shamrock4life01 Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Hi I have just started a mbuna tank, planning on having electric yellows and electric blues. Water is hard and ph is around 7.8. Is it possible to have bn catfish in these conditions? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Link2Hell Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 BN will be fine in there most people keep them in alkaline waterjust remember that Electric Blue are piscavores and will eat whatfits in their mouth and baby BN have spines just like adults Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DFishkeeper Posted March 25, 2014 Share Posted March 25, 2014 Simple answer is yes, I have had bristlenose breeding and thriving in my African system for many years Just don't throw them straight from soft acidic water into the hard alkaline water, put them in a bucket of their original water and use some airline tubing to slowly mix the new water to acclimatise them first.Cheers, Doug Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock4life01 Posted March 26, 2014 Author Share Posted March 26, 2014 Im planning on starting evrything from fry and im still up in the air with the electrc blues... considering shell dwellers instead=) if anyone happens to be or knows a shell dweller breeder let me know=) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LithoMan Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 100% will be okBeen breeding for me for years in hard waterBut I suggest she'll dwellers/ bristlenose not good comboA few things the bristlenose will trap them in logs and so onPlus eat the eggs once they get in the shells at night Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YAL05T Posted March 26, 2014 Share Posted March 26, 2014 Sorry guys but I disagree, they will survive and breed but to state that they will "thrive" is false.The number of times that I have seen people cringe at folks keeping Africans and Americans together yet the humble Ancistrus get a she'll be right toss it in any tank.If you are going to do it avoid albinos, they will show burn marks, stick to the plain old sp. 3 in brown colour and as stated don't move them from their natural environmental tolerances to a high Ph as this may have a negative effect.Noting the OP only has two posts I think a bit more valid information for them is warranted. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
shamrock4life01 Posted March 30, 2014 Author Share Posted March 30, 2014 Sorry guys but I disagree, they will survive and breed but to state that they will "thrive" is false.The number of times that I have seen people cringe at folks keeping Africans and Americans together yet the humble Ancistrus get a she'll be right toss it in any tank.If you are going to do it avoid albinos, they will show burn marks, stick to the plain old sp. 3 in brown colour and as stated don't move them from their natural environmental tolerances to a high Ph as this may have a negative effect.Noting the OP only has two posts I think a bit more valid information for them is warranted.What do you mean by burn marks? Also 7.8 is too high? Thanks for your response =) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
YAL05T Posted March 30, 2014 Share Posted March 30, 2014 I have seen numerous albino BN kept in Hugh ph tanks display what looks like darkened burn marks on various parts of the body. While I can not say its due to ph entirely I have never seen it on an albino kept in neutral or acidic water.To be honest they do best between 5.8-7.2. They will survive as stated in your tank and will Iikley breed for you too. I just like folks to get good info, and as an L cat breeder I still have a soft spot for the much neglected and abused bristlenose. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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