Anyone have any info on keeping Culaea inconstans, brook stickleback in aquaria? I just won some on aquabid. Thanks.
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nobody?PLECOS SUCK!
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Originally posted by fshfrk";p="i know they eat water boat men?PLECOS SUCK!
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Nest building by males begins in the spring at water temperatures of 59º to 66º F. A rounded nest is built from organic debris, filamentous algae, and other materials. The nests are attached to a stem of vegetation by a whitish cement secreted by the male.
Male aggressively seeks a female that is gravid. The female enters the nest opening and is continuously prodded by the male until eggs are deposited. Immediately after leaving the nest the female is chased away by the male. The male then enters the nest and fertilizes the eggs.
Eggs are incubated by the male, vigorously fanning a current of water through the nest. Eggs hatch in 7-ll days, depending upon water temperature.
Male continues to guard nest after the eggs hatch, retrieving fry that stray by catching them in his mouth, one at a time, and spitting them back into the nest. After several days, young escape so fast the male is unable to retrieve them, and he either abandons the paternal duty or consumes his own offspring.
Comments: Stickleback behavior patterns are quite elaborate and have been studied intensively for many years.
Make interesting aquarium fish, but their aggressive behavior makes it difficult to keep other small fish.
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OK, something not already on that page from aquabid?
They are going in the non-heated 20 gallon long that I previously had my shiners, siren, hillstream loaches and exotic plecos.
What else they eat, possible other tank mates, sensitivity issues....
You know the drill. :wink:PLECOS SUCK!
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Got them in yesterday. They are TINY! One out of the 10 did not make it The others are doing fine, eating frozen brine shrimp and bloodworms. They are in my 20 gallon long which used to house my late shiners and siren. Their tankmates are a tiger pleco, common, pleco, gold spotted green pleco, a reticulated danio, and 2 flying fox. Can't wait to get a colony of these guys going!PLECOS SUCK!
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Originally posted by eklikewhoa";p="Where's the pictures?PLECOS SUCK!
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Keep your sandals on EK, they're coming!PLECOS SUCK!
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Here they go:
Happy, EK?PLECOS SUCK!
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I had these guys at one time in a native tank. They can be aggressive to tankmates and each other. They will eat any frozen foods, bloodworms, brine shrimp, etc. I have never had any luck switching them to flake foods or dry foods in general. Good luck. They definitely have cool personalities.180 Planted WC Peruvian scalare
120 Planted WC True Altums
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