BEST WAY TO BREED BRISTLE NOSE

[Alan Caboolture]

"Agfilm"  heavy duty clear plastic, UV stable, used for tunnel buildings in agriculture.

Mine is 15 years old and still going, but is only used in winter.

My ponds are in full sun and the covers go on some time this month, at the first sign of westerly winds, and stay on till late september.

The lowest temp I have recorded outside in covered ponds is 17*C.  Corydoras and BN handle that no problem.

I have even had africans outside over Winter I didn't intend to , but a couple of dozen Ps socoloffi and electric blues escaped the net and spent the winter in a half empty pond.   Thinking the pond was empty, it was left covered and the fish were not even fed for a couple months until they were found when we drained and cleaned the pond in spring.

[wrk21]

wont the black plastic absorb the heat better than the clear??

and air, what air? no filters, no pumps ,juz do it....

[cvanwyk]

i just found babies bristlenose in my tang tank, i have one male and three females. the male stays at one end and the three females all hang together at the other end of an eight foot tank. the cave he used was a medium sized clam shell. completely unexpected. kinda cool

chris

[braddo]

Problem is agfilm is $400 for 50m at last price Ok will last 10 years or better but haven't got that much in the way of finances right now. Bubble wrap $100 per 50m roll. Has been known to last 3 years. Which will do me until I can get a bit better off financially.