BREEDING Snowball Plecos - Over 100 Babies Made!

In this video I discuss the secrets of breeding L201 Snowball Plecos! These are my tips and techniques for successfully breeding these charming freshwater fish, from setting up the perfect environment to caring for the adorable fry.
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[@rrotley1]

The best thing about this video is Nick's obvious pride and excitement in his achievement. It is not just a business for him, it is a passion. Thoroughly enjoyed watchig this.

[@rickfromthecape3135]

While I can appreciate the sentiment for not selling them, you're sitting on a gold mine that will enable you to expand your operation there to do so much more fun and important things. I say important because I think you may be one of the more important tropical fish breeders out there figuring out how to breed hard fish. This could be super important in saving natural populations out in the wild or just saving rare species from extinction.

[@mousedeer7837]

Truer words have never been spoken 👏

[@jeffhines73]

Also just keeping the prices high for everyone else

[@usnavyseal77]

Remember that on rare fish, there are only so many buyers. So they might go for 70 bucks but there might only be 20 buyers in Australia

[@shibibi1]

​@@usnavyseal77 some of those buyers will buy multiple fish as they want to breed them as well. And as there's more breeders, the fish become less rare and more in demand. The sell price also drops, which boosts demand more.

[@justinread4381]

Bro, as someone who has broken so many rules of fish breeding, all I can say is, " You hit the nail on the head." People need to relax and stop stressing, let the fish do what comes naturally to them & that is breeding. I can't tell you how many so called impossible fish I have had breed simply because I stopped giving a shit and let them do what comes naturally to them.

[@australianbiotopes4563]

This is my favourite L number tank of yours, it's always busy, they don't just hide in the caves they are always out and about unlike some of the others, I know the others are worth a lot more but I don't really like keeping fish you never seem to really see, Great video! 🙂

[@brents4l1s93]

My dad and I just got back into fish/aquariums after a long break from it all. Besides Oscars, Plecos, Bristlenose and all breeds of of ‘sucker fish’ abroad at my favourite of them all. Just the different colourations, sizes and traits you could say they have is amazing. Not to mention they’re a placid fish. I’ve been looking at trying to find a couple Snowball and Zebra Plecos for my dads tank last couple weeks or so l, they hard to find & they do tend to get pretty pricey you’re not wrong there but at the end of the day it’s all worth it imo wether you get fry from them or not..

[@aquapucci]

All of your patience and hard work paid off. This is beautiful man, congratulations.

[@OGBarry16]

You have helped me in my journey in starting my first tank and now I am so excited to watch every upload 😂😂😂 plecos look amazing

[@JJLewin1]

Well done, they look amazing.

[@mildredpadilla5734]

Those plecos are so pretty 😍

[@fuckkevin9922]

Yasss

[@bababooey360_]

true the best thing to is just to wait and watch their development

[@glenn3762]

I have ~16 plus the juveniles with a two tier system with a sump, keep them dark, regular water changes, and some common bn in the tank to help.

[@kennym83]

Awesome mate, stoked for you!

[@lizzymassey21]

I know some people think fish aren't cute but these little guys are absolutely adorable!!!

[@justinherbert8942]

Another great video Nick keep up the great work 👍

[@Matttheprat]

These are my favourite videos off yours, great work 👍🏻👍🏻

[@trudyrantall9692]

Super stoked for you Nick! Awesome to see how chuffed you are whist being so humble aswell. Oh and kudos to the little plecos! Lol 🎉

[@bonniegoodwin5653]

Wow I’m just so happy for you! I know how much heart you put into them. 😊

[@stuartparsons2060]

We can clearly see the enjoyment you get from the breeding side of the fish Keep doing your thing nick don't change your such a inspiration to help people breed I have a group of 201 and 102 so this video helps Fantastic job keep it up 🎉🎉

[@suegalton9519]

They are just gorgeous! Your enthusiasm is contagious Nick, thanks for all your videos.

[@xioping4327]

Fantastic man great videos!

[@Admiral_tintin]

Congratulations! 🎉🎉

[@denisgoulding4004]

brilliant- well done

[@darrylmoore5847]

Congratulations on the beautiful fish.

[@janemarriott3389]

Amazing! Thanks for this!

[@franciscofaria8187]

Thank you for this videos. Such an inspiration.. Cheers from Portugal 🙏🙏

[@mousedeer7837]

Your advice had inspired me to breed sparkling gouramis, and your tips have helped me grow them up, thank you so much!!! 🙏

[@Ishan.patel.]

Man Nick yo make masterpieces every video is perfect

[@Spicy_Kiwi]

Wooo another pleco vid!!!!

[@danvanmuizenberg6650]

A mate of mine used to breed lots of catfish back in the day, separating the fry without disturbing the process is always tricky, so he used to put all the caves(holes and cracks in big blocks of bogwood for some) on the one end of a 40 long, and then he used to feed the babies at the empty end of the tank so that he could take them out easily, if I remember correctly they were small groups or trios and he would disturb them once a year and feed them up for a couple months till the rain started.

[@WilhelmNation]

Watching from Colorado 🤘🏼 love to see the progress!

[@TheWildInternett]

Jeez man haven't watched one of your videos in so long. I got out of the hobby whilst i went to university. I messaged you on instagram 4 years ago now probably and you replied giving me some tips on content creating. I'm going to give it a proper go now ive finished studying! Glad to be back watching

[@michaela-be4le]

Wow well done 👍🏻

[@YellowLeafAquatics]

beautiful fish!

[@bullseyek]

Very Very Nice!!!!

[@tjs114]

I remember watching videos from Goliad Farms in Texas where they have Plecos that are literally a foot long or longer about how they had the roofs of their greenhouses get ripped during a hurricane and the rain flooded their system and caused the Plecos to go absolutely nuts breeding. Charles said something about how Plecos can be prompted into breeding with fast running fresh water. They are really interesting videos if you want to see seriously giant fish breeding.

[@richardbernard6845]

fascinating - please post more:-)

[@klausoxen6597]

Great Job! Greets from the Center of Germany.🙂✌

[@Mrhawaiupt]

Great job. Wish I could get some from you.

[@garageaquatics2023]

I was at a talk on catfish by Dr. Eric Thomas outside of Phoenix, Arizona a couple weeks ago. He mentioned using bamboo as caves for plecos because the wood actually provides a first source of food for the newly hatched fry while they're still in the cave. Just a thought.

[@michael-nq8rm]

Best youtuber

[@markferguson8075]

have breed plecos my self but not these well done buddy they look cool

[@merofish]

beautiful

[@georgeyboyhowe1685]

i got myself a pair of clown plecos they are brilliant and small do not grow to big well done mate

[@ESF19791111]

CONGRATULATIONS :) THANK YOU FOR SHARING :) THANK YOU FROM ISRAEL :)

[@markfranklin8831]

Thats amazing. Id love to spawn some

[@mildredpadilla5734]

Hooray#1 today 🎉🎉🎉 ❤❤love your videos

[@Andyroo-sy8rd]

Hey Nick I reckon you should give KZbin shorts a try It would be a cool way to see the progress of breeding fish in short form

[@DuM4R10]

Vejo seus vídeos aqui do Brasil , parabéns seus vídeos são ótimos

[@BadlydrawnBen]

Awesome 👍 maybe trade some fry for green phantoms and gold nugget plecos

[@PizzaPastaitaly]

Thanks fir the video I've tried to do this for a years😂

[@anthonylezama-cx9hf]

Nice 👍

[@Aqu181]

i just sub to your channel im in new zealand

[@michelwolfde7789]

Nice sir

[@Cowbell_Catboy]

damn its so weird hearing you talk about upcoming winter when its April xd but these plecos look amazing man, its crazy how many there are right now I have to get rid of a 240l tank, because I really dont like the dimensions, but I will so get a pleco tank soon just because of you especially with the L plecos and breeding and stuff, I mean you have to take into account that most of these are actually endangered and the hobby is keeping a lot of fish alive that already would have been wiped off of the face of the earth... its just amazing seeing these updates now, thank you from the bottom of my heart, big reason I got back into fish since my Oscar died a year ago xd

[@Lego9215]

I have a pair of L280 they always together hopefully have some babies soon

[@96tahoe2dr4]

We need more videos and more breeding videos please

[@dirtyfiendswithneedles3111]

So awesome. Robs Aquatics just got a good amount of these that aren't quite breeding size yet I dont think. He was just homeless. It will be awesome to see him succeed

[@deepsankarsen]

Currently attempting to breed these guys. 🤞

[@WatermelonJiki]

Wowl those L201s are clean! ! Your batch of plecs are one of the nicest I’ve seen in a while! This video reminds me of an experience I had a few years ago.. I knew this guy known as “GarlicNoji” he was friends with Kalichi. He was a cousin of Kalijigi, who studied at Django Kiyoji. He moved to a place called Crustiji, where he met Mrs Kanishki. There they had a kid name Gobi, who grew up to become a Blazing Pillpoji! It was a cool experience overall

[@williammitchell2846]

Absolutely brilliant, I have some juveniles myself im growing on, im sure this video will help when it comes to breeding them, thanks. Just wondering if your bug buffet will be available in the uk in the future, I've priced up what it would be to buy it from you, it would be about £40 that $76.50 for your smallest pack. Again brilliant video thanks

[@its_elser]

wow very nice fish. hopefully the price will drop with so many around. would be great to get them into more peoples hands.

[@tonycamplin8607]

Congratulations on your success. You say that you're not really interested in selling them. Of course you are, you're in the business of selling fish and you'll make a fortune out of them.

[@Spicy_Kiwi]

W vid

[@coltwill1430]

First to see these beauties

[@mcashw]

Very pretty fish - but have seen mine 2 times since I got it 8 months ago in my 125 gallon

[@TixPham]

Nick, i see you learnt to be heaps more patient, my dude. Let mother nature take her course, and look how much it's rewarded you. Of course, there is always going to be a bit of human intervention, but nature always knows what's best. Good on you, Mate

[@HelloInterloper]

Could you make a video about betta deformities? Nobody has a video on how to tell a bad quality betta apart from a good one!

[@kirahsmiley]

@9:09 thanks for mentioning that thinking too much about the money can effect decision making and is an emotional trait. Some men I've noticed only call things emotional when related to topics they deem for women or feminine.

[@michelwolfde7789]

From the Nederlands

[@dennisdewith134]

noice fish

[@xuethaoadventure1321]

Bro, im so jealous

[@Joko761]

Hi bro i m your big fan watched alot of your video, i wish to open a fish aquarium store

[@bwoogie]

how do you dechlorinate during an auto water change?

[@user-lh8hl4et8f]

I am currently thinking of trying this, only my water is straight from the cold tap through the hma filter and the water going back in is pretty cold (uk).

[@kalebhope5714]

is there any platforms i can reach out to you on to ask a couple questions about my plecos ?

[@kysonng1649]

Orinoco angel plecos are one of the most beautiful plecos in my opinion, id choose an l201 over any zebras. [prob because they're like $25 here]

[@tankthetortoise5650]

Ello there

[@carriethorpe6234]

How do you tell the male from female? I love your videos.

[@geovanilara8182]

Where can I buy your fish band? Or website

[@mildredpadilla5734]

How big do they grow?

[@ryuga_dx]

Would u ever get salt water

[@kidtuber3407]

3$ each here in China

[@guadaguppy4798]

hmmm could it be that harlans trio are not related and that could have been a better match cause there were not close related? I have plecos also like this no success for so long then i introduce a fish that i know is not related(much older) then boom.

[@larsbremen7176]

Do you trade the fish for genetics?

[@sueschulz7948]

Are they available

[@dandybounddandybound1064]

You might wan't to tell people how you clean your sponge? Cleaning a sponge for me is to rinse it out in water i take from tank so you don't kill bacteria.

[@Ishan.patel.]

How can I increase the survival rate of my betta fry

[@toriwilson6961]

I had much better luck once I set up "deans fry system" with a little bit of constant water flow.

[@hockysa]

Dumb questions but the female lays the egg and the male hatches them?

[@michelwolfde7789]

Did already have more. Zebra babbie s

[@steffanjansenvanvuuren3257]

polka dot pleco.

[@sedgythurgo4381]

50/50 mix males and females out of 9 adults :D 4 and a half males, 4 and a half females.

[@TJ_Southwick]

What…. $70 each??? In the USA I sold them for $30-$50!!

[@WesleysFishClub]

Make sure to give the male a break, otherwise he might starve.

[@gasperkanoni8838]

They learn how to breed from the parents so if they dobt have anyone to learn then they become … sad…

[@gasperkanoni8838]

Maybe is the catch in let them with the young. When you pull eggs out of a man is not a man anymore?!

[@Druppelsgewijs]

listen listen listen, you got the room, grow out 50 of them, and let those 50 breed, that way you get tons of them, instead of keeping 2 breeding pairs or something, good idea?

[@saltyoldbasturd]

Hello there its always good when I see a notification on your video just waiting for me ty

[@geoffsteever]

@keepingfishsimple - I placed an order in March (order #5979) and it still hasn’t arrived. I’ve tried reaching you via your website / contact us a few times but no one has responded or gotten back to me. I love your channel and was excited to use Bug Buffet product but I’m growing frustrated with the situation. Hopefully this reaches you and someone will respond to me.

[@mikeneilsen6694]

Is it normal for a mollies to give birth to unfertilized egg's and undeveloped still born babys only 6 were born alive

[@KoryShineJr]

Can I dm you on ig of something I need help with my aquarium