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Torres2268
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| diademhill wrote: | I use a 30g plus tank for just a pair of bristlenoses but you can keep other fish with them - not a group of angels in a 30g tank though.
Zerbra loaches grow to about 3, need to be in groups and will eat bristlenose eggs & fry.
If you already have a 20g you should eb using it fro the baby bristlenoses rather than a 10g.
Snails are easy to remove with bottle traps and if they are trumpet snails loaches won't eat them. |
Actually they are pouch or tadpole snails and there is a few of them.....would zebra loaches eat them?
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Torres2268
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| Posted: 2010.09.29(Wed)6:11 Post subject: |
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[quote="Torres2268"] | diademhill wrote: | I use a 30g plus tank for just a pair of bristlenoses but you can keep other fish with them - not a group of angels in a 30g tank though.
Zerbra loaches grow to about 3, need to be in groups and will eat bristlenose eggs & fry.
If you already have a 20g you should eb using it fro the baby bristlenoses rather than a 10g.
Snails are easy to remove with bottle traps and if they are trumpet snails loaches won't eat them. |
Actually they are pouch or tadpole snails and there is a few of them.....would zebra loaches eat them?[/quot
and also I have them in 16 gallon tank by 10 high I made a mistake it's not a 10 gallon tank is that good for the baby's.......I won't have the 2o gallon that long.... 
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Tsartetra
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| Posted: 2010.09.29(Wed)6:43 Post subject: |
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| diademhill wrote: | I use a 30g plus tank for just a pair of bristlenoses but you can keep other fish with them - not a group of angels in a 30g tank though.
Zerbra loaches grow to about 3, need to be in groups and will eat bristlenose eggs & fry.
If you already have a 20g you should eb using it fro the baby bristlenoses rather than a 10g.
Snails are easy to remove with bottle traps and if they are trumpet snails loaches won't eat them. |
Actually, Botia modesta will!  Cracks the tip right off and slurps them out the back way! It's amazing!
Of course, they get beyond 8 inches which is why I gave mine to my local zoo last weekend...  |
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diademhill
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| Posted: 2010.09.29(Wed)6:48 Post subject: |
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| Quote: | | I have them in 16 gallon tank by 10 high I made a mistake it's not a 10 gallon tank is that good for the baby's |
Please tell us the actual tank measurements & the water depth.
B modesta can make a mess of fingers too! |
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Torres2268
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| Posted: 2010.09.29(Wed)7:42 Post subject: |
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| diademhill wrote: | | Quote: | | I have them in 16 gallon tank by 10 high I made a mistake it's not a 10 gallon tank is that good for the baby's |
Please tell us the actual tank measurements & the water depth.
B modesta can make a mess of fingers too! |
16 inch long 10 inch deep and 81/2 wide ....
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diademhill
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| Posted: 2010.09.29(Wed)7:50 Post subject: |
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That is only five gallons after substrate.
Get the 20g ready for the babies ASAP.
Please stop quoting all of previous posts - it is only needed when answering a much earlier post. |
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rales12
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| Posted: 2010.09.29(Wed)8:43 Post subject: |
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Torres, I have a tank that exact size... I wouldn't keep baby bristlenoses in there for long. I imagine they'll quickly outgrow it, especially 45ish of them.
Also, if you're going to be breeding the bristlenoses... do you have a plan to get rid of the offspring? Sell them to the LFS, etc? I would guess that they'd like to know ahead of time if that's your plan, versus you walking in with a bucket of baby b/ns and asking if they'll take them off you're hands. Just a thought for the future 
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Torres2268
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| Posted: 2010.09.29(Wed)8:59 Post subject: |
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OK there in the twenty gallon tank everything look good... thanks for telling me.. and yes I am planing on selling them to friends and family and a pet store around the neighborhood I am just not gonna throw them away or just give them away either.... I love my fishy's.... 
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Torres2268
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| Posted: 2010.09.30(Thu)10:01 Post subject: |
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booth my tanks...a 30 and a 20 gallon....
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| Can you measure those tanks please? |
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