Bristlenose pleco breeding journal

[Carpintis Keeper]

congrats on their progression

 

[supergourami]

how do i tell male from female? i have 3 bristle nose and 1 is much bigger then the other 2 and seems much more dominate is he the male?

 

[Loves severums]

how do i tell male from female? i have 3 bristle nose and 1 is much bigger then the other 2 and seems much more dominate is he the male?

here a pic of my other male



Here a long fin female i had a long time ago

 

[Anchovie]

So what's the difference between males and females? Is there an easy way to tell?


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[Loves severums]

So what's the difference between males and females? Is there an easy way to tell?


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yes look at the pics. The male has the brisle on his nose and the female does not....

 

[Anchovie]

I have no experience with bn plecos. Do they have to bristles when they're young or do they develop at maturity? Just trying to learn.


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[Loves severums]

Huge Update now my albino bristlenose and my normal female bristlenose just bred and now i have eggs from them!

 

[Carpintis Keeper]

congrats for spawn and i wanted to know that what should be the size for their breeding

 

[hamster]

cool well done the trick is how do you stop them breeding lol once they pop they dont stop. to get mine to spawn I jusd did a w/c and used cold water to fill up.

 

[Pyramid_Party]

Pretty cool, congrats.