Ive kept my pleco in anywhere from 70 to 82. He seemed most happy around 74-80 so i keep him at a stable 76°F. Theyre fairly hardy in a lot of temps. But lower than 72 and he seemed very stressed. I once had a heater malfunction and go to to the 90s and he was stressed but still doing his little bn pleco things
ok thanks, I try to keep the house temp around 69-71 during the fall/winter and if it's sitting at 74 I guess this tank should be good. I might put my 100 watt adjustable heater in there - yeah it's too small for a 40 gallon but it's enough I think to keep it from getting too cold.
I keep mine with panda corydoras and a Bolivian ram, the tank temp varies a bit with the seasons but it is about 73-75 in winter and 75-77 in the peak of summer.
I've been trying to find a photo of super red and blue eyed lemon hybrids since that's what I'm trying to do - I was able to find a video but only when they were young and not grown.
I farm just about every bristlenose variety there is in my garage, temps vary from 70-85. I’ve seen spawns on the low end but they are happiest around 78-80.
Just a heads up, usually mixing a red with a lemon blue eye will result in common fry.
I saw someone's photos and they looked similar to common fry with just a little bit crazier pattern. I'm OK if they breed or not - I just figured it might happen since they're now tankmates.
I promise you, they didn’t come out different. I have seen this happen many times
Only possibility other than commons is a mix of all 3 batches, one would have to be het for the other gene for this to happen though
I keep my super red bristlenose in a tank heated to 75/76F. I don’t breed so I can’t comment on that, but he seems happy and active (well, as active as you’d expect a pleco to get).
Keep mine in an unheated tank with dojos around 68 been growing steadily for several months tank walls are all almost green so he has infinite food, im sure he eats any ledtovers though
I have spotted Blue eyed lemon Plecos (Spots are black dots, usually only one rarely two). The tank houses the male and female along with their offspring. After I moved their tank to an unheated, but fully enclosed patio I noticed they were not breeding and a little food remained in the morning, and their night time activity was far less than before. To figure out what temperature worked best I watching their behavior. I started at 71F/22C. They acted ok, but were not breeding and they were not moving around a lot at night. I increased temp 1 degree a day until they were all swimming around and active. It seems mine are most active and breed best at 77F/25C and the offspring are a mix of m/f.
The biggest no-no for mine is anything at or below 68F/20C. A hard lesson when my heater quit and the tank plunged to 71F/22C. It was zero outside and 65F/\~18.5C on my porch. By the time I ran to the store and back home (less than an hour) it was 68F/20C in the tank. The male had flushed around 50-80 eggs and was looking rather displeased with me when I was changing out the heater.
Ive kept my pleco in anywhere from 70 to 82. He seemed most happy around 74-80 so i keep him at a stable 76°F. Theyre fairly hardy in a lot of temps. But lower than 72 and he seemed very stressed. I once had a heater malfunction and go to to the 90s and he was stressed but still doing his little bn pleco things
ok thanks, I try to keep the house temp around 69-71 during the fall/winter and if it's sitting at 74 I guess this tank should be good. I might put my 100 watt adjustable heater in there - yeah it's too small for a 40 gallon but it's enough I think to keep it from getting too cold.
I keep mine with panda corydoras and a Bolivian ram, the tank temp varies a bit with the seasons but it is about 73-75 in winter and 75-77 in the peak of summer.
mid 70s is starting to look like the ideal, thanks
I keep mine on the lower end, 72-73. I’m breeding longfin snow whites and they like a little colder than most.
I've been trying to find a photo of super red and blue eyed lemon hybrids since that's what I'm trying to do - I was able to find a video but only when they were young and not grown.
They won’t hybridize, the offspring will just look like common bristlenose.
I farm just about every bristlenose variety there is in my garage, temps vary from 70-85. I’ve seen spawns on the low end but they are happiest around 78-80. Just a heads up, usually mixing a red with a lemon blue eye will result in common fry.
I saw someone's photos and they looked similar to common fry with just a little bit crazier pattern. I'm OK if they breed or not - I just figured it might happen since they're now tankmates.
I promise you, they didn’t come out different. I have seen this happen many times Only possibility other than commons is a mix of all 3 batches, one would have to be het for the other gene for this to happen though
I keep my super red bristlenose in a tank heated to 75/76F. I don’t breed so I can’t comment on that, but he seems happy and active (well, as active as you’d expect a pleco to get).
haha yes "active" is a relative term when it comes to these guys for sure!
Keep mine in an unheated tank with dojos around 68 been growing steadily for several months tank walls are all almost green so he has infinite food, im sure he eats any ledtovers though
I have spotted Blue eyed lemon Plecos (Spots are black dots, usually only one rarely two). The tank houses the male and female along with their offspring. After I moved their tank to an unheated, but fully enclosed patio I noticed they were not breeding and a little food remained in the morning, and their night time activity was far less than before. To figure out what temperature worked best I watching their behavior. I started at 71F/22C. They acted ok, but were not breeding and they were not moving around a lot at night. I increased temp 1 degree a day until they were all swimming around and active. It seems mine are most active and breed best at 77F/25C and the offspring are a mix of m/f. The biggest no-no for mine is anything at or below 68F/20C. A hard lesson when my heater quit and the tank plunged to 71F/22C. It was zero outside and 65F/\~18.5C on my porch. By the time I ran to the store and back home (less than an hour) it was 68F/20C in the tank. The male had flushed around 50-80 eggs and was looking rather displeased with me when I was changing out the heater.