i want to breed A. Borellii

[ddavila06]

does anyone know optimal conditions for these guys to breed? i read online they like caves.. i feed frozen bloodworms and brine shrimp, algea waffers which i see them take, kens flake food. tank is heavily planted, a 75gallon. there is a new colony of sm. aspidoras in the bottom aside from the clown plecos and bushy nose. so what you guys think?

 

[Prince]

The bushynose will eat the cichlid eggs as soon as they are laid. The clown pleco may too. I have found adding peat tea or Almond leaves or alder cones to soften the water. I have bred A. Panduro this way twice.

 

[verbal]

My strawberry apistos lay eggs(and have gotten fry to the free swimming stage) in a tank with BN plecos. The female always uses a ceramic cave with a small opening. I think it was specifically designed for cave spawners.

 

[ddavila06]

yeah my nannacara raised the fry with plecos and snails in the same tank.
so a cave uh? i guess i don't have any for them, all the long ones taken by the plecos lol
i don't know what my ph is but i guess they like it soft, hence the almond leaves?
thanks for the replies!