[brandon O]

i know these aren't cichlids i just felt like sharing.
these are my common bristlenose.
male

female

there first babies

 

[brinkles]

How do you breed plecos?

 

[monisaab]

How do you breed plecos?

+1...

 

[brandon O]

if you get a male and female bristlenose put them in a tank together and put in a tube shaped cave for them to lay in and give cucumber and other things for them to eat hopefully they will breed.

 

[allierw]

Bristlenose plecos are easy to breed...and once they get started, they breed like rabbits! I would start with 1 male and 1-2 females and have lots of caves...frequent water changes to induce spawning also helps.

 

[Chunkanese]

hah! cute.

 

[toddnbecka]

You must have scattered the fry, they normally stay with the father until the yolk sacs are absorbed.
I have multiple brown BN breeders that also produce albino and calico fry. I've been dropping the brown fry into tanks with cichlids, already have too many of those.

 

[brandon O]

no i think the male kicked them out when they were still eggs

 

[si fu sblano]

how do you know how to sex them

 

[allierw]

For bristlenose varieties, males have bristles, females don't.

 

[brandon O]

usually the males have lots of big bristles on his nose and the female has none or a few small ones

 

[si fu sblano]

thank you

 

[sickwithcichlids]

Another way to tell which is male(when still young w no bristles) is to look at his head shape. The males head tends to be slightly longer and flatter while the females is shorter and rounder. I have also noticed males tent to have a sort of army camo with light and dark contrast. Females are more blended in color.