Baby BN plecos

[fishguy1978]

I pulled the 2nd spawn and counted 104 with 24 albino. I moved them into the growout with the first batch. Papa wasn't happy.

My proven supplier. According to planetcatfish he is a piebald

Would like to get this fellow a female. Will have to make arrangements with the other male to provide the bride

 

[fishguy1978]

Moved the BN fry into a 29g and picked up 8 Featherfin Green Dragon BN. My BN male is not happy about my moving his cave so that the entrance faces the front of the aquarium. I have 5 caves stack on each other and he is now hiding under the stack. I use an undergravel filter in the 90 so any eggs that get laid under there won't survive.

 

[fishguy1978]

Picked up 2 clown plecos (L104) from my LFS not sure if m/f.

 

[angelcrze]

I have a calico male. Not sure about the female as she is brown. Out of the approx 40 fry less than a dozen are albino in this batch. I have 5 29g grow out tanks waiting for a stand. I will stop by Lowes or HD to get the 2 2x6 I need after work. Already have the rest of the materials.

Oh they are so cute! And so many babies Mum and dad must each have an albino gene to get albino babies. Interesting.

I always wondered if some of my plecos were brown or calico, they get those markings. Very beautiful

 

[DwarfCichlidLvr]

Congrats!

 

[YankeeJack]

Great pics! Love the one with all of the fry!

 

[fishguy1978]

Started moving some of the BNP fry into a second 29g to lower the bio load. Some of them are getting into the 2in size.

 

[DwarfCichlidLvr]

You can start to sell them at that size. I've seen 1-1.5" for sale before.

 

[angelcrze]

You can start to sell them at that size. I've seen 1-1.5" for sale before.

Agree. A larger pleco will fetch a higher price, but many ppl are looking for baby plecos because they eat more algae. Not the reason to get a pleco, but it is how it goes. My LFS wants the smaller ones over the larger ones usually.

 

[fishguy1978]

Agree. A larger pleco will fetch a higher price, but many ppl are looking for baby plecos because they eat more algae. Not the reason to get a pleco, but it is how it goes. My LFS wants the smaller ones over the larger ones usually.

I asked my LFS what size they prefer and he requested bigger.