Clown pleco (L448)

[Dane bolton]

I just bought a young clown pleco L448 is what I believe it to be. I’ve been doing an extensive amount of reading about them and it seems that they’re fairly difficult to breed but if my suspicions of mine being L448 they’re the easiest of the panaqolus to breed. Any tips or advice from pleco breeders would be very appreciated. 

[gardenman]

Obviously, you'll need more than one. Six would be a safer number to start with. I'd plant the tank, add lots of caves, some driftwood, and play around with various foods. If you're keeping them happy, well fed, and have a pair, they'll likely breed. Some plecos in the wild breed in mud caves, but mud in aquariums is not ideal. If they think they have to dig a mud cave to breed, you might have issues. Try different things for caves and different sizes. My Super Reds all want to breed in one one inch diameter pvc pipe cave instead of the other options. They can barely fit in the cave, but it's the one they want.