My pleco breeding facility

[Cristoffer Forssander]

Hello!

I have been working on this for 1 1/2 yeras and at this spring my pleco facility will be finished.

Thought Í could share some images with you.

I have breedinggroups or pairs of L15, L20, L30, L134, L239, L397, H. contradens, L201, L340, L333, L200, L128, L124, L114, L91, L240, L241, L264, L107, L71, L14 and probably some more. And P. motoro par (that probably have been mating)





Stingray tank








I use central filtration system; 15% of the total water volyme...

Cheers
Cristoffer

[Matt30]

Hi

Looks grate mate,dont fancy your water/electric bill though.

[pleco_breeder]

Very nice set-up. I especially like the idea of using pipe-wrap as a flotation device ;)

Larry

[MatsP]

Really nice, thanks for sharing!

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Mats

[Elwood]

Wow! Do you have any pictures of your filtration system?

[Sweety]

Wow thats some set up you have

[wrasse]

Blimey!!! I thought I was bad!

Hats off to you Cristoffer

There are other fish in there... what else do you have?

[corybrummie2010]

Fantastic breeding facility you have Cristoffer

[Cristoffer Forssander]

Very nice set-up. I especially like the idea of using pipe-wrap as a flotation device ;)

Larry

Thanks! Works really well.
I need to use grave with more sensetive fry like Lepos...

[Cristoffer Forssander]

Thanks all!

Elwood! The second image is the filtration system! They are re-build aquariums

[Cristoffer Forssander]

Hi

Looks grate mate,dont fancy your water/electric bill though.

Really not that bad. My room is next to a waterr heating facility so I use the heat via that room. I almost never use heaters. I think i use around 600 - 700 watt.
And as I use central filter system, I can keep the water quality guite good, but a lot of waterchanges yes.

[Cristoffer Forssander]

Blimey!!! I thought I was bad!

Hats off to you Cristoffer

There are other fish in there... what else do you have?

Except the species above, I have to mention L25s. Not that big but i have 6 of them. I have two fat females of L heterodon so I'm crossing my fingers for finding a male soon... I also have large breedinggroups of sturisoma aureum and festivum.

Paraochromis loicelli, Geophagus altifrons and orangehead... probably more fishes as well....
Thats a bad ting with having many fishes and aquariums,.. you can loss the count of them... A week ago I thought I had 5 L200 but I had 9.... Perhaps I will use nots on the aquariums.


Cristoffer

[bigbird]

very nice setup and good ideas. cheers jk

[2wheelsx2]

Wow, that looks like a lot of work to put together. Nice job!

[Lloydy]

WOW! This has got me reconsidering my current L-14 setup, might have to dig a cellar / take a wall out to fit in that many tanks

[excuzzzeme]

Quite a system you have there!

[rövarprinsen]

Looks great can i come visit next time im in that neck of the woods? Mvh/Stevie Klasson

[AleGer]

Cristoffer Forssander, quite impressive:)

I have two fat females of L heterodon so I'm crossing my fingers for finding a male soon...

That is the fish I'd like to purchase, but can't fined anywhere:(
I know Ole Paulsen from Norway has a group of L.heterodon, may be he has an redundant male for sale.

I really hope that I will be able to buy any L.heterodon in future:)

Thats a bad ting with having many fishes and aquariums,.. you can loss the count of them... A week ago I thought I had 5 L200 but I had 9.... Perhaps I will use nots on the aquariums.

Yes, I recently problem with my H.zebra. I really don't know the real quantity of them now.