wtb: small ceramic logs for BN to breed in

[Mattzilla]

i'm after 2 and would prfer them to not be too big

thanks
matt

[kevkoi]

wouldn't a 2inch PVC pipe of about 20cm in length do for that purpose? :P

[Mattzilla]

yeah but the BN are in tanks that are display tanks and pvc pipes would look crap.... i want to go for something that algea or a plant can grow on that will gradually look kind of natural.

[tanks319]

What is the best way to get bn to breed???I have 4 large females and 2 large males in a planted tank with lots of wood but they will not breed!!!!
Any suggestions???

[Mattzilla]

not sure.... i thought BN where preety easy to breed. my friends who breed them say add male plus female plus water plus hollow log and bob's your uncle.

does anyone else have any experience breeding bn? what water perameters do they prefer?

[flukes]

Everyone experiences sucess at different pars. Although they say slightly acidic ive seen many breed at 8.0 ph, main thing is the cave better too have a few, so the male can choose his favorite.

[kevkoi]

not sure.... i thought BN where preety easy to breed. my friends who breed them say add male plus female plus water plus hollow log and bob's your uncle.

does anyone else have any experience breeding bn? what water perameters do they prefer?

EXACTLY right... except, u forgot to add, feed well with greens and brineshrimp, do a cold waterchange, keep the temperature down to about 26degrees..... and bob's your uncle.

[Mattzilla]

what if they are in the same tank with your discus and you can't keep the temp down around 26 deg kev? my bn are with my discus....

[Mattzilla]

by the way, i'm still after a few ceramic logs if abyone has any.......

[Chris McMahon]

by the way, i'm still after a few ceramic logs if abyone has any.......

Look for a LFS that sells the "aquarium art" range. I've got a couple of those "large bristlenose logs" myself. Unfortunately they were taken over by my Clown loaches soon after they were introduced, so I haven't had the bns breed at all.