then yours.
Is that because they are albino? is there a reason?
I feed mine algea wafers and blood worms when they are being good.
I will post some of mine

I dont think being albino keeps them from growing at maximum rate - perhaps it is your worms that's allowing them to grow faster.

I will be setting up the 2nd tank for larger fries during this weekend, and will start to feed blood worms to them. Hopefully that will make some difference as well...

Also, I suspect that having 50 fries in the same tiny 5.5g tank isn't helping either...

How quick they grow depends on the size tank they are in....i have 2 of my fry in the 75gal that I can allready tell the sex of (male and female).....the others in the 30gal are getting close to being able to tell.....those in the 6gall are tiny (I am going to be moving them to the 75 this weekend for their growth)....

Gorgeous babies by the way!!!

...my fry are in a 4 Gal, i guess that rules what you just said out

 

[yhbae]

Yup I suspected the space as the main issue hence the 2nd tank... What I might do though, is to start ditributing those 1 inch fries to other tanks as well - perhaps that might promote growth.

I remember someone mentioning that sometimes, people get massive die off for some unknown reason at just under 1 inch, so that was my main reason for baby sitting them up to 1 inch in size....

 

[SimonA]

Cool Pics they remind me of my bristlenose

 

[samthefishman]

yhbae, i have found that in a bigger tank they dont grow as fast.
As food in more scarce, but if you had them in a tank of their own it would be good.

 

[yhbae]

yhbae, i have found that in a bigger tank they dont grow as fast.
As food in more scarce, but if you had them in a tank of their own it would be good.

That was my conclusion too - at least when they are really small. I think the key thing there is that they cannot find food all the time due to tank size.

I am looking at the 5 remaining fries in the main tank - they are clearly smaller than the ones I have in the 5.5g tank so that proves this... This, despite I provide cucumers and zuchinis all the time in the larger tank as well...

I still think the best option is to split them into two groups, and raise them separately on different diet...

 

[samthefishman]

i still have quite a few in my breeding tank.
They are very small compared to the ones in my fry tank.
One of the main problems is my snail investation! and the snails all bunch up on the algea wafers, But i got rid of most of them, now i see the fry eating.

The dad hasnt let the next batch outa the nest yet, 2 days i predict.