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[brittany_137]

I recently purchased a colony of bristlenose, the person I got them from told me that it's best to have more males than females. Has anyone else been told any different? How many males to females has anyone else had?

[Bowdy]

What ratio do you have.
I was told by the pro that even ratio is best 1 for 1
But if more males then at lease there is always a male there to fan the eggs.
Cheers.

[Simon A]

I keep breeding pairs (1M and 1F) all in separate tanks with great success.

[brittany_137]

I have about 10 males and 7 females, so there's not really much different between them.

[Bowdy]

Gees that's a big colony. Are they just commons?
What size are they. That ratio will be fine.

Edited by bowdy88, 15 March 2011 - 04:24 PM.

[terboz123]

hey there
a one to one ratio is best, as i think most people have stated above...

I currently breed Albinos, Common and i think i have my first clutch of longfin eggs, dont really wanna disturb it shinin a torch down, as hopefully its there first batch.

That is a big colony, what size tank may i ask??

alot of people very there opininos on only have one pair per tank, compared to colonys, to be honest i do what works for your self....

People also say to remove the fry @ 2 cms to another tank, some people do, some dont.. I dont have mine are always constantly breeding

Unfortuntly i lost my main breeder to a battler with a smaller male i think, and thats the negative about colonies i guess. Bristlnose arnt spose to be an agressive fish but its the only thing i can come down to really considering my water tested okay..

good luck cause once that start they never STOP


brett

[brittany_137]

Yeah, im pretty sure they're all commons but a couple look like marbled ones. They're between mostly fully grown and theres a few juvys.


At the moment they're in a 4ft tank. Cool, thanks for your input sorry to hear about that.

[Bowdy]

What filtration are you running on the tank. There messy buggers

[terboz123]

sure are...i had sponges and internal powerhead filters...i would like to eventuelly swapt to UGF....but ive just ripped apart 3 tanks to destroy my snail problem!

[brittany_137]

I've got 4 filters set up in there at the moment unsure on what they're actually are

[terboz123]

photos could be agood idea!

[Dr_Pat]

There's a few different schools of thought.
More females to males because one male can fan several batches of eggs.
More males to females because one female can service many males (What's the term for that kind of thing?)
One to one.......not really sure about the justification for this. I think this is common among people who either have a mass of divided or smaller tanks and people who are unaware of the aforementioned ideas.

[bigjohnnofish]

scientificly its been proven you need a male and female for eggs... having spares of each isnt really a drama either way... as long as 1 male and 1 female are doing their stuff.... and if theres more than one male in the tank they arent beating the living suitcase outa each other then its all good....

[Simon A]

There's a few different schools of thought.
More females to males because one male can fan several batches of eggs.
More males to females because one female can service many males (What's the term for that kind of thing?)
One to one.......not really sure about the justification for this. I think this is common among people who either have a mass of divided or smaller tanks and people who are unaware of the aforementioned ideas.

I found that with more males in a tank, they compete for caves, even if you have more caves than males, there is always one cave that every male likes. I have had more regular spawns since I separated my B/N into separate tanks.

[brittany_137]

thanks for all your input, really appreciate it

[Dr_Pat]

Realistically, with the colony you mentioned earlier, they're gonna hump. You will get tonnes of babies. It's all good.