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My pleco breeding facility

Posted: 07 Dec 2011, 18:55
by Cristoffer Forssander
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)

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I use central filtration system; 15% of the total water volyme...

Cheers
Cristoffer

Re: My pleco breeding facility

Posted: 07 Dec 2011, 23:38
by Matt30
Hi

Looks grate mate,dont fancy your water/electric bill though.

Re: My pleco breeding facility

Posted: 07 Dec 2011, 23:42
by pleco_breeder
Very nice set-up. I especially like the idea of using pipe-wrap as a flotation device ;)

Larry

Re: My pleco breeding facility

Posted: 08 Dec 2011, 00:32
by MatsP
Really nice, thanks for sharing!

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Mats

Re: My pleco breeding facility

Posted: 08 Dec 2011, 04:15
by Elwood
Wow! Do you have any pictures of your filtration system?

Re: My pleco breeding facility

Posted: 08 Dec 2011, 11:35
by Sweety
Wow thats some set up you have

Re: My pleco breeding facility

Posted: 08 Dec 2011, 19:57
by wrasse
Blimey!!! I thought I was bad!

Hats off to you Cristoffer :YMAPPLAUSE:

There are other fish in there... what else do you have?

Re: My pleco breeding facility

Posted: 10 Dec 2011, 01:51
by corybrummie2010
Fantastic breeding facility you have Cristoffer :-BD

Re: My pleco breeding facility

Posted: 10 Dec 2011, 18:51
by Cristoffer Forssander
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...

Re: My pleco breeding facility

Posted: 10 Dec 2011, 19:18
by Cristoffer Forssander
Thanks all!

Elwood! The second image is the filtration system! They are re-build aquariums

Re: My pleco breeding facility

Posted: 11 Dec 2011, 13:48
by Cristoffer Forssander
Matt30 wrote:Hi

Looks grate mate,dont fancy your water/electric bill though.
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.
And as I use central filter system, I can keep the water quality guite good, but a lot of waterchanges yes.

Re: My pleco breeding facility

Posted: 11 Dec 2011, 13:53
by Cristoffer Forssander
wrasse wrote:Blimey!!! I thought I was bad!

Hats off to you Cristoffer :YMAPPLAUSE:

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

Re: My pleco breeding facility

Posted: 11 Dec 2011, 20:15
by bigbird
very nice setup and good ideas. cheers jk b-)

Re: My pleco breeding facility

Posted: 11 Dec 2011, 22:48
by 2wheelsx2
Wow, that looks like a lot of work to put together. Nice job!

Re: My pleco breeding facility

Posted: 18 Dec 2011, 23:11
by Lloydy
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 :))

Re: My pleco breeding facility

Posted: 21 Dec 2011, 14:17
by excuzzzeme
Quite a system you have there!

Re: My pleco breeding facility

Posted: 16 Jan 2012, 22:44
by rövarprinsen
Looks great can i come visit next time im in that neck of the woods? Mvh/Stevie Klasson ^:)^

Re: My pleco breeding facility

Posted: 17 Jan 2012, 07:27
by AleGer
Cristoffer Forssander, quite impressive:)
I have two fat females of L heterodon so I'm crossing my fingers for finding a male soon...
That is the fish I'd like to purchase, but can't fined anywhere:(
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:)
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.
=)) Yes, I recently problem with my H.zebra. I really don't know the real quantity of them now.