My pleco breeding facility
- Cristoffer Forssander
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My pleco breeding facility
Hello!
I have been working on this for 1 1/2 yeras and at this spring my pleco facility will be finished.
Thought Í could share some images with you.
I have breedinggroups or pairs of L15, L20, L30, L134, L239, L397, H. contradens, L201, L340, L333, L200, L128, L124, L114, L91, L240, L241, L264, L107, L71, L14 and probably some more. And P. motoro par (that probably have been mating)
Stingray tank
I use central filtration system; 15% of the total water volyme...
Cheers
Cristoffer
I have been working on this for 1 1/2 yeras and at this spring my pleco facility will be finished.
Thought Í could share some images with you.
I have breedinggroups or pairs of L15, L20, L30, L134, L239, L397, H. contradens, L201, L340, L333, L200, L128, L124, L114, L91, L240, L241, L264, L107, L71, L14 and probably some more. And P. motoro par (that probably have been mating)
Stingray tank
I use central filtration system; 15% of the total water volyme...
Cheers
Cristoffer
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Re: My pleco breeding facility
Hi
Looks grate mate,dont fancy your water/electric bill though.
Looks grate mate,dont fancy your water/electric bill though.
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Re: My pleco breeding facility
Very nice set-up. I especially like the idea of using pipe-wrap as a flotation device ;)
Larry
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Impossible only means that somebody hasn't done it correctly yet.
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Re: My pleco breeding facility
Really nice, thanks for sharing!
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Wow thats some set up you have
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Re: My pleco breeding facility
Blimey!!! I thought I was bad!
Hats off to you Cristoffer
There are other fish in there... what else do you have?
Hats off to you Cristoffer
There are other fish in there... what else do you have?
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Fantastic breeding facility you have Cristoffer
- Cristoffer Forssander
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Re: My pleco breeding facility
pleco_breeder wrote:Very nice set-up. I especially like the idea of using pipe-wrap as a flotation device ;)
Larry
Thanks! Works really well.
I need to use grave with more sensetive fry like Lepos...
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Re: My pleco breeding facility
Thanks all!
Elwood! The second image is the filtration system! They are re-build aquariums
Elwood! The second image is the filtration system! They are re-build aquariums
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- Cristoffer Forssander
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Re: My pleco breeding facility
Really not that bad. My room is next to a waterr heating facility so I use the heat via that room. I almost never use heaters. I think i use around 600 - 700 watt.Matt30 wrote:Hi
Looks grate mate,dont fancy your water/electric bill though.
And as I use central filter system, I can keep the water quality guite good, but a lot of waterchanges yes.
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Re: My pleco breeding facility
wrasse wrote:Blimey!!! I thought I was bad!
Hats off to you Cristoffer
There are other fish in there... what else do you have?
Except the species above, I have to mention L25s. Not that big but i have 6 of them. I have two fat females of L heterodon so I'm crossing my fingers for finding a male soon... I also have large breedinggroups of sturisoma aureum and festivum.
Paraochromis loicelli, Geophagus altifrons and orangehead... probably more fishes as well....
Thats a bad ting with having many fishes and aquariums,.. you can loss the count of them... A week ago I thought I had 5 L200 but I had 9.... Perhaps I will use nots on the aquariums.
Cristoffer
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very nice setup and good ideas. cheers jk
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Wow, that looks like a lot of work to put together. Nice job!
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Re: My pleco breeding facility
WOW! This has got me reconsidering my current L-14 setup, might have to dig a cellar / take a wall out to fit in that many tanks
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Re: My pleco breeding facility
Quite a system you have there!
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Re: My pleco breeding facility
Looks great can i come visit next time im in that neck of the woods? Mvh/Stevie Klasson
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Re: My pleco breeding facility
Cristoffer Forssander, quite impressive:)
I know Ole Paulsen from Norway has a group of L.heterodon, may be he has an redundant male for sale.
I really hope that I will be able to buy any L.heterodon in future:)
That is the fish I'd like to purchase, but can't fined anywhere:(I have two fat females of L heterodon so I'm crossing my fingers for finding a male soon...
I know Ole Paulsen from Norway has a group of L.heterodon, may be he has an redundant male for sale.
I really hope that I will be able to buy any L.heterodon in future:)
Yes, I recently problem with my H.zebra. I really don't know the real quantity of them now.Thats a bad ting with having many fishes and aquariums,.. you can loss the count of them... A week ago I thought I had 5 L200 but I had 9.... Perhaps I will use nots on the aquariums.