Breeding set up for 7 juve L181

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Liam333
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Breeding set up for 7 juve L181

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Hi everyone

This is my first post here so go easy ! Lol

Just purchased 7 very small L181s and was thinking of a breeding colony. They are currently housed in my planted 120lt with 4 common BN and 10 green neons with plenty of bogwood.
I have a spare 50lt tank and was wondering wether to move them to this ?
Or how big a set up should I have for breeding this group in the future ? (Depending on how many males I have)

At the minute they are about 3cm Thanks
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Re: Breeding set up for 7 juve L181

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Thanks for all your help guys ! LOL
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Re: Breeding set up for 7 juve L181

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what are the dimensions of the tank. IMO, the tank is too small for them as adults. I have never had luck with breeding ancistrus, but have had some pretty aggressive males destroy countless numbers of both sexes in a tank that is 122 cm x 30.5 cm x 30.5 cm.

A concern I also have is the 4 common BN. If they are kept together, possible hybrids could happen. Not to mention ift he commons have the head start on size/maturity, when the L181's start to mature, they won't have the size to fend off the bigger more dominant common male.
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Re: Breeding set up for 7 juve L181

Post by Liam333 »

Thanks for the reply

I've just purchased a four foot tank so just beginning to set that up as a breeding/ grow out tank.
Going for a thin layer of sand and some potted/ floating plants, bog wood and some slate caves would this suit ?

From what I have read on them they are slow growing think they would need to double in size at the very least before thinking about breeding. Any other views or suggestion ?
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