How to Keep and Breed Bristlenose Pleco Care Guide
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- The bristlenose pleco or bushynose pleco depending on who you ask is a great bottom feeding catfish to keep as any level fish keeper. If you have ever wondered how to keep and breed bristlenose plecos it may be easier than you think. This bristlenose pleco care guide should set you up for success and teach you all about proper bushynose pleco care.
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Lucky Schmuck's Fish Cave is the thumbnail a cross of a regular bristlenose and an albino or some other bristlenose color
It is called a calico bristlenose pleco. It’s a little more complicated than just albino and a regular, they are more related the the ‘super red’ line.
Lucky Schmuck's Fish Cave oh okay looked a lil orange, was just wondering cause my albino and brown one spawned outta nowhere the other week and one of the baby’s seemed striped kinda, with brown and pale yellow
Skins and Celtics Fan congrats! Genes and color patterns are weird. Grow em up and I’m sure no matter what color they turn out they’ll be cool looking!
Lucky Schmuck's Fish Cave ice only got two that have made it, i moved 7 from my 55 to my 29 where the biggest fish I got are another adult bristle nose and a blue gourami, but only two are left and they’re straight albino
I used to have a bristlenose pleco but he died a few weeks ago I miss how every morning I'd feed the fish I'd find him attached to my pump waiting to be fed I always imagined him having a voice like Patrick Stewart and saying morning to me miss him always looked happy
Our Common Pleco, Kirby, just died a few days ago. He was about 10 inches long ... and 20 years old. Yes, 20 (twenty). Our LFS had Bristlenose in, and since Kirby was really too large for our tank (though, obviously, he must have been content enough to live that long in it!), we brought home a tiny baby (1.5") Bristlenose (the common brown spotted color) yesterday. I'm already thrilled with him, and finding your videos so very helpful and informative. Thank you!
Thank you! Just started keeping more than one in a tank
If you have a male and a female it’s only a matter of time. Thanks for watching!
I just bought a hand full of bristlenose to split up into my 3 tanks, I love them! I thought mine was going to stay orange but it’s getting black spots, so thanks for letting me know it has a name, Calico 😊
I’m picking up a trio of lemon blue eyes this weekend, they look great👍🏻🙂
I got one bristlenosed pleco and I never see him. I have a big cave in my tank and every morning I notice more and more brown algae disappears, I guess he feeds while I’m asleep
This is the first video of yours that showed up in my notifications. I’m glad I checked it out.
I bought 5 pleco from LFS and I made the noobie mistake not understanding size. I’m figuring out a home for my common who’ll need to go in about 6 months.
With the help
Of aquarium support group I figured out I have a bristlenose. He’s in the tank with my Betta fry with tons of plants and wood. He gets Zucchini, fresh cut canned green beans. Being a fry tank I change 50-75% of the water every other day.
I’ve been looking for this info!
I have 2 more I am trying to identify.
Thank you.
Hi Ryan, so happy you talked about this species of plecos and their needs. I will admit I think they are poop machines. LOL. However, I think there are a lot misconceptions about them and their nutritional needs and you cleared that up. Great video!
Thanks MFD! They are awesome fish but I agree with you...poop machines. Not the ‘set it and forget it’ fish that only helps keep tank clean and doesn’t need to be fed.
I am the surprised BN pleco breeder! I had 7 fish in a 29 gal tank, not thinking they were old enough to even breed, not sure which were male and female, except there were to larger fuller finned obvious males... Did not know they had bred until I saw the first fry at maybe 2 wks old .... They have since spawned another batch less than a month later. Moved several out of the tank and have a 55 gal set up and just finished cycling, so MOVING ON UP! I have 3 LF dark males, 1 LF dark female, 1 LF albino female, 2 blue LF albino PLUS in another tank, 4 SF females (brown , black and albino) not planning to breed. Single SF brown male in a 10 gal, SF are all looking for new homes!
Ive had a pair of Bristlenose for months now,had to wait till they grew before finding out theyre male and female,now have the male guarding a batch of eggs in his cave and Im way more excited than I should be over fish lol Just so pleased that the conditions in my aquarium are right for them and hoping for a lot of fry,I love BN's,the male is doing his babysitting and the female is gadding about lol
Man i really love your videos. I love this fish so much. I have one in every tank that is suitable for them. I a albino, and black one with weird white blotches and spots. It's have been like that from day one I got it as a fry it was only a week old. My friends did not really they kept theirs in prefect breeding water. They had like 300 on a 20 long with the parents and one male cobra guppy. I begged for the guppy. He was beat up from the male pleco.
Yea they are peaceful but when overcrowded any fish or animal will act out. Cool to hear the different ones you have. I’ve seen some of the really dark black ones online before but never in person.
Just got four calicos from you yesterday. Absolutely beautiful!
Much waited! Nothing beat the super red if you account for price, personality, and look. I love 182 they are fairly cheap and look dope
Seen a albino bristlenose in my local aquarium shop today... Omg I fell in love lol 👌🤣
They’re awesome and usually not too expensive
@@WildFishTanks unfortunately they only had the one albino, and they wanted to keep him and find a mate for breeding!!
I will definitely get one or two if they do!
Such an interesting fish to look at. 👍
I just ordered one on your website!
I got 3 super reds from you before ,just ordered 3 blue eyed
My favourite bristlenose is the peppermint bristlenose.
They are a beautiful fish
In my opinion, keeping driftwood with Ancistrus (Bristlenose) plecos is a necessity. They include the wood in their diet. As for variety of the fancy Bristlenose there are many: standard brown, albino, calico, super red calico, L-144 (blue eyes), green dragon, lemon drop, etc. Plus there are Longfin versions of them. I really like the Ancistrus sp. “Super Red Calico Longfin” - great colour!
I like the LF Super Red. Good info on this video. Thanks you for sharing your knowledge of them.
I keep mostly calicos I have four of those and I have one albino but I would love to have a super red
Calicos are really cool. I have a sub adult super red I’m hoping turns out to be a female 🤞
@@WildFishTanks I have two barbel nose also, I like those they have a lot of personality
YEAH HooKING IT UP! GREAT SHoW LUCKY! LoVE THSE BATS!🐚⚡MY FAVORITE IS THE ONES WITH THE WISKERS THSAT CME oUT Of THE FACE! THEY GOT THEM KIND RIGHT? KEEP UP THE FANTASTIC WoRK SIR!
My favorite bristlenose is the L183 starlight pleco ⭐️ I just got some in so I can try to get a breeding pair!!
Best of luck! Those guys are gorgeous 😍😍🤞
Awesome information buddy. I enjoyed listening. Thanks for sharing
Appreciate you watching Angelo, glad you enjoyed!
My male is 6 years old - LF Albino/yellow - absolutely gorgeous!
I also have a little brown one (5 months old?) that lives somewhere in my 180. I see algae being eaten... so I know he is still around.
Lots of good information
Good stuff!! I bid on a bag of baby B/N pleco's and lost out. I should have gone higher. Next time!
I’ve got a common Bristlenose right now. I’ll hopefully be getting a clown Pleco soon
cool thanks 4 the tips
Appreciate you watching
Love bristlenose longfinned!!
Sharron Miller not good for fish that is longfinned
What isn’t good?
Imagine being a pleco which love to get in holes and climb on rocks and this and have long fins..its not good for fish and its just a stupid breed variety for humans...just for marketing..humans dont care what is good for animals..
Mine have no problem with any of these you have mentioned. They are healthy, happy, and beautiful!!
Cool! But i just telling that some breeds of animal species are just for humans not for animals good..:)
My favorite bristlenose are the super reds. I unfortunately lost the last of the three I had recently.
I have a albino bristlenose pleco
Got 8 albino long fin bristlenose pleco
Hopefully I get a breeding pair 🙏
I see you, and many other, aquarium pros use a kitchen knife to keep the veggies/zucchini from floating. I'm an old lady, LOL, and my fish education began 50 years ago, so my information is old. However, for many years I heard that you should never put metal in the fish tank. Is the stainless of a kitchen knife an exception, or is that caution just outdated? (Loving my brown Bristlenose. We named him Yoshi.)
They eat little chunks of wood to help them digest. You can try a softer wood like grape wood
I have a top filter (Venus Aqua U6600). Do the babies possibly get into the inlet?
Could I keep a pair in a 63 gallon? My favourite one is a peppermint I’ve got a female one.
Yes but you'll half to closely monitor if they both get food. They often fight over food.
I bought a juvenile spotted pleco at my local pet smart I put him in a 1 gallon tank becuase currently he is very small and when he get big I put him into 60 gallon tank. He not eating his wafers I feed him at 10:00 at night. He shy boi. I need help can u give me some tips thanks
Long fin super red
Do I need to boil the green beans first??
Looking forward to new videos.
is it ok to pair wherein the male is bigger than the female?
How do I keep my fish from eating my baby pleco?? I just discovered 3 tiny plecos in my tank
Where can I find your calico bristle nose for sale?
L107 Btilliant Ancistrus is probable the niecest together with the L144a Snow white ancistrus
I have super red, albino and browns
LFs are my favorite... 👍
I need to get some LF in my life
Idk if I could pick just one. I love the pleco it's self. They are adorable lil fish. I have 2 females, I learned how to actually sex them correctly. Mine have shorter thicker bodies their noses are very broad and hard. My albino is ruffly 4 inches, I named her Lilith. She has a whole 40 breeder. My other is brown as you said with nice white saddle marks on her back and throughout her tail. I got her when she was a week old. She is going on 8 months of age and she is just over 4 inches. I named her lil one. She was smallest and I did not know the sex of the fish. She has the 20 long to herself. I would like to get one for my 30 tall. I have had my eye on a super red long fin, or a albino long fin. I definitely want a male. The Barbs they are are wild and love it. My neighbor has a striking male. His is brown with yellow spots, and full head dress. I have thought about breeding. I do have enough filtration for it, plus I'm not lazy and I'm about testing my water, ans I'm on top of water changes. I have one fish a male betta he is my OG. Gilbert. A.K.A Grumpy Gill. His 3 gallon keeper I can do much too, he is a sensitive man. Last time I cleaned his keeper he chewed his fins. I haven't dared to scrub it again so he has a jungle of algae for plants and seems to really love it. I throw ghost shrimp in there to clean up some and I have some pond snails. He also raise's my one mystery snail I keep from clutches that I raise for puffer food. They have prefect shells for it. Oh yeah and my plecos for veggies, get green beans, blanched kale (which all my fish love.) I give them a a crab pellets, algae tabs, they will also eat blood worms, and brine shrimp. They also clean up the dead ghost shrimp as well.
Cool setups, nice that you know your individual fish and their needs. You’ve got their care down. It’s hard to pick favorites. Whenever I do it’s always for that week or day but rarely does it stay the same for long lol.
@@WildFishTanks lmao it really is hard to pick just one
Suckie Fish. Everyone needs a Bristlenose!
Agreed!
Calico bristlenose look the best
Do you have any information on Clown/tiger Plecos
which bristle nose would you say could go with severums?
It's unfortunate that they are really nocturnal and hide alot you may see them for like 15 to 20 minutes a day when feeding
Hi will these fish be ok with cichlids ?
My son named his BN Batman
love it
I know it's a old video. But I just got 4 blue eyed lemons. So ty , 1 year later lol
My pesky amano shrimp keep stealing my bristlenose’s food, not the veggies but any pellets or wafers, any tips?
I often take a piece of decor and coat it with repashy, and maybe feed a small amount of pellets/brine when adding the repashy to distract the shrimp.
Seth Farnham thanks that’s a brilliant idea
So longs as you have caves for them you should have no issues
20-30% water change a week 🙄
Haven't done a water change in about 2 months
As long as there female I'm down for any of them
6 adds on thi video?
Can I get some booze a nap like girls
They’re so Ugly though. I can’t bare to keep something that ugly in my possession. It’d ruin the whole ascetic I’m going for. Going for natural beauty, not natural ugliness.
I think they look pre-historic. My initial though was the same as yours though. Can’t wait for my little guy to get his bristles.