BN babies

went to clean the tank out last week and I have a fluval 2 on the opposite side to the external just to move the water about .When I pulled out the the fluval my male bristle nose was behind it, all of a sudden I could see BABIES every where still with the egg sack on, The female angel was like a serial killer eating as fast as I could net them anyway I managed to transfer some of the babies into a spare 54 litre tank ,I have been doing a small water change everyday and feeding liquifry to them I have seen 4 but as they are same colour as the gravel and my eyesight is lousy I am not sure how many survived.
Anyway will have to look for a cave or something as the pile of bogwood is not good enough for daddy plec.

How marvellous that you managed to save some, alison. I hope they do ok for you.

dont bother with liquifry - they dont eat it.

Just feed em like adult BN's - thats the gods honest truth

so veggies and catfish pellets, wafers etc - i feed my baby bn's a bit of vegetarian fish flake every so often - not sure they go for it but i know baby bn's like tetra pro veggy crisp (its expensive tho)

otherwise - its courgette, peas, luttice etc etc etc all the way

congrats on the baby b.ns alison - all the best with them



dekker

congrats on the babies! good luck with em.

I am fairly sure Ownz does a line in caves....

yea cheers mate i can get hold of caves cheap for you send me a pm i will send you a link cheers

thanks everyone well have counted 3 on some courgette and they like that , dont know if its the same 3 all the time though

I was cleaning out my tanks thus morning and went to check where daddy bristlenose was hiding, guess what .... more eggs, he is back behind the fluval with a clutch of eggs, I have ordered a cave from a link that OwNz gave me but mam and dad couldnt wait.

Nice one, alison.

tbh - the cave wont go amiss but if theyre breeding now - theyre happy with things anyway

congrats again alison more baby b.ns lovely well done


dekker

Oh I would love a female BN, I wish one of mine had turned out to be a girlie. It must be great to see little BN's swimming about the tank

Congrats Alison! Now they have started there should be no stopping them

Have a word with your local LFS to see if they are willing to pay/give store credit and you are onto a winner!

Well I did mention it the last time I was there and they seemed interested , I got the pair thats breeding from them about a year ago and they haven't had anymore in since then, and maidenhead aquatics nearby dont have them either, so at the moment there are 3 from the last lot that are doing well and the clutch that dad is on ,so we shall have to see how many survive.

Well - i had a tank blitz today - found another 8 babies from the brood that largely died in the heatwave (by the ssize I guess they are 4-6weeks old) and LOTS of newer babies.

You dont see em swimming about Diana - you spot em by chance on the glass etc - very secretive tbh.

So my pair seem to breed like bunnies on speed - at this rate - im seriously going to have to consider moving them to their own tank.