Black Ghost Knife & Breeding Bristlenose's

[Mishy]

I'm thinking about breeding bristlenose ( 10+ pairs ) in a 2 foot long 2 foot tall 1 foot wide tank ( dont know galleons * I'm aussie * ), I was wondering if the black ghost knife fish would go well ín their, when he gets to about
8"-12" inch, I plan on moving him into another bigger tank.

You also might think its crowded for the bristlenose, but atm there only small, once they get bigger and start breeding I'm going to set up extra tanks ( 2-3 more about same size as one I have now. ) I would just really like to breed bristlenose catfish because they're easy to breed, and cute little things.

`Mishy

[redpaulhus]

I currently breed my ancistris in a 55g tank - 4' long x 1' wide.
Just one breeding pair, and at one point probably over 100 little offspring (multiple ages/sizes).
Right now I'm probably down under 50 one-inch fry.
(I slowed the bristlenose breeding down a bit because some dwarf cichlids in the tank also started breeding)

I found that this tank got pretty crowded as a growout tank for 100-150 fry (pleco and dwarf cichlids) - and got very messy.
Lots of water changes
And that's just from one nice pair of ancistris - 10 pair are going to be hard to keep up with !!!

As to the black ghost - I know when I had a nice sized one (10 inches or so) he used to eat pretty big earthworms and also suck the eyeballs out of platies - I wouldn't have trusted him with baby plecos (and I would have worried that he'd get one "stuck in the throat" trying to swallow it)

[BGKLOVER]

I woulnd't recomend mixing babys with the Black Knife Ghost fish. At least unless you don't want baby plecos. Let me know how it turns out. I love plecos too!





55gal

• 6 Balla Sharks ( 3 lg., 2 med., 1 sm. )
  4 Black Knife Ghost Fish
  2 Red Tail Sharks
  2 Rainbow Sharks ( 1 Is Albino )
  2 Iridescent Sharks
  1 Silver Tiped Shark
  1 Catfish
  1 Blue Lobster
  1 Pleco (XXL)

10gal

• 6 Cardinal Tetras
  5 Glowlite Tetras
  4 Flame Tetras ( 2 male, 2 female )
  2 Plecos ( 1 common, 1 spotted )
  1 Chinese Algae Eater
  1 Clown Loach