do you breed plecos?

[kagome]

I was wondering if anyone on the forum bred plecos, especially fancy ones.

[goldenpuon]

I'm not sure. I've heard somewhere that they like clay pots for breeding. That's about all I know.

[eve]

i believe john (8 in the corner) has bred some

[barbara]

My husband is researching pleco breeding. He wants to breed Rhino plecos. They are a mudbank spawner, and he is going to build a pool on the back porch this summer for them.

His goal is to get them to spawn successfully in a small pool, then back that down to the point he can do it in an aquarium.

These fish are either wild caught or only bred in large farms.

[kagome]

That sounds cool. I hope you are successful. I think I'd like to eventually breed the little clown plecos.

[barbara]

LOL my husband can't do anything small. I'd rather do some exotic L number, or something that stays a reasonable size. Rhinos get 9+ inches, and that's what he likes.

[kagome]

That's funny, my husband is the same way, he wants all of our aquarium fish to be the size of dinner plates! Eventually I want to try and breed the clown plecos because they are a much more reasonable size and yet they are still pretty! Plus, their preferred breeding conditions match the water coming from the tap in my area so I wouldn't have to do a whole lot of craziness setting up things up for them. I just love the one I have now!