I've got a 20 tall I'm hoping to set up soon that I'm going to breed some Ancistrus in. The filtration will be a seeded sponge filter rated for a 50 plus as many water changes as it takes to keep quality perfect. I do want to make a few bucks though so I'm looking for a strain or color variant that'll sell reasonably well such as super red or green dragon. However I don't want them to be so uncommon that LFSs are scared to buy them. So I do have a few questions?
1) What is a good make to female ratio? And how many of each as adults in a 20 tall!
2) What's the best temperature to keep them at to breed?
3) Are there any special things I have to do (ex changing water) to get adults to breed?
4) What's the best foods to feed adults normally and what's the best to get them to breed?
5) What's the best thing to feed the fry?
6) What's the best substrate and decor?
7) What's the best strain that'll sell regularly but will still make some nice money?
Thanks for the help guys! I'm hoping to get back into plecos with this project, for awhile I was getting really interested in plecos but then my lemon drop BN died from heater burns and my super red longfin BN got eaten by my asian bumblebee cat so I kind of got out of plecos for a while since now I'm just down to my good old gibbiceps.
1) What is a good make to female ratio? And how many of each as adults in a 20 tall!
2) What's the best temperature to keep them at to breed?
3) Are there any special things I have to do (ex changing water) to get adults to breed?
4) What's the best foods to feed adults normally and what's the best to get them to breed?
5) What's the best thing to feed the fry?
6) What's the best substrate and decor?
7) What's the best strain that'll sell regularly but will still make some nice money?
Thanks for the help guys! I'm hoping to get back into plecos with this project, for awhile I was getting really interested in plecos but then my lemon drop BN died from heater burns and my super red longfin BN got eaten by my asian bumblebee cat so I kind of got out of plecos for a while since now I'm just down to my good old gibbiceps.