Bristlenose Factory

10/20/2024

Added J. ornatus Albino this weekend. 2 nice size and 5 juveniles. Will post pictures at some point.

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10/17/2024

Don't have much from Malawi any longer. Did keep C. azureus because I just like them. Got about 30 tumbling from a young group of 2 males and 8 females that grew out on one of the 100 gallon vats this summer. Kept them group of albino peacocks to use to get fry from the S. multis I have been raising for over a year now. I always strip the females a few days after they are holding hoping to see baby catfish. Still no luck but got about 100 eggs and decided to go ahead and hatch them out.

10/17/2024

Petricola spawned last night. Watched them for a while then wanted to get on video but they got camera shy. Pulled the eggs this morning and loaded them in the tumbler. It is made by Ziss and I have removed to screen that keeps the fry from escaping. The white eggs are infertile and are buoyant and will go out of the tumbler via the opening I left. The good eggs are heavier and will stay in it. These hatch in about 36 hours so I will know how this went by tomorrow night. Missed seeing the last few spawns and none hatched in the container I catch the eggs in.

10/15/2024

This is fry from the albino green dragon colony. They got kicked out of his cave. Happens most often when several females get in the cave to spawn and get to fighting. They hatched just fine hanging in a small net near the outflow from the tanks' matten filter. However, they did hatch about 2 days slower than the eggs left in the cave. I always want the male to at least get the eggs hatched before removing them and prefer to wait for 3-4 days of development.

10/15/2024

Cooler weather is still turning my bristlenose on. Pulled this spawn of green dragon fry yesterday. Male spawned with 2 females on different days thus the difference if the fry development. I still have some fish carrying recessive genes for albinism, there are some albino fry in this batch. The standard greens breed true for me.

10/15/2024

Finally got to getting a short video of the paracyprichromis. These guys are a little different that cyprichromis. The cyps are an open water fish where the paracyps like to hang out near rocks. I have come in the fish room several times and thought one had died. It was just hanging out upside down on the surface of tank. They are spawning size and I have seen a male courting the females. Have 10, looks like 5 of each s*x.

09/30/2024

Just a friendly reminder, if you want to contact me do so by text to 817-726-6262. You will get a much faster response.

09/30/2024

Continuing to add new fish to the room. Acquired Cyprichromis letptosoma Malasa, Paracyprichromis nignipinnis Blue Neon and Neolomprologus calvus Black this weekend. Will attach pictures and I can get them taken.

09/27/2024

Took both of my 100 gallon vats down last week that had been on the patio all summer. Sounds weird now with no water noise from the overhead bucket filters. Sold almost all the fish. Now just need to clean everything up good and get it covered for winter. Will set them back up next April to be ready for fish in May.

09/23/2024

Went down to Goliad to deliver some fish to Charles at Goliad Farms. Picked up 2 55 # bags of Cargill fish food for my tanks. Patrick went with me to shot some video of the greenhouses that Goliad grows their fish in. My second visit to their facility. I had purchased blue and blue OB peacocks on my first visit in November of 2019. First spawns produced some albino fry that rarely survived the way that Goliad breeds them. I bred the fry back to themselves and am now producing 100 percent albino fry. He is wanting to establish a breeding colony of these for sale to the public.

Goliad Farms https://goliadfarms.com/Bristlenose Factory https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100057358603525Phil Tucker and I took a trip to Goliad Farms...

09/20/2024

Just a reminder, the DFWAA Swap meet is just a couple of weeks away, October 5. Mark your calendar to be there, it will be loaded with fish goodies.

09/16/2024

Bristlenose have been on strike since it got hot this summer. Had a few spawns with the cool several weeks ago. Just pulled this large batch of calico fry that came when it was cool last week. Looks like the male spawned with several females, I could see more than one clump of eggs in his cave. Too many to count. They will stay in this tub until the yolk sack is absorbed and then go into a grow out tank.

09/16/2024

Not related to fish but I really like the progress this flowerbed has made. It had been bare for several years and I finally decided to plant in it. Put 2 flats of 4" pots of lantana in about 10 weeks ago. It has exploded and filled the bed to about 3' high.

Not related to fish but I really like the progress this flowerbed has made. It had been bare for several years and I finally decided to plant in it. Put 2 fl...

09/16/2024

This tanks has become my favorite to watch. The Synodontis Polli White come out and see what I am up to, of course wanting a treat. They are growing fast but it will probably be a year or more before they are ready to spawn. The C. soulosi are always active though the males seem to want to hang back some. They are really starting to produce fry now, just pulled 75 from 2 females and there are 2 more holding that I will strip at the end of the month. The fry seem to develop faster with our summer time temps, almost waited too long on the last fry.

This tanks has become my favorite to watch. The Synodontis Polli White come out and see what I am up to, of course wanting a treat. They are growing fast but...

09/16/2024

My you tube buddy, Patrick Neary came by the house over the weekend a shot a new video of the fish room. View it using this link. He also helped me solve my issue not being able to post video here. https://l.facebook.com/l.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fyoutu.be%2FV8I3X2HMazI%3Ffbclid%3DIwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0i6MIHzfQnPnog_UY7Ic9Hpm3VI6mOqJUy-wydjPbGtVJ6NKtFQ_k7kTA_aem_k5nJDChPugB-aJ3z3_kLCw&h=AT35A7lznzoBPTKT9p20UdydyILRuubvZnriLLf7UMzrw8G4f6MtcH0vgpUGOJMwKCJCSqZIsMkFuh7SBSqAmYKF9bo-zV3HjlB79_aWce46-7HPpMk8_Mo8aYYlt--3TfhfWA

Bristlenose Factory Garage Fish Room Tour MEGA Number TwoIt's been 4 years since I've done a tour of Phil's garage fish room. He invited me over today. Let's...

09/14/2024

Mr. Tucker found a live cicada and has it in his mouth. As usual we can't catch the little fart so it is just buzzing away while he caries it. He kills and eats every bug he can find. At least he doesn't bring them in the house yet.

He has a cicada in his mouth and wouldn't let me catch him.

09/14/2024

N. s*xfaciatus Kipili Gold I had shipped to me back in early August. Bought 8 and was expecting fish about 1.5". They came in at 2.5" and in great shape. Just need to grow them on out and let them pair up to spawn. Continuing to replace fish in the fish room that I have kept for quite a while with new stock.

Had these shipped to me back in early August. Bought 8 and was expecting fish about 1.5". They came in at 2.5" and in great shape. Just need to grow them on ...

09/14/2024

Got 12 Chindongo saulosi back on 3/20/24 at about an inch. They have grown rapidly and have produced quite a few fry. Have about 60 almost an inch and just pulled these 75 this morning. 2 more females spawned yesterday as well. They are all yellow until they start to mature. Males turn blue. Looks like I have 3 males, 9 females but it is possible a few could still be male. I had moved 2 males from the spawning tank and the lone fish got lazy. Moved a male back in with them and he started getting busy. They are at about 3" now and can get to about 5".