Proud Owner Of A Pair Of Bristlenoses

[Jazee B]

hi everyone, finally had my tank up and running long enough to get my plecs so went to lfs to purchase 2 bristlenoses they are about 3 inches long no bristles yet tho?

Just reading more about their diet, they have bogwood and cucumber but i was looking at king british algae wafers and plec tablets. Anyone have an opinion on which is best?

Thanks

 

[lilfishie]

i have used king british in the past and the plecs loved them, i had the disks/tablets and pellets

 

[Gilli]

They dont get their proper bristles until they are bigger and the female will have very few whereas the males nose will be covered.

I feed mine plec wafers, peas, courgettes, peppers, cucumber, sweet potatoes, bananas, flake food, frozen blood worms & daphnia, crab pellets, raw minced beef, cooked or raw prawn and tuna from my sandwich!!

Try everything and anything, they will soon let you know the score - they are all individuals and some will gobble it up and some wont!

 

[flash22]

as above. mine like the hikari algae wafers the loaches and killys love the hikari carnivore pellets the plecs have a munch on them too

 

[JenCliBee]

foods as above but at 3 inchs i would have expected some bristles if they havent stands a chance u have 2 females most of the time they have no bristles at all


jen

 

[Jazee B]

hi thanks for your replies i didn't realise you could feed them such a wide variety of food!! i'll be raiding the kitchen later. they seem to be quite active now and i've managed to have a better look at them, there are no bristles yet on either so i think they are females. is there a difference in tempraments?

flash22 thanks for the tip for loaches, I have 2 clowns so i'll get some of those as well.

with the algae wafer/pellets how many times a week would you drop one of those in?

sorry for all the questions but i've only had my tank since may so i'm very new to all this

 

[JenCliBee]

wot size tank u got? big enough will house 2 no problem male and female IME is always better but 2 females is much better than 2 males


as for algae wafers i feed mine every day ,unless i feed brine pellets bloodworm etc etc


jen

 

[simonas]

BN's seem to be the easiest plecs to feed they just munch on anything, I'm just waiting for mine to breed!!!