Bristlenose Factory

09/19/2025

I raise house plants as well as fish and will be bringing these to the upcoming swap. Mostly sansevieria, few crown of thorns and some Thanksgiving cactus. Come see me at booth #14.

09/18/2025

Don't forget to mark your calendars for October 4, the last DFWAA event of 2025. There will be lots of fish stuff as well as plants and reptiles. Always something interesting for everybody.

08/30/2025

Had a disaster of a water change last week. Finished a my Wednesday changes and went in the house. Came back out a few hours later to death. Killed my adult colony of C. soulosi and 5 adult S. multis I was trying to get to breed with them. Several 3" bristlenose in the tank and only 1 was lost. I guess I didn't dechlorinate the tank. Tough and expensive loss.

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08/30/2025

Quick video of one of the 100 gallon vats. Full of albino peacocks. There are also some OB's and well as a few white lab and C. saulosi males in there. Will tear down early October depending on temps and sell all of them. Some of them will come to the October 4 Expo in Lewisville.

08/30/2025

DFWAA is sponsoring a swap meet on October 4. Below are details I have at this time. Note new location. Will post the flier when I get it. See all of you there. Last event until spring of 2026!

Venue: The Vista Mall (Lewisville)
Address: 2401 S Stemmons Fwy, Lewisville, TX 75067
Saturday, October 4th, 2025, 10am – 4pm

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07/22/2025

Got another flier about the swap meet in Shertz this weekend. Should be a good turn out and lots of stuff for sale and very good prices. See you there.

07/18/2025

Another reminder, if you want to contact me DO NOT do it here. Text 817-726-6262 for a much quicker response.

06/09/2025

Rough weather night in DFW last night. Winds to 82 MPH and lots of rain. I was worried about roof damage, only had the new roof about a month from the March 8 hail storm. Luckily we have no damage. The power went out a midnight which becomes a problem with the fish in 1-2 hours. It wasn't too hot so I had to fire up the generator in the rain to get the linear piston pumps going. Got a little sleep and woke up at 6:30 when the power came back on. No casualties so just an inconvenience.

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05/28/2025

I am definitely a fish person but have always kept house plants. I like the Sansevieria genus especially. Understand that it was merged with Dracena some time ago. Attached are some pictures of what I have. Like the more rare and unusual ones the best. Most have been bought on line through Etsy. Local places do not keep anything but the common plants generally. Large pot is Moonshine, pot is 18" in diameter. I made the stand it is on a swell as the tall one, allows me to water without making a mess.

05/28/2025

There is going to be a swap meet in Shertz where the HCCC always has their events on July 27. Their first event, trying to generate more interest in the fish hobby. I know of at least one of our local vendors from the DFWAA that will be there also. See flier below for more info.

05/21/2025

Bought 10 Cyp kitumba last July 30 at about 2", first spawn from them. The female is about 3" and had these 8 huge babies. It amazes me how a fish so small can hold this much in her mouth. She had held for 3 weeks. They are in a tumbler now to finish absorbing their egg sacks. Finally will get to increase my colony size.

05/21/2025

Finally got the ponds set up. We had a hail storm on March 8, needed a new roof, gutters... Got the whole house painted outside. Didn't want to set them up until all that was completed. Need to get some fish in the to start the cycle.