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Hi my names is joe,

i have been looking at the site for bout half year now and it has been useful for me.(congratz with the site) i have just bought my second tank which is now maturing. i am new to this only started bout year ago now my dad got me in to them and he has been doing it for bout 5 years now and is now trying to breed zebras hopefully. i know bit from him and my local fish shop and of course this site.

cheers

joe

Welcome to Planet Catfish.

Breeding Zebra plecos is something a lot of people want to do, and as long as you have a decent bank-account to get the breeding stock, it's certainly doable. But I would certainly start with something a bit less pricey, for two reasons:
1. Bringing up pleco fry requires a bit of skill - practice on something that is easy to breed and where you don't think "that's £50 down the drain" each time you have to pick up a dead one [hopefully that doesn't happen, but if it's going to happen, wouldn't you prefer if they are worth 50p, instead?].
2. Getting Zebra pleco's to spawn can be a bit tricky. Practicing on "getting them to spawn" on something less complicated can be a good starting point.

Good luck.

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Mats

welcome

Welcome to Planet catfish!

sorry maybe did not say it right i anit doing zebras me dad is i have got at the moment in a small tank the plecs i got is 2 x l204 and a l114 and some other little fish. yeah you do need alot of money and alot of time which my dad has and he thought he give it ago.

cheers

joe

Ok, fair enough - good luck to your dad. Of course, my advice still holds for your dad: Start with something easy, before tackling the slightly more complicated and sensitive fish.

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Mats

yeah cool thankyou

& if your dad is finding it tricky there's plenty of people in these forums who've been successful who can provide specific advice on how they did it

cool thankyou i have got him to join he is jerry58.